The Abbot of Sweetheart (later Commendator of Sweetheart; also Abbot of New Abbey) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, founded by monks from Dundrennan Abbey with the patronage of Derbhfhorghaill inghean Ailein (a.k.a. "Dervorguilla Balliol"), Lady of Galloway, about 1275. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.
Henry, S.O.Cist., 1273 - 1280
John, S.O.Cist., 1280 x 1290 - 1296
Thomas, S.O.Cist., 1356 - 1404
John, S.O.Cist., c.1409
William Greenlaw, S.O.Cist., 1448 -1463
Alexander Tyningham, S.O.Cist., 1486
James Ruche, S.O.Cist., 1486
Robert Greenlaw, S.O.Cist., 1515
Herbert Browne, S.O.Cist., 1523 - 1530
Richard Brown, S.O.Cist., 1530-1532
Robert Arnot, S.O.Cist., 1532
Herbert, S.O.Cist., 1538
John Brown, S.O.Cist., 1538 - 1565
Gilbert Broun, S.O.Cist., 1565 - 1612
Gilbert Brown, 1565
William Leslie, 1586
Robert Maxwell, x 1612
Robert Spottiswood, 1612 -1624
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