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The '''Prior of St Mary's Isle''' (later '''Commendator of St Mary's Isle''') was the head of the [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] monastic community of [[St Mary's Isle Priory]], in [[Kirkcudbrightshire]], [[Galloway]]. The following is a list of priors and commendators:

==List of priors==

* William, x 1220
* David, 1273
* William de Kars, 1347
* Stephen de Malcarston, 1381-1406
* Patrick Wotherspoon, 1423-1426<ref>Became [[Abbot of Holyrood]].</ref>
** John de Inverkeithing, 1423
** Richard de Aberdour, 1424
** Henry de Dryden, 1424-1426
* James Cameron, 1426-1446<ref name="Became Abbot of Holyrood">Became Abbot of Holyrood.</ref>
* John de Wardlaw, 1446-1481
* Robert Bellenden (Ballantyne), 1481-1484<ref name="Became Abbot of Holyrood"/>
* John Crawford, 1484-1512 x 1515
** William Crawford, 1501
* John Crichton, 1515-1525<ref name="Became Abbot of Holyrood"/>
* George Crichton, 1525-1526<ref>Abbot of Holyrood; became [[Bishop of Dunkeld]].</ref>
* David Douglas, 1526
* William Douglas, 1526-1528
** John Campbell, 1526
** Adam Blackadder, 1527
** John Lamb, 1528
** John Leslie, 1528
** Gavin Leslie, 1528
** John Campbell (again), 1528
* Robert Erskine, 1528-1532

==List of commendators==

* John Douglas, 1528-1536
* David de Voyles, 1530
* [[David Paniter]], 1536-1547<ref>Became [[Bishop of Ross (Scotland)|Bishop of Ross]].</ref>
** Nicholas Williamson, 1536
* Robert Stirling, 1546-1558
* William Heslop, 1558
* [[Robert Richardson (Scottish)|Robert Richardson]], 1558-1566
* John Wilson, 1558
* John Stevenson, 1561
* William Rutherford, 1566-1587

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
* Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., ''Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland <small>With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man</small>'', Second Edition, (London, 1976), pp. 96-7
* 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. 193-7

==See also==
* [[Abbot of Holyrood]]
* [[St Mary's Isle Priory]]

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