The Prior, then Abbot and then Commendator of Dunfermline was the head of the Benedictine monastic community of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. The...

St Margaret. At its head was the Abbot of Dunfermline, the first of which was Geoffrey of Canterbury, former Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, the Kent...

miles (5 km) from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries...

Abbot House is the oldest secular building in Dunfermline, Scotland. Lying in the shadow of Dunfermline's great abbey church, the core of the building...

the Abbot of Dunfermline's representative informed him that he found the priory in need of much renovation; the consequence of nearly 60 years of neglect...

Provost of the Collegiate Church of Bothwell. In 1504 he became Prior of Whithorn and Abbot of Dunfermline and in 1505 was made Lord High Treasurer of Scotland...

Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow 1233-1249: Sir William de Lindsay 1249–1250: Robert de Keldeleth, Abbot of Dunfermline 1250-1253: Gamelin, Bishop of St Andrews...

be the first Abbot of Dunfermline. As abbot he presided over the construction of the new monastery building, the immigration of English monks and settlers...

Castle, and by 1382 was called Abbot's Hall, as it was the home of the Abbot of Dunfermline. The present building is largely of the 16th century, though with...

established as a stonemason's lodge. In 1531, the Abbot of Newbattle agreed with the Abbot of Dunfermline to work his coalmine at Prestongrange so that it...

Benedictine and then Cistercian abbot. He started his senior career as Abbot of Dunfermline (1240–52), becoming Chancellor of Scotland later in the 1240s...

administration of the town and its fiscal policies; conditional on an annual payment of two and a half marks (33s 4d) to the Abbot of Dunfermline. At the beginning...

Abbot House may refer to: In Scotland Abbot House, Dunfermline, a heritage centre in Scotland In the United States (by state) Asa and Sylvester Abbot...

1533/4 and had at the same time part of the lands of Kildun granted to them by George Durie the Abbot of Dunfermline. He married secondly, Barbara Urquhart...

Stewart, Duke of Ross (March 1476 – January 1504) was a Scottish prince, and the second son of King James III of Scotland and his wife, Margaret of Denmark...

high offices in church and state, becoming Commendator and the last Abbot of Dunfermline before the Reformation. He also appeared in Parliament between 1540...

from the abbey. It appeared Hugh Rigg had an agreement with the Abbot of Dunfermline to lease until 1585. Both John Knox and George Buchanan recorded...

1577), abbot of Dunfermline and archdeacon of St Andrews, son of John Durie of Durie in the county of Fife, and brother to Andrew Durie, bishop of Galloway...

The tawse, sometimes formerly spelled taws (the plural of Scots taw, a thong of a whip), is an implement used for corporal punishment. It was used for...

1433–1434 John Tenalay (Benally), 1445–1454 Became Abbot of Dunfermline. Previously the titular Prior of Coldingham. Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval...

of Glasgow. He served both before and after the Reformation when his title was reinstated by King James VI in 1598. He was the son of James Beaton of...

Pitcairn, Abbot of Dunfermline John Hay, Abbot of Balmerino, Robert Richardson, Lord Treasurer Sir James Balfour, Justice Clerk James MacGill of Nether Rankeillour...

of Dunkeld; as this was unsuccessful, Inglis resumed his position as Archdeacon. Became Bishop of Aberdeen. Also Abbot of Dunfermline. Also Abbot of Dunfermline...

cause of the defeat and attributed the order to move to the influence of local landowners George Durie, Abbot of Dunfermline, and Hugh Rig of Carberry...

place as the first abbot. During the course of several decades, the abbey gained power and wealth in Dunfermline with the dedication of 26 altars being gifted...

refer to: George Durie (1490s–1577), also spelt 'Dury' and 'Drury', Abbot of Dunfermline George Drury (footballer) (1914–1972), English professional footballer...

Dunfermline, Holyrood, Iona, Kelso, Kilwinning, Kinloss, Lindores, Paisley, Melrose, Scone, St Andrews Priory and Sweetheart. To distinguish abbots from...

consecrated as the first Abbot of Dunfermline Abbey. The Dun Beal Gallimhe is erected by King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair of Connacht. In Ireland, Saint...

of Dunfermline 1506—along with his brother John, received the lands of Lochirmacus in Berwickshire. 1506–07—received a 19-year lease of the Mains of Dunbar...

bishop of Galloway and abbot of Melrose, was the son of John Durie of Durie in Fife, and brother to George Durie, abbot of Dunfermline and archdeacon of St...