Abbot of Balmerino

The Abbot of Balmerino (later Commendator of Balmerino) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community and lands of Balmerino Abbey, Fife, founded in 1227 x 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King Alexander II of Scotland. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.

List of abbots

 * Alan, 1229-1236
 * Radulf, 1236-1251
 * John, 1251-1252
 * Adam, 1252-1260
 * Adam, 1260-1270
 * William de Perisby, 1270
 * Thomas, 1270x1306
 * William, 1296
 * Alan, 1317
 * Hugh, x1369
 * Patrick, 1369-1380x
 * John Plater, x 1392
 * John Gugy, x 1394-1399 x 1402
 * John de Hailes, 1399x1402-1435x1436
 * Richard de Coventry, 1436-1464
 * William Cameron, 1436
 * Henry Mason, 1450
 * Walter Bunch, 1464
 * James Rait, 1466-1468 x 1469
 * William Bell, 1468-1483
 * Walter Bunch (again), 1482-1486 x 1504
 * Walter Ruch, 1483
 * Henry Knollis, 1484
 * Robert Fairweather, 1486
 * James Forman, 1504-1507
 * Robert Forrester, 1511-1559 x 1561
 * Henry Roche, 1532
 * John Stewart, 1535

List of commendators

 * John Hay, 1561-1573
 * Henry Kinnear, 1574-1603
 * John Kinnear, 1582
 * Robert Auchmutie, 1604-1607