Abbot of Balmerino
# 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.

## 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
