Prior of Coldingham

The Prior of Coldingham was the head of the Benedictine monastic community of Coldingham Priory in Berwickshire, Scotland. The priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham in 1098 AD, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100. The first prior is on record by the year 1147, although an earlier foundation is almost certain. The monastic cell was a dependent of Durham until the 1370s, and in 1378 King Robert II of Scotland expelled the Durham monks; for the following century the cell had two priors, one chosen by Durham and one chosen by the Scots. It became a dependent of Dunfermline Abbey. It was subject to increasingly secular control from the late 15th century into the 16th century.

List of priors

 * Edward, fl. 1124 x 1153
 * H.[...], fl. 1147 x 1150
 * Sampson, fl. x 1159-1161 x 1162
 * Alan, fl. 1165 x 1173
 * Herbert, 1172x1174-1175
 * Bertram, 1188-1189
 * Simon, 1189 x 1203
 * Radulf, x 1203-x 1207
 * Ernald, x 1207-1208 x 1211
 * Thomas, 1212-1221 x
 * Radulf, 1218 x 1234
 * Thomas de Melsonby, 1229-1234
 * Anketin, 1239-1242
 * Bertram de Mediltone, 1242 x 1244
 * Richard, x 1245-1247 or 1248
 * Henry de Sylton, 1248-1260
 * German, 1260
 * Roger de Wolviston, 1263-1274 x 1276
 * Henry de Horncastre, 1276-1296
 * William de Midilton, 1304
 * William de Gretham, 1304-1305
 * Adam de Pontefract, 1309-1311
 * William de Gretham, 1311-1321
 * Richard de Whitworth, 1322-1325
 * Adam de Pontefract, 1325-1332
 * Robert de Graystanes, 1333
 * Alexander de Lamsley, 1334
 * William de Scaccario, 1336 x 1337
 * Alexander de Lamsley, 1338-1339
 * John Fossour, 1340-1341
 * Walter de Skaresbrekis, 1341-1354
 * William de Bamburgh, 1355-1362
 * Robert Berrington de Walworth, 1363-1374
 * Robert de Claxton, 1374 x 1379

List of priors with allegiance to Durham

 * Robert de Claxton, 1374-1391
 * John de Ayclif, 1392-1416
 * William Drax, 1418-1441
 * John Oil, 1441-1447
 * Thomas Nesbitt, 1447-1456
 * John Pencher, 1456-1465 x 1467
 * Thomas Haughton, 1467
 * Thomas Wren, 1470

List of priors with allegiance to Dunfermline

 * Adam de Carale, 1374 x 1379
 * Michael de Inverkeithing, 1379-1389
 * William Reid, 1389-1390
 * Simon Marischal, 1389
 * John Steele, 1390-1402
 * Alan de Lyn, 1402
 * Richard Mongal, 1402-1409
 * Andrew Raburn, 1409-1414 x 1418
 * Robert Bowmaker, 1419
 * William Brown, 1419-1430
 * Stephen Bryg, 1432
 * William Boyce, 1442-1445

List of prior-commendators

 * Patrick Home, 1461-1478
 * John Home, 1464-1503
 * Ninian Home, 1501-1508
 * John Home, 1509
 * Alexander Stewart, 1510-1513
 * David Home, 1513-1517
 * Thomas Nudre, 1514
 * Robert Blackadder, 1518-1519
 * William Douglas, 1519 -1526
 * George Patricii, 1520
 * Patrick Blackadder of Tulliallan, 1521 -1525
 * Andrew Home, 1522
 * John Forman, 1523
 * Adam Blackadder, 1523-1541
 * John Stewart, Commendator of Coldingham, 1541-1563
 * Francis Stewart, earl of Bothwell, 1565-1567
 * John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, 1567-1571
 * Alexander Home I [senior], 1570
 * Alexander Home II [junior], 1571-1587
 * Francis Stewart, earl of Bothwell (again), 1584-1590
 * John Stewart, 1589-1592
 * Alexander Home, 6th Lord Home, 1592-1606