Abbot of Inchcolm

The Abbot of Inchcolm, or until 1235, the Prior of Inchcolm, was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of Inchcolm (Innse Choluim; Latin Insula Columbae; Lowland Scots: St Comb's Isle).

Priors of Inchcolm

 * Brice (Máel Brigte?), fl. 1162x1178
 * Roger, fl. 1163x1178
 * Walter (I), x1179-1210
 * Michael, 1210-1211
 * Simon, 1211-?
 * William, ?-1224
 * Nigel of Jedburgh, 1224-x1228
 * Henry, x1228-1243

Abbots of Inchcolm

 * Henry, promoted to abbot in 1235; resigned in 1243
 * Thomas, 1243/4-1268
 * William, 1268-1277x
 * Brice, fl. 1296
 * None of the abbots are known until:
 * John Dersy, died 1394
 * Laurence, x1399-1417
 * Walter Bower, 1417-1449
 * John Kers, 1449-1460x5
 * Michael Harwar, 1460x5-x1490
 * Alexander Scrimgeour, x1490-1491
 * Robert de Fontibus, 1491-1492
 * Thomas Inglis, 1492-1505
 * John Elwand (Elliot), 1505-x1532
 * Richard Abercromby, 1532-1543

Titular abbots/commendators

 * James Stewart, 1544-1581;(after 1558 frequently called commendator); died 1590
 * Henry Stewart, died 1612