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Abbot of Balmerino
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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[1]
- John de Hailes,[2] 1399x1402-1435x1436
- Richard de Coventry, 1436-1464
- William Cameron, 1436
- Henry Mason, 1450
- Walter Bunch, 1464[3]
- James Rait, 1466-1468 x 1469[4]
- 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
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List of commendators
- John Hay, 1561-1573
- Henry Kinnear, 1574-1603
- John Kinnear, 1582
- Robert Auchmutie, 1604-1607
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