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
  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.

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
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