Newbattle Abbey
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| Monastery Information | |
| Order | Cistercian |
| Mother House | Melrose Abbey |
| Established | 1140 |
| Disestablished by | 1587 |
| Diocese | Diocese of St Andrews |
| Controlled churches | Bathgate; Clerkington; Cockpen; Eassie; Heriot; Masterton; Newbattle |
| People | |
| Founder | David I of Scotland |
| Important associated figures | Thomas Livingston |
Newbattle Abbey was a Cistercian monastic community founded in 1140 by monks from Melrose Abbey. It lies near the village of Newbattle in Midlothian. The patron was King David I of Scotland (with his son Henry). Its church was dedicated in 1234. The abbey was burned by English royal forces in 1385 and once more in 1544. It became a secular lordship for the last commendator, Mark Kerr (Ker) in 1587.
[edit] Bibliography
- Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second Edition, (London, 1976), p. 77
[edit] See also
- Abbot of Newbattle, for a list of abbots and commendators
MELROSE FILIATION (from Rievaulx)
Balmerino Abbey (1227) | Coupar Angus Abbey (1164) | Culross Abbey (1217) * | Deer Abbey (1219) * | Holmcultram Abbey (1150) ** | Kinloss Abbey (1150) | Melrose Abbey (1136) | Newbattle Abbey (1140)
DUNDRENNAN FILIATION (from Rievaulx)
Dundrennan Abbey (1142) | Glenluce Abbey (1192) | Sweetheart Abbey (1273)
MELLIFONT FILIATION *** (from Cîteaux)
Saddell Abbey (1207) | [ ? Soulseat Abbey (1148) ] ****
* Founded by Kinloss Abbey.
** In England, but at the time of foundation (1150), part of the territory of David I, King of Scots.
*** Meaning from Mellifont Abbey in Ireland, founded in 1142.
**** If it existed, it was shortly afterwards replaced by a Premonstratensian establishment.
