Wikipedia / Prior of Perth
Wikipedia / 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 priorss 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
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
Adam Forman, 1552 x 1556-1567
Adam Stewart, 1567 x 1569-1569
List of commendator-priors
George Balfour, 1569-1588
James Balfour of Cossertoun, 1588-1592 x 1599
George Hay of Nether Liff, 1599-1602
Notes
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