Prior of Perth

The Prior of Perth was the head of Perth Charterhouse, the Carthusian monastic house located near Perth. It was founded in 1429, and finally suppressed in 1602. The following is a list of priors and prior-commendators:

List of priors and prior-commendators

List of priors

Oswald de Corda, 1429-1434
Adam Hangleside, 1434 x 1435-1441
Laurence Hutton, 1442-1443
Patrick Russell, 1443
Michael Virey, 1444-1445^[1]
Bryce Montgomery, 1445-1446
Bryce Wych, 1446-1447
Maurice Barry, 1447-1452
Martin de Groether, 1452-1455
James Bayne, 1456-1457
Simon Fairlie, 1457-1465 x 1466
Andrew Telfer, 1466-1471 x 1472
Patrick Russell, 1472-1474 x 1475
John Davidson, 1474 x 1475-1482 x 1486
Richard Gaergen, 1482 x 1486
David Simson, 1482 x 1486-1490 x 1492
Walter Lyall, 1492-1495 x 1498
John Ramsay, 1495 x 1498-1500 x 1501
Alan (probably Alan Dawson), 1500 x 1501-1506 x 1507
William Turnbull, 1507-1515 x 1517
Hugh Moryn, 1515 x 1517-1535
Alexander Inglis, 1535-1542 x 1543
James Gordon, 1543-1543 x 1544
Simon Galloway, 1543 x 1544-1544 x 1546
Andrew Forman, 1544 x 1546-1552 x 1556
- Simon Galloway (again), 1550-1554 x^[2]
Adam Forman, 1552 x 1556-1567^[3]
Adam Stewart, 1567 x 1569-1569^[4]

List of commendator-priors

George Balfour, 1569-1588
James Balfour of Cossertoun, 1588-1592 x 1599
George Hay of Nether Liff, 1599-1602^[5]

Notes

^ Died before taking office.
^ In opposition to Forman; said to have been abducted by Forman, sometime after he was granted royal protection on 9 August 1554.
^ Spent early years litigation with Galloway. In his time the monastery was destroyed by reformers on 11 May 1559. Fled overseas in April 1567.
^ Illegitimate son of James V. Was styling himself prior in 1569; may have regarded himself as Forman's successor, but received a pension instead.
^ Monastery suppressed by the crown on 8 January 1602.

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), pp. 86-7
Watt, D. E. R. & Shead, N. F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), pp. 174-7

[1] Died before taking office.

[2] In opposition to Forman; said to have been abducted by Forman, sometime after he was granted royal protection on 9 August 1554.

[3] Spent early years litigation with Galloway. In his time the monastery was destroyed by reformers on 11 May 1559. Fled overseas in April 1567.

[4] Illegitimate son of James V. Was styling himself prior in 1569; may have regarded himself as Forman's successor, but received a pension instead.

[5] Monastery suppressed by the crown on 8 January 1602.

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