sentences:  The Premonstratensian establishment certainly occurred before the death of King Fergus of Galloway, which took place in 1161.The "Obituary of Prémontré" lists both King Fergus and Christian, bishop of Galloway (1154-86), as joint founders.Probably because of the abbey's cultural isolation from Lowland Scotland, almost none of the abbots are known by name before the 15th century.