Abbot of Balmerino

The Abbot of Balmerino (later Commendator of Balmerino) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community and lands of Balmerino Abbey, Fife, founded in  1227 x 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King Alexander II of Scotland. The following are a list of abbots and commendators. 
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List of abbots
 Alan, 1229-1236
 Radulf, 1236-1251
 John, 1251-1252
 Adam, 1252-1260
 Adam, 1260-1270
 William de Perisby, 1270
 Thomas, 1270x1306
 William, 1296
 Alan, 1317
 Hugh, x1369
 Patrick, 1369-1380x
 John Plater, x 1392
 John Gugy, x 1394-1399 x 1402
 John de Hailes, 1399x1402-1435x1436
 Richard de Coventry, 1436-1464 
 William Cameron, 1436
 Henry Mason, 1450
 Walter Bunch, 1464
 James Rait, 1466-1468 x 1469
 William Bell, 1468-1483
 Walter Bunch (again), 1482-1486 x 1504
 Walter Ruch, 1483
 Henry Knollis, 1484
 Robert Fairweather, 1486
 James Forman, 1504-1507
 Robert Forrester, 1511-1559 x 1561
 Henry Roche, 1532
 John Stewart, 1535

List of commendators
 John Hay, 1561-1573
 Henry Kinnear, 1574-1603
 John Kinnear, 1582
 Robert Auchmutie, 1604-1607

Notes

Bibliography
 Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second Edition, (London, 1976), pp. 72–3
 Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), pp. 12–15

See also
 Balmerino Abbey

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Category:Lists of abbots