Abbot of Inchcolm explained

The Abbot of Inchcolm, or until 1235, the Prior of Inchcolm, was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of Inchcolm (Innse Choluim; Latin Insula Columbae; Lowland Scots: St Comb's Isle).

List of position holders

Priors of Inchcolm

• Brice (Máel Brigte?), fl. 1162x1178
• Roger, fl. 1163x1178
• Walter (I), x1179-1210
• Michael, 1210-1211
• Simon, 1211-?
• William, ?-1224
• Nigel of Jedburgh, 1224-x1228
• Henry, x1228-1243

Abbots of Inchcolm

• Henry, promoted to abbot in 1235; resigned in 1243
• Thomas, 1243/4-1268
• William, 1268-1277x
• Brice, fl. 1296
• None of the abbots are known until:
• John Dersy, died 1394
• Laurence, x1399-1417
• Walter Bower, 1417-1449
• John Kers, 1449-1460x5
• Michael Harwar, 1460x5-x1490^[1]
• Alexander Scrimgeour, x1490-1491
• Robert de Fontibus, 1491-1492
• Thomas Inglis, 1492-1505
• John Elwand (Elliot), 1505-x1532
• Richard Abercromby, 1532-1543

Titular abbots/commendators

• James Stewart, 1544-1581;(after 1558 frequently called commendator); died 1590
• Henry Stewart, died 1612

See also

• Bishop of Dunkeld

References

• Easson, D.E., & MacDonald, Angus, (eds.), Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm, (Edinburgh, 1938)

Notes and References

1. National Records of Scotland GD430/13. He was Abbot in Jan 1461/2 when he witnessed a Notarial Instrument.