The Abbot of Dundrennan was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Dundrennan Abbey, Galloway. It was founded by Fergus of Galloway in 1142. Dundrennan was a large and powerful monastery in the context of the south-west. It became secularised and protestanised in the 16th century. In 1606 it was finally turned into a secular lordship in for John Murray of Lochmaben, afters earl of Annandale.
The royal warrant in 1886 which revived the office of Dean of the Chapel Royal also gave the Dean the titles of Abbot of Crossraguel and Abbot of Dundrennan.
The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
Silvanus, fl. 1167
William, 1180
Nicholas, l196 x 1200
[? Egidius], fl. 13th century
Gaufridus (Geoffrey), 1209 x 1222
Robert Matursal, 1223 x 1224
Jordan, 1236
Leonius, 1236–1239
Ricardus (Richard), 1239
Adam I, 1250
Brian, 1250–1273
Adam II, 1294
Walter, 1296
John, 1305
William, 1332
Giles, 1347 - 1358 x 1381
Thomas, 1381
Patrick MacMen, x 1426
Thomas de Levinstone, 1429
Patrick Maligussal [Maxwell], 1431
Thomas de Levinstone (again), x1440-1454Alexander Brady, 1441
John Hunter, 1441
William Lowierii (Lilburn), 1454–1472
John Fuogo [Fogo], c. 1473-1476
Alexander Pettigrew, x 1474-1479
John Lockhart, 1476
Hugh Foulis, 1479
William Bewister, 1485
Edward Story (Edward Meldrum), 1488–1515
Robert Hunter, 1490
James Hay, 1516-1524John Dingwall, 1518
Adam Symson, 1518
Edward Bangal, 1519
John Maxwell, fl. 1524
Cristofer Boyd, fl. 1526-1527
Henry Wemyss, 1529-1541
Adam Blackadder, 1541–1562
Edward Maxwell, 1562–1599
John Murray of Lochmaben, 1599–1606
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