Prior of Fyvie

The Prior of Fyvie (later Commendator of Fyvie) was the head of the medieval Tironensian monastic community of Fyvie Priory, located in modern Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The following is a list of priors and commendators:

List of priors
  •  ?
  • Neso, 1312
  •  ?
  • Albertinus, 1323-1325
  •  ?
  • John Fewir, 1362
  • Patrick de Infirmiterio, 1362-1364
  •  ?
  • John Geby, 1371-1384
  •  ?
  • John Scot, 1395
  •  ?
  • John de St Andreas, 1425-1450
  • Malcolm Brydy, 1450-1455 x 1456[1]
  • Alexander Mason, 1459-1508
  • Robert Cuby, 1461
  • George Hepburn, 1507-1513

List of commendators
  • Thomas Nudry, 1516
  •  ?
  • Thomas Currour, 1529-1531
  • David Betoun, 1531
  •  ?

See also
  • Fyvie Priory

Notes
  1. Became Abbot of Arbroath.

Bibliography
  • 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. 85–6


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