The Abbot of Holyrood (later Commendator of Holyrood) was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of Holyrood Abbey, now in Edinburgh. The long history of the abbey came to a formal end in July 1606 when the parliament of Scotland turned the abbey into a secular lordship for the last commendator, John Bothwell (confirmed by charter in December 1607). The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
Alwin, 1128-1151
Osbert, 1151
William (I), 1152-1172
John, 1173-1178x1184
William (II), 1187x1189-1206
Walter, 1210-1217 or 1218
William (III), 1217 x 1218-1221
William (IV) son of "Owin", 1221-1227
Gilbert, 1236
Elias son of Nicholas, 1227-1236 x 1253
Henry, 1236 x 1253-1255
Radulf, 1253x1256-1258
Robert, 1273 x1279
William de Haddington, 1285
Adam, 1291-1299
Elias, 1309-1320 or 1321
Simon de Wedale, 1321-1327
John de Cambusnethan, 1328-1339
Bartholomew, 1342
Thomas de St Andrews, ?1347-1370
John, 1370-1378
David Bell, 1379-1386
John de Leith, 1386-71415x1420
Henry de Dryden, 1420-1423
Walter Bower, 1420
Patrick Witherspoon (Wotherspoon), 1423-1445
William, 1425
James Cameron, 1446-1450
Archibald Crawford, 1450-1484
Robert Ballantyne, 1484-1500
James Stewart, 1498-1500
George Crichton, 1500-1526
William Douglas, 1526-1528
Robert Cairncross, 1528-1538
David Douglas, 1530-1531
Robert Stewart, 1539-1568
Adam Bothwell, 1568-1582
John Bothwell, 1582-1606
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