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The Abbot of Arbroath or Abbot of Aberbrothok (and later Commendator) was the head of the Tironensian Benedictine monastic community of Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland, founded under the patronage of King William of Scotland from Kelso Abbey and dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. The abbot, John Gedy, was granted the mitre on 26 June 1396.[1][2] Arbroath Abbey became the wealthiest and most powerful abbey in later medieval Scotland.
According to the poem "The Inchcape Rock" by Robert Southey, John Gedy, then Abbot of Aberbrothok, fixed a bell to the inchcape rock in the 1300s to warn mariners of the perilous rock.
The following is a list of abbots and commendators.
Reginald, 1178–79
Henry, 1179–1207
Gilbert, 1208–19 x 1229
Radulf de Lamley, 1225–39[3]
Adam, 1240–46
Walter, 1247–58 x
Robert, 1261–67
Sabinus, 1267 ?
John, 1268–70
William, 1276–84[4]
Henry, 1285–96
Nicholas, 1296 x 99-1301[5]
John de Anegus, 1303–09
Bernard, 1310–28
Geoffrey, 1329–47
William, 1348–66
John, 1370–84
John Gedy, 1384–1410
Walter Paniter, 1410–49
Robert Bowmaker, 1419
Richard Guthrie, 1449–55
Malcolm Brydy, 1456–70
Richard Guthrie, 1470–12
Hugh Douglas, 1470
Francis Gonzaga, 1472
Alexander Scrymgeour, 1472
Patrick Graham, 1473–76
George Boyce, 1472–82
William Bonkil, 1482–84
David Lichton, 1484–1503
James Stewart, 1503–04
George Hepburn, 1504–13
Gavin Douglas, 1514
Andrew Forman, 1514
James Stewart, 1514–17
Peter de Accoltis, 1517
James Beaton, 1517–23 x 1524
David Beaton, 1524–45
James Beaton II, 1545–51
George Douglas, 1546
John, Lord Hamilton 1551–68
George Douglas, (again) 1568–72, became Bishop of Moray
Arbroath Abbey and addressed to the Pope the Declaration ofArbroath, drafted by the Abbotof the time, Bernard. This detailed the services which their...
have been written in Arbroath Abbey by Bernard of Kilwinning (or of Linton), then Chancellor of Scotland and AbbotofArbroath, and sealed by fifty-one...
Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town ofArbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso...
established as Abbotof Kilwinning in 1296, disappearing for a decade before re-emerging as Chancellor of Scotland then AbbotofArbroath. A senior figure...
Robert Southey. Published in 1802, it tells the story of a 14th-century attempt by the AbbotofArbroath ("Aberbrothock") to install a warning bell on Inchcape...
Nicholas de Balmyle, Bishop of Dunblane 1304-1306: William de Bevercotes 1308–1328: Bernard, AbbotofArbroath (later Bishop of the Isles) 1328-1329: Walter...
alternative name Bell Rock derives from a 14th-century attempt by the AbbotofArbroath ("Aberbrothock") to install a warning bell on the reef; the bell was...
25 July 1544, David Beaton, AbbotofArbroath and Archbishop of St Andrews, granted the lands of Colliston, Knives, Park of Conon, and Guthrie Hill, to...
as parish vicar, responsible to the AbbotofArbroath, who in 1325 wrote to warn the prior about the behaviour of his young monks. Fyvie Castle is reputed...
with Bernard, Abbotof Kilwinning, also mentioned in the Ragman Rolls, who was later Chancellor of Scotland, AbbotofArbroath and Bishop of the Isles. Ragman...
[citation needed] In Scotland, King William the Lion ordered the building ofArbroath Abbey in 1178. On completion in 1197 the new foundation was dedicated...
Abbeys ofArbroath and Kilwinning, and in 1515 he became Lord Chancellor of Scotland. King James V was at this time a child and Beaton, as one of the Council...
legend, Bell Rock got its name because, in the 14th century, the AbbotofArbroath had had a warning bell installed on it, which was stolen a year later...
(died 1306 × 1307), AbbotofArbroath and Bishop of Dunblane, was a late 13th-century and early 14th-century churchman in the Kingdom of Scotland. Little...
professed member of the Benedictine Order, though Abbot or Commendator ofArbroath Abbey. Neither was he in full priest's orders at the start of their relationship...
John Bullock instead. On 16 March, Benedict issued a mandate to the AbbotofArbroath to pay Lyell 40 gold crowns in compensation for the expenditure that...
Presbyterian propagandist Bernard, Abbot of Kilwinning, Abbot of Arbroath and Bishop of the Isles Crawford Boyd, footballer Des Browne, politician Quintin...
most of the details of how it functioned are lost, enough evidence of it exists to be sure of its importance. In 1329, Geoffrey, abbotofArbroath, made...
translation of the Aeneid of Virgil into Scots, and the first successful example of its kind in any Anglic language. Other extant poetry of his includes...
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