The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the
Premonstratensian (originally
Cistercian) monastic community of
Tongland Abbey in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in
Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of abbots
Helias, 1209x1222
Alexander, 1273-1296
Walter, 1332-1347
Gilbert, 1381
Gilbert de Gamdia, 1439
Gilbert MacDowell, 1458
Patrick MacChaquhirky (or MacCathroge), 1458-x 1473[1]
Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), p. 210-13
The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the
Premonstratensian (originally
Cistercian) monastic community of
Tongland Abbey in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in
Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of abbots
Helias, 1209x1222
Alexander, 1273-1296
Walter, 1332-1347
Gilbert, 1381
Gilbert de Gamdia, 1439
Gilbert MacDowell, 1458
Patrick MacChaquhirky (or MacCathroge), 1458-x 1473[1]
Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), p. 210-13