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The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Tongland Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:

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List of abbots

  • Helias, 1209x1222
  • Alexander, 1273-1296
  • Walter, 1332-1347
  • Gilbert, 1381
  • Gilbert de Gamdia, 1439
  • Gilbert MacDowell, 1458
  • Patrick MacChaquhirky (or MacCathroge), 1458-x 1473
  • William Douglas, 1473 x 1476-1479
  • Thomas Livingston, 1479-1481
  • William Wylie, x 1481
  • Andrew Muirhead, 1481 -1483
  • Damian de Falcutiis, 1504-1509

    • List of commendators

  • David Arnot, 1509-1526
  • William Stewart, 1529-1531
  • Henry Wemyss, 1530-1541
  • Andrew Dury, 1541-1558
  • Alexander Gordon, 1559-1575
  • Archibald Crawford, 1564
  • John Gordon, 1576-1586
  • Roger Gordon, 1578
  • George Gordon, 1586-1588
  • William Melville, 1588-1615

    • References

    Abbot of Tongland Wikipedia
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