The Abbot of Paisley (later Commendator of Paisley; Prior of Paisley before 1219) was the head of the Cluniac monastic community of Paisley Abbey and...

Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire...

the monks from Paisley should be transferred there. These monks were given the authority to choose their own abbot. The abbot of Paisley, it was decreed...

Cardinal Archbishop of St Andrews 1542: John Hamilton, Abbot of Paisley, later Archbishop of St Andrews 1547: William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven 1533:...

illegitimate son of The 1st Earl of Arran (in the Peerage of Scotland). At a very early age Hamilton became a monk and Abbot of Paisley. After studying...

It is evident that the name is of territorial origin, derived from the lands of Cochrane near Paisley. The origin of the name itself is believed to be...

previously been Prior of Urquhart. Had been Abbot of Paisley (1444–1445). Had been Abbot of Paisley (1459–1471). After the death of Adam Cant, many figures...

the lands of Knoc near Walkinshaw with the Abbey of Paisley. In 1234 a charter of resignation of the lands of Culbeth to the Abbot of Paisley was sealed...

found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296. Some of the earliest recorded of the name were the Dumfries-born, Thomas Morrow, abbot of Paisley between 1418 and 1444...

1550s the church and lands of Kilmory were held by the Abbot of Paisley. In 1575 the estate was owned by Donald Campbell of Kilmory, and remained in the...