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

List of commendator-priors

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 August 9, 1554.
  3. ↑ Spent early years litigation with Galloway. In his time the monastery was destroyed by reformers, May 11, 1559. Fled overseas in April 1567.
  4. ↑ Ilegitimate 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 January 8, 1602.

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