Abbot of Kilwinning
The Abbot of Kilwinning was the head of the Tironensian monastic community and lands of Kilwinning Abbey, Cunningham, founded between 1162 and 1167. The patron is not known for certain, but it is likely to have been Richard de Morville, Lord of Cunningham. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.- Rainer, 1186x1189
- Nigel, 1201-1210
- John, 1221x1230
- Bernard, 1296
- Roger, 1296x1305
- Adam, 1312-1327
- William de Deyn, 1327 x 1329-1344
- John de Dalgarno, 1344-1346
- Robert, 1360-1367
- John, 1384
- Bryce MacMakyn, 1407
- Adam, 1407 - 1439
- William Boyd, 1443-1474
- William Bunche, 1474 -1513
- John Forman, 1512 -1514
List of commendators
- James Beaton, 1513-1524
- John Cantlie, 1521
- John Hamilton, 1524
- George Betoun, 1526-1527
- Alexander Hamilton, 1527-1547
- Henry Sinclair, 1541-1550
- Gavin Hamilton, 1550-1571
- Alexander Cunningham, 1571-1585
- James Cunningham, 1585
- William Melville, 1591-1592
