Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian abbey at Kinloss in the county of Moray, Scotland.
The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I and was first colonised by monks from Melrose Abbey. It received its Papal Bull from Pope Alexander III in 1174, and later came under the protection of the Bishop of Moray in 1187. The abbey went on to become one of the largest and wealthiest religious houses in Scotland, receiving the valuable salmon fishing rights on the River Findhorn from Robert the Bruce in 1312, subsequently renewed by James I and James IV.
During its history the abbey has received many royal visitors, including Edward I in 1303, Edward III in 1336 and Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1562. The most renowned of the 24 abbots the monastery had was Robert Reid. Reid introduced organised education, erecting a new library and other buildings at the abbey. He became Bishop of Orkney in 1541 and, following his death, became the founder and benefactor of the University of Edinburgh with funds from his estate. The abbey and its lands were part of the Barony of Muirton and the Lordship of Kinloss at various times.
Few of the monastic buildings remain standing today. The remains of the abbey are now situated within a graveyard owned by the local authority, and are therefore accessible at all times. They are designated a scheduled ancient monument.[1]
^Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinloss Abbey (SM1227)". Retrieved 23 February 2019.
KinlossAbbey is a Cistercian abbey at Kinloss in the county of Moray, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I and was first colonised...
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maintenance of a parochial church. William brought Cistercian monks from KinlossAbbey near Elgin to establish the new monastery. The old religious community...
of Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1217 by Malcolm I, Mormaer or Earl of Fife, and was first colonised by monks from KinlossAbbey. Culross may have...
passed to the House of Stewart. Sir Edward Bruce was made commendator of KinlossAbbey, which included the Barony of Muirton, and was appointed a judge in...
shown that he possessed his inheritance until his foundation of Selkirk Abbey late in 1113. According to Richard Oram, it was only in 1113, when Henry...
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wooden chair at Westminster Abbey. He again stayed in Elgin for two days in September 1303 and then camped at KinlossAbbey from 13 September to 4 October...
of Kinloss and later Bishop of Orkney, was responsible in the 1520s and 1530s for bringing the Italian humanist Giovanni Ferrario to teach at Kinloss Abbey...
into David's hands. David was in the north in the year 1150, founding KinlossAbbey, while at the same time establishing new and reinforcing old castles...
holding the position until 1947. He died on 23 July 1963. He is buried in KinlossAbbey but is also memorialised on a family stone within the eastern enclosure...
Melrose that David established Newbattle Abbey in Midlothian, KinlossAbbey in Moray, and Holmcultram Abbey in Cumberland. David also, like Alexander...
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Scotland, south-east of Burgie House. The land was transferred from KinlossAbbey to the Dunbars in 1566, and they constructed the castle. Although in...
of Kinloss and later Bishop of Orkney, was responsible in the 1520s and 1530s for bringing the Italian humanist Giovanni Ferrario to teach at Kinloss Abbey...
providing an elementary education. Some monasteries, like the Cistercian abbey at Kinloss, opened their doors to a wider range of students. The number and size...
early 1530s the scholar Giovanni Ferrerio, engaged by Robert Reid of KinlossAbbey, wrote a continuation of Boece's history, extending it another 50 years...
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