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Encyclopedia > Abbot of Melrose
The ruins of Melrose Abbey as they were in June 2004.
The ruins of Melrose Abbey as they were in June 2004.

The Abbot and then Commendator of Melrose was the head of the monastic community of Melrose Abbey, in the Border region of "Scotland". The abbey was founded in 1136 on the patronage of David I (Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim), King of Scots, by Cistercian monks from Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire. Control of the abbey was secularized in the 16th century and after the accession of James Stewart, the abbey was held by commendators. The last commendator, James Douglas of Lochleven, resigned to abbacy to William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton (his nephew) in December 1606, and the abbey itself to the king in 1608. The abbey (or most of its lands) was then erected into a secular lordship for viscout Haddington, John Ramsay, who in 1609 got the title "Lord Melrose". Lochleven however resumed the title of commendator in 1613 until his death in 1620. Image File history File links MelroseAbbey01. ... Image File history File links MelroseAbbey01. ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... Melrose Abbey, June 2004 Melrose Abbey, located in Melrose, Scotland, was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks, on the request of King David I of Scotland. ... Scottish Borders (often referred to locally as The Borders or The Borderland) is one of 35 local government unitary council areas of Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Events Completion of the Saint Denis Basilica in Paris Peter Abelard writes the Historia Calamitatum, detailing his relationship with Heloise People of Novgorod rebel against the hereditary prince Vsevolod and depose him Births Amalric I of Jerusalem William of Newburgh, English historian (died 1198) Deaths November 15 - Margrave Leopold III... King David I (or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim; also known as Saint David I or David I the Saint) (1084 – May 24, 1153), was King of Scotland from 1124 until his death, and the youngest son of Malcolm Canmore and of Saint Margaret (sister of Edgar Ætheling). ... Image:Wappen Schottland. ... Cistercians coat of arms The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... The ruins of the abbey church Rievaulx Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey located in the small village of Rievaulx (pronounced Ree-voh), near Helmsley in North Yorkshire. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

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List of Abbots

  • Richard,[1] 1136-1148[2]
  • St. Waltheof,[3] 1148-1159[4]
  • William, 1159-1170 [5]
  • Jocelin, 1170-1174[6]
  • Laurence, 1175-1178[7]
  • Ernald, 1179-89[8]
  • Reiner,[9] 1189-94[10]
  • Radulf (I),[11] 1194-1202[12]
  • William,[13] 1202-06
  • Patrick,[14] 1206-07
  • Adam, 1207-13[15]
  • Hugh de Clipstone, 1214-15[16]
  • William de Courcy, 1215-6[17]
  • Radulf II,[18] 1216-1219[19]
  • Adam de Harkarres,[20] 1219-46[21]
  • Matthew,[22] 1246-61[23]
  • Adam of Maxton,[24] 1261-67[25]
  • John de Edrom (or Ederham), 1267-68 x 69[26]
  • Robert de Keldeleth,[27] 1269-73
  • Patrick de Selkirk, 1273-96
  •  ???[28]
  • William de Fogo, 1310-1329
  • Thomas de Soutra, 1333 x 1335-x1342
  • William de St Andrews, 1342-1376
  • Gilbert de Roxburgh, 1391-1392
  • David Benyng (or Binning), 1394-1422
  • John Fogo, 1425-1434
  • Richard Londy (or Lundy), 1440-1444
  • Andrew Hunter, 1444-1465[29]
  • Robert Blackadder, 1471-1483
  • Richard Lamb, 1472-1483[30]
  • John Brown (or Carnecorss), 1483-1486
  •  ???, 1486[31]
  •  ???, 1486[31]
  • David Brown, 1486-1507/10
    • Bernard Bell, rival to David Brown, 1486-1503
    • William Turnbull, rival to David Brown, 1503-1507[32]
  • Robert Betoun,[33] 1507/10-1521 x 1524
  • John Maxwell,[34] 1524-1526
  • Andrew Dury, 1525-1541[35]

Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton (d. ... Jocelin the bishop. ... Adam of Melrose was Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Caithness, famously burned to death by the husbandmen of Caithness. ... Robert Blackadder was a medieval Scottish cleric, diplomat and politician, who was abbot of Melrose, bishop-elect of Aberdeen and bishop of Glasgow; when the last was elevated to archiepiscopal status in 1492, he became the first ever archbishop of Glasgow. ...

List of Commendators

  • James Stewart,[36] 1535-1557
  • Louis de Guise,[37] 1558-1559
  • James Balfour, 1559-1564
  • Michael Balfour, 1564-1568
  • James Douglas of Lochleven,[38] 1569-1620

Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (October 21, 1527, Joinville – March 29, 1578, Paris) was the fourth son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon, and the younger brother of Charles of Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine. ...

Notes

  1. ^ Newbattle founded during abbacy; deposed 1148.
  2. ^ He resigned in 1148, and was not deposed by the Abbot of Rievaulx; he died at Clairvaux in 1149.
  3. ^ Previously Sacrist of Rievaulx.
  4. ^ Holmcultram & Kinloss abbeys founded during abbacy; died August 3, 1159
  5. ^ Coupar Angus Abbey founded; resigned, April 1170.
  6. ^ Elected Bishop of Glasgow, May 23, 1174; retained abbacy until consecration to bishopric in May 1175
  7. ^ A Melrose monk, formerly abbot of some short-lived cistercian foundation in Orkney; elected May, 1174; died January, 1179.
  8. ^ Abbot from Jabuary, 1179; in March 1189, elected as Abbot of Rievaulx.
  9. ^ Formerly Abbot of Kinross
  10. ^ Resigned Melrose in 1194.
  11. ^ Formerly Abbot of Kinross.
  12. ^ In 1202, elected Bishop of Down in Ireland.
  13. ^ Formerly Abbot of Coupar Angus.
  14. ^ Formerly sub-prior of the convent.
  15. ^ Made Bishop of Caithness in 1213.
  16. ^ Elected May, 1214; resigned at Citeaux in November, 1215.
  17. ^ Promoted to the abbacy of Rievaulx.
  18. ^ Former cellerar.
  19. ^ Died 1219.
  20. ^ Formerly Abbot of Newbattle.
  21. ^ Succeeded on August 6th; 15th Abbot. Died probably in 1246.
  22. ^ Former cellarer of Melrose.
  23. ^ One authorty claims that he resigned because of infirmity (at Melrose) on July 24, 1261, while another claims that he was deposed at Rievaulx by the Abbot of Rievaulx.
  24. ^ Formerly Abbot of Newbattle.
  25. ^ Deposed by the General Cistercian Chapter, 1267.
  26. ^ Excommunicated by council of Scottish church in 1268; resigned 1268x69.
  27. ^ Former monk of Newbattle, Abbot of Dunfermline and Chancellor of Scotland.
  28. ^ Although the First Scottish War of Independence was taking place at this time, the length of ""vacancy" nevertheless implies that at least one person held the abbacy post between 1296 and 1310.
  29. ^ One source mentions an abbot called William for June 2, 1460, but this looks like it's probably a mistake.
  30. ^ Was elected by the brethren and received recognition from the bishop of Glasgow; Blackadder had had the abbacy reserved to him without taking up the monastic habit, but by 1476 resigned his claim, probably in return for a pension. Lamb contracted leprosy a few years before his death.
  31. ^ a b Died soon after election; name unknown.
  32. ^ Became Abbot of Coupar Angus.
  33. ^ Formerly Abbot of Glenluce and then Abbot of Coupar Angus, which he exchanged with Turnbull for his claims to Melrose.
  34. ^ Formerly Abbot of Dundrennan.
  35. ^ Became Bishop of Galloway.
  36. ^ Aged 14; was already Commendator of Kelso; he was an illegitimate son of King [[James V of Scotland], but not James Stewart.
  37. ^ Became Commendator of Melrose and Kelso after the death of James Stewart until 1559.
  38. ^ Second son of Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus.

Kinloss Abbey. ... The Archbishop of Glasgow is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Glasgow. ... The Bishop of Caithness was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Caithness, one of Scotlands 13 medieval bishoprics. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... The Bishop of Galloway is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. ... James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. ... Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus, and Earl of Morton (1555-1588), was the son of David, 7th earl. ...

Bibliography

  • Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Man, Second Edition, (London, 1976), pp. 76-77
  • Fawcett, Richard, & Oram, Richard, Melrose Abbey, (Stroud, 2004)
  • 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), p. 149-55


Richard Oram is a Scottish historian and freelance author. ...

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