page_title: Abbot of Arbroath
hierarchical_section_title: Abbot of Arbroath
caption_attribution_description: Seal of Arbroath Abbey
context_page_description: The Abbot of Arbroath or Abbot of Aberbrothok was the head of the Tironensian Benedictine monastic community of Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland, founded under the patronage of King William of Scotland from Kelso Abbey and dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. The abbot, John Gedy, was granted the mitre on 26 June 1396. Arbroath Abbey became the wealthiest and most powerful abbey in later medieval Scotland.
  According to the poem "The Inchcape Rock" by Robert Southey, John Gedy, then Abbot of Aberbrothok, fixed a bell to the inchcape rock in 1300s to warn mariners of the perilous rock.
  The following is a list of abbots and commendators.
  Reginald, 1178–79
  Henry, 1179–1207
  Gilbert, 1208–19 x 1229
  Radulf de Lamley, 1225–39
  Adam, 1240–46
  Walter, 1247–58 x
  Robert, 1261–67
  Sabinus, 1267?
  John, 1268–70
  William, 1276–84
  Henry, 1285–96
  Nicholas, 1296 x 99-1301
  John de Anegus, 1303–09
  Bernard, 1310–28
  Geoffrey, 1329–47
  William, 1348–66
  John, 1370–84
  John Gedy, 1384–1410
  Walter Paniter, 1410–49
  Robert Bowmaker, 1419
  Richard Guthrie, 1449–55
  Malcolm Brydy, 1456–70
  Richard Guthrie, 1470–12
  Hugh Douglas, 1470
  Francis Gonzaga, 1472
  Alexander Scrymgeour, 1472
  Patrick Graham, 1473–76
context_section_description: The Abbot of Arbroath or Abbot of Aberbrothok (and later Commendator) was the head of the Tironensian Benedictine monastic community of Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland, founded under the patronage of King William of Scotland from Kelso Abbey and dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. The abbot, John Gedy, was granted the mitre on 26 June 1396.  Arbroath Abbey became the wealthiest and most powerful abbey in later medieval Scotland. 
  According to the poem "The Inchcape Rock" by Robert Southey, John Gedy, then Abbot of Aberbrothok, fixed a bell to the inchcape rock in 1300s to warn mariners of the perilous rock.
  The following is a list of abbots and commendators.
  Reginald, 1178–79
  Henry, 1179–1207
  Gilbert, 1208–19 x 1229
  Radulf de Lamley, 1225–39
  Adam, 1240–46
  Walter, 1247–58 x
  Robert, 1261–67
  Sabinus, 1267 ?
  John, 1268–70
  William, 1276–84
  Henry, 1285–96
  Nicholas, 1296 x 99-1301
  John de Anegus, 1303–09
  Bernard, 1310–28
  Geoffrey, 1329–47
  William, 1348–66
  John, 1370–84
  John Gedy, 1384–1410
  Walter Paniter, 1410–49
  Robert Bowmaker, 1419
  Richard Guthrie, 1449–55
  Malcolm Brydy, 1456–70
  Richard Guthrie, 1470–12
  Hugh Douglas, 1470
  Francis Gonzaga, 1472
  Alexander Scrymgeour, 1472
  Patrick Graham, 1473–76
  George Boyce, 1472–82
  William Bonkil, 1482–84
  David Lichton, 1484–1503
  James Stewart, 1503–04
  George Hepburn, 1504–13
  Gavin Douglas, 1514
  Andrew Forman, 1514
  James Stewart, 1514–17
  Peter de Accoltis, 1517
  James Beaton, 1517–23 x 1524
  David Beaton, 1524–45
  James Beaton II, 1545–51
  George Douglas, 1546
  John, Lord Hamilton 1551–68
  George Douglas, (again) 1568–72, became Bishop of Moray
  John, Lord Hamilton (again), 1573–79
  Esmé Stuart, 1579–83
caption: Abbey seal, depicting the murder of St Thomas Becket
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