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
Notes
Bibliography
Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second Edition, (London, 1976), p. 76 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), pp. 131–34