Abbot of Sweetheart
The Abbot of Sweetheart was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Sweetheart Abbey, in the ancient province of Galloway in the present area of Dumfries and Galloway, founded by monks from Dundrennan Abbey with the patronage of Derbhfhorghaill inghean Ailein, Lady of Galloway, about 1275. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.- Henry, S.O.Cist., 1273 - 1280
- John, S.O.Cist., 1280 x 1290 - 1296
- Thomas, S.O.Cist., 1356 - 1404
- John, S.O.Cist., c.1409
- William Greenlaw, S.O.Cist., 1448 -1463
- Alexander Tyningham, S.O.Cist., 1486
- James Ruche, S.O.Cist., 1486
- Robert Greenlaw, S.O.Cist., 1515
- Herbert Browne, S.O.Cist., 1523 - 1530
- Richard Brown, S.O.Cist., 1530-1532
- Robert Arnot, S.O.Cist., 1532
- Herbert, S.O.Cist., 1538
- John Brown, S.O.Cist., 1538 - 1565
- Gilbert Broun, S.O.Cist., 1565 - 1612
List of abbot-commendators
- Gilbert Brown, 1565
- William Leslie, 1586
- Robert Maxwell, x 1612
- Robert Spottiswood, 1612 -1624
