title: Abbot of Kinloss
text: # Abbot of Kinloss
  
  The Abbot of Kinloss (later Commendator of Kinloss) was the head of the property and Cistercian monastic community of Kinloss Abbey, Moray, founded by King David I of Scotland around 1151 by monks from Melrose Abbey. The abbey was transformed into a temporal lordship for Edward Bruce, the last commendator, who became Lord Kinloss. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
  
  ## List of abbots
  
  * Ascelin, 1150-1174
  * Reiner, 1174-1189
  * Radulf, 1189-1194
  * Radulf, 1202x1207-1220
  * Robert, 1220
  * Herbert, 1226-1251
  * Richard, 1251-1274
  * Andrew, 1275-1286
  * Gilbert, 1296
  * Henry, x1316
  * Thomas Dere, 1316-1338 x 1344
  * Simon, 1346
  * Richard, 1362-1371
  * Adam de Tarras, 1389-1414
  * William de Blare, 1414-1429
  * John Floter, 1431-1444
  * Henry Butre/Butoe, 1439-1444
  * John de Ellem, 1443-1467
  * James Guthrie, 1467-1481
  * John Pittendreich, 1478
  * William Galbraith, 1481-1490
  * Hugh Martini, 1490-1491
  * William Culross, 1491-1500
  * Andrew Forman, 1492
  * Thomas Crystall (Christopheri/Wawain), 1500-1528
  * Robert Reid, 1528-1553
  * Walter Reid, 1553-1587
  
  ## List of commendators
  
  * Edward Bruce, 1587-1601
  