The Prior of Blantyre (later Commendator of Blantyre) was the head of the medieval community of Augustinian canons based at Blantyre Priory (in modern South Lanarkshire). It was founded between 1239 and 1248, but the first prior is not known by name until 1296. Few of the priors are known thereafter until records become more extensive in the 16th century. The following is a list of known priors and commendators:
William de Cokeburne, 1296–1304
John de Eglinton, 1380–1381
William Forfare, 1430
William Fressell, 1451
William Bassindene, 1451 - c. 1472
John Cavers, 1472
John Bassindene, 1472–1476
John Turnbull, 1476
William Busby, x 1489
William Bell, 1489–1508
John Aitkenhead, 1506
Robert Cottis, 1508–1536
John Cessford, 1509–1512
William Cottis, 1536
Robert Cottis junior, 1534–1536
James Salmond, 1536–1545
John Donaldi (mac Donald/Donaldson), 1538–1541
John Moncreif, 1538–1547
Thomas Hugonis, x 1543
John Roull, 1547–1549
John Hamilton, 1549–1552
William Chrysyde (Chrinside), 1552–1567
John Hamilton, 1567
Walter Stewart, 1577–1599
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