to Edward I of England Elias II, involved in the Templar Trials of 1309, present in 1322 at the attack of the English army under Edward II Symon of Wedale, present at the vigil of St Barnabas in 1326 John II, appears in charters of 1338 Bartholomew, abbot in 1342 Thomas, abbot at the ransom of King David II in 1346 and oversaw his funeral in 1371 John III, abbot in 1372, cared for John of Gaunt at the abbey David, abbot from 1384 in the reign of Robert II. During his tenure the abbey was burnt by the army of Richard II John of Leith, abbot in 1386, granted the lands of Canonmills to Edinburgh in 1423 Patrick, abbot in 1435, crowned James II of Scotland on 23 March 1437 and on 3 July 1449 crowned Mary of Gueldres as Queen Consort, and wed her to James II James, abbot in 1450 Archibald Crawford (d. 1483), son of Sir William Crawford of Haining, who was a commissioner at the truce with the English organised at Coventry in 1450 and abbot of Holyrood in 1457. In 1469 he married James III of Scotland to Margaret of Norway. In 1480 he was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. He added the buttresses to the abbey and the ornate doorway to the north aisle. Robert Bellenden, abbot in 1486. In 1493 he organised the building of a chapel to St Ninian (later known as North Leith Parish Church) and adjacent toll bridge (known as Bellenden's Bridge). In 1507 he bestowed the title of Defender of the Faith on King James IV of Scotland George Crichton, abbot in 1515, also served as Lord Privy Seal from 1519. Became Bishop of Dunkeld in 1528. Originator of the Dunkeld Lectern. William Douglas of Coldingham (d. 1528) Robert Cairncross of Corstorphine (d. 1545), High Treasurer of Scotland in 1529 and 1537. Left in 1538 when appointed Bishop of Ross Robert Stewart of Strathdon, illegitimate son of James V by Eupheme Elphinstone. In 1559 he joined the Reformation party and relinquished his position as Abbot. He married in 1561 and Mary Queen of Scots (his half-sister) granted him a wedding present of lands in Orkney and Shetland. He was created an earl in 1581. Adam Bothwell (d. 1593), acquired the abbacy in 1559. Buried in the abbey. John Bothwell, eldest son of the above, acquired the abbacy in