Prior of Lesmahagow

Prior of Lesmahagow

The Prior of Lesmahagow (later Commendator of Lesmahagow) was the head of the medieval Tironensian monastic community of Lesmahagow Priory, located in modern South Lanarkshire. The following is a list of priors and commendators:

List of priors

* Osbert, 1180 [Became Abbot of Kelso.]
* Bricius, 1203 [Became Bishop of Moray.]
* Hugh de Liam, 1218 x 1220
* Waltheof (Waldeve), 1221 x 1226
* Thomas de Durham, x 1315 [An Englishman and probable appointee of the English crown; he seems to have held both this position and the Abbacy of Kelso.]
* John de Dalgarnock, 1348 [May have become the Abbot of Kilwinning.]
* William, 1367 - 1369
* James Mador, 1468
* Richard Wylie, 1469 -1470
* Alexander Wedall, 1477
* John Clasinwricht, 1477 x 1509
* N., x1502 [Known only by initial.]
* Alexander Alani / Linton, 1502
* John Richardson, 1509

List of commendators

* James Cunningham, 1561 - 1580 [Third youngest son of Alexander Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn.]
* David Collace of Auchenforsyth, 1586

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), p. 69
* 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. 134-6

ee also

* Lesmahagow Priory


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