Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the ruined Kilwinning Abbey on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to North Ayrshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Kilwinning was a Tironensian Benedictine monastic community, named after Tiron in the diocese of Chartres. The abbey was dedicated to Saint Winning and the Virgin Mary, and founded sometime between 1162 and 1188 with monks coming from Kelso. The patron is not known for certain, but it may have been Richard de Morville, Lord of Cunninghame and Great Constable of Scotland, perhaps with the backing and assistance of King William of Scotland. A story developed that another Sir Richard de Morville who was involved in the murder of Thomas Becket was the founder of the abbey, however despite the likelihood of the families being the same, the dates of the events make this connection impossible. A connection that does exist is the founding of Arbroath Abbey in 1178, also a Tironensian abbey, in memory of Becket by William the Lion, born 1165, died 1214. It is significant that Kilwinning Abbey was not founded by a monarch and its beginnings were accordingly less grand than would have otherwise been the case. The area of Kilwinning on the East bank of the River Garnock is still known as Corsehill in memory of the cross that used to be placed there to welcome pilgrims visiting Saint Winning's shrine and as a place for prayer. King Robert II granted the abbey a charter, erecting all the lands of the Barony of Kilwinning into a free regality, with full jurisdiction. They received ratifications of this charter from Robert III and James IV. King James IV visited the abbey in 1507. The list of the Kilwinning abbots starts with Rainer, 1190; Nigellus, 1201 to 1210; John, 1214 to 1226; William, 1280; Bernard, 1296 to 1307; William Daunant, 1335; William de Deyn, 1344; John of Dalgarno, 1344 to 1367; Robert, 1361 to 1370; John, 1383 to 1384; Roger, 1400 to 1408; Adam Spark, 1407 to 1439; William Boyd, 1443 to 1474; William Bunsh or Bunche, 1474 to 1513, killed at the Battle of Flodden; John Foreman, 1512 to 1513; James Beaton, 1513 to 1526; Alexander Hamilton, 1527 to 1545; Henry Sinclair, 1545 to 1550; Gavin Hamilton, 1550 to 1571. The Abbots of Kilwinning held a townhouse in Glasgow in the Drygate. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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