Abbot of Jedburgh

The Abbot of Jedburgh (previously Prior of Jedburgh, later Commendator of Jedburgh) was the head of the Augustinian canons of Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire. It was founded by King David I of Scotland in 1138, and David's grandson and successor Máel Coluim IV ensured its promotion to the status of abbey before 1156. The position was secularized in the 16th century, and in 1606 turned into a secular lordship for the last commendator, Alexander Home, now earl of Home.

The following is a list of priors, abbots and commendators:

List of priors

Daniel, fl. 1139
Osbert, 1153x1156-1174

List of abbots

Osbert (same), 1153 x 1156-1174
Richard, 1174-1192
Radulf, 1192-1205
Hugh, 1205-1209x1211^[1]
Peter, 1220
Henry, 1239
Philip, 1239-1249
Robert de Gyseburne, 1249
Nicholas de Prenderlathe, 1249–1275.
John Morel, 1275–1296, 1299 ?
William de Jarum, 1296-1319^[2]
Robert Marshal, 1319-1332
John de Eskdale, 1338-1354
Robert, 1358-1392
John de Dryden, 1408
Thomas de Eskdale, 1411^[3]
Walter Pyle, 1422-1455
John de Bolden, 1426
Andrew Bontoun (or Bolton), 1463-1464 x 1468
John Woodman, 1468-1476^[3]
Robert Turnbull, 1476-1478^[4]
John Hall, 1478-1479
William Forester, 1480/81-1484
Hugh Douglas, 1482^[5]
Robert Archison (Atkinson), 1483-1488
Thomas Cranston, 1484-1501
Robert Blackadder, 1484, 1502-1505^[6]
Henry Alanson, 1505-1512
John Lynne (or John Home), 1512-1549

List of commendators

Andrew Home, 1547-1593
Alexander Home, 1597-1606

Notes

^ Previously Prior of Restenneth.
^ Loyalist of the English crown during the First War of Scottish Independence.
^ ^a ^b Previously Prior of Restenneth.
^ Had been claiming title since 1468.
^ Previously Abbot of Dryburgh.
^ As Archbishop of Glasgow.

Bibliography

Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), p. 92
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. 116–20