Prior of Perth

The Prior of Perth was the head of Perth Charterhouse, the Carthusian monastic house located near Perth. It was founded ion 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 [Died before taking office.]
* 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 [In opposition to Forman; said to have been abducted by Forman, sometime after he was granted royal protection on August 9, 1554.]
* Adam Forman, 1552 x 1556-1567 [Spent early years litigation with Galloway. In his time the monastery was destroyed by reformers, May 11, 1559. Fled overseas in April 1567.]
* Adam Stewart, 1567 x 1569-1569 [Was styling himself prior in 1569; may have regarded himself as Forman's successor, but received a pension instead.]

List of commendator-priors

* George Balfour, 1569-1588
* James Balfour of Cossertoun, 1588-1592 x 1599
* George Hay of Nether Liff, 1599-1602 [Monastery suppressed by the crown on January 8, 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