Abbot of Inchcolm
# Abbot of Inchcolm

The Abbot of Inchcolm, or until 1235, the Prior of Inchcolm, was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of Inchcolm (Innse Choluim; Latin Insula Columbae; Lowland Scots: St Comb's Isle).

## List of position holders

### Priors of Inchcolm

* Brice (Máel Brigte?), fl. 1162x1178
* Roger, fl. 1163x1178
* Walter (I), x1179-1210
* Michael, 1210-1211
* Simon, 1211-?
* William, ?-1224
* Nigel of Jedburgh, 1224-x1228
* Henry, x1228-1243

### Abbots of Inchcolm

* Henry, promoted to abbot in 1235; resigned in 1243
* Thomas, 1243/4-1268
* William, 1268-1277x
* Brice, fl. 1296
* None of the abbots are known until:
* John Dersy, died 1394
* Laurence, x1399-1417
* Walter Bower, 1417-1449
* John Kers, 1449-1460x5
* Michael Harwar, 1460x5-x1490
* Alexander Scrimgeour, x1490-1491
* Robert de Fontibus, 1491-1492
* Thomas Inglis, 1492-1505
* John Elwand (Elliot), 1505-x1532
* Richard Abercromby, 1532-1543

### Titular abbots/commendators

* James Stewart, 1544-1581;(after 1558 frequently called commendator); died 1590
* Henry Stewart, died 1612
