The Abbot of Balmerino (later Commendator of Balmerino) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community and lands of Balmerino Abbey, Fife, founded in 1227 x 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King Alexander II of Scotland. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.
Alan, 1229-1236Radulf, 1236-1251John, 1251-1252Adam, 1252-1260Adam, 1260-1270William de Perisby, 1270Thomas, 1270x1306William, 1296Alan, 1317Hugh, x1369Patrick, 1369-1380xJohn Plater, x 1392John Gugy, x 1394-1399 x 1402John de Hailes, 1399x1402-1435x1436Richard de Coventry, 1436-1464William Cameron, 1436Henry Mason, 1450Walter Bunch, 1464James Rait, 1466-1468 x 1469William Bell, 1468-1483Walter Bunch (again), 1482-1486 x 1504Walter Ruch, 1483Henry Knollis, 1484Robert Fairweather, 1486James Forman, 1504-1507Robert Forrester, 1511-1559 x 1561Henry Roche, 1532John Stewart, 1535John Hay, 1561-1573Henry Kinnear, 1574-1603John Kinnear, 1582Robert Auchmutie, 1604-1607Abbot of Balmerino Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA