Abbot of Coupar Angus

Abbot of Coupar Angus

The Abbot of Coupar Angus (later Commendator of Coupar) was the head of the monastic community and lands of Coupar Angus Abbey, on the boundary between Angus and Gowrie in Scotland. The following are a list of abbots and commendators. __NOTOC__

List of abbots

* Fulk, x1164-1170
* Ralph, 1171-1189
* Adam, 1189-1194
* Arnold, 1194-x1201
* William (I), 1201-1202 [Became Abbot of Melrose in 1202]
* Udard, 1202-1207
* Richard, 1207-1209
* Alexander, 1209-1240
* Gilbert, 1240-1243
* William de Binin, 1243-1258
* William (III), 1258-1283
* Andreas de Buchan, 1284-1296 [Became Bishop of Caithness.]
* Alan, x1300-1315x
* John Orwell, x1325-1341x1356
* Lambert, fl. 1356
* Walter, fl. 1387
* John de Ketnes, x1395-1419
* William de Ledhuys (Ledhouse), 1419-x1428
* Thomas de Furde, x1428-1429
* William de Blare, 1429-1453x1456
* Thomas de Levingstone, 1456-1459
* John de Hudton, 1460-1461
* David Bane, 1461-1479x1483
* John Schanwell, 1479x1483-1506
* Robert Beaton, 1507
* William Turnbull, 1507-1524
** William Stewart, 1511-1512
** Thomas Hay, 1524-1525
** John (Alexander) Spens, 1524-1526 (elect only)
* Donald Campbell 1526-1562/3

List of commendators

* Leonard Leslie (I), 1563-1602
* George Foullertoun the Younger of Dunune, 1594
* Leonard Leslie (II), 1596-1598
* Andrew Lamb, 1603-1607
* Patrick Stirling, 1607
* James Elphinstone, 1606-1607

Notes

Bibliography

* Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., "Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man", Second Edition, (London, 1976), pp. 73-4
* Easson, D.E., "Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus", 2 vols., Publications of the Scottish History Society. 3rd series ; v. 40-41, (Edinburgh, 1947)
* 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), pp. 43-7


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