The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Tongland Abbey in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
List of abbots
Helias, 1209x1222
Alexander, 1273-1296
Walter, 1332-1347
Gilbert, 1381
Gilbert de Gamdia, 1439
Gilbert MacDowell, 1458
Patrick MacChaquhirky (or MacCathroge), 1458-x 1473
William Douglas, 1473 x 1476-1479
Thomas Livingston, 1479-1481
William Wylie, x 1481
Andrew Muirhead, 1481 -1483
Damian de Falcutiis, 1504-1509
List of commendators
David Arnot, 1509-1526
William Stewart, 1529-1531
Henry Wemyss, 1530-1541
Andrew Dury, 1541-1558
Alexander Gordon, 1559-1575
Archibald Crawford, 1564
John Gordon, 1576-1586
Roger Gordon, 1578
George Gordon, 1586-1588
William Melville, 1588-1615
Notes
Bibliography
Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969) Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), p. 210-13