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).
List of position holders
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-x1490National Records of Scotland GD430/13. He was Abbot in Jan 1461/2 when he witnessed a Notarial Instrument. 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
See also Bishop of Dunkeld
References
Easson, D.E., & MacDonald, Angus, (eds.), Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm, (Edinburgh, 1938)