Prior of Beauly

The Prior of Beauly (later Commendator of Beauly) was the head of the Valliscaulian monastic community and lands of Beauly Priory, Beauly, Inverness-shire. It was probably founded in 1230. It became Cistercian on 16 April 1510. The following are a list of priors and commendators:

List of priors

Geoffrey, 1312 Robert, 1341–1357 Simon, 1362 Maurice, 1336x1372 Thomas, x 1407 Matthew alias Walter, 1407–1411 Cristin MacDonald (Donaldson), 1411 Gilbert MacPherson, 1430 Alexander Fraser, 1430–1471 John Finlay, 1472–1480 Hugh Fraser, x 1498 Thomas Ramsay, 1498 Dugald (Callus) McRory, 1498–1514First Cistercian prior. Nicholas Brachane, 1525–1528 James Haswell, 1528Became abbot of Newbattle David Murray, 1528 James de Baldoven, 1529–1531

List of commendators

Robert Reid, 1531–1553 Walter Reid, ?1553–1572 John Fraser, 1573–1579 Thomas Fraser, 1579 Adam Cuming, 1581–1607 Alexander Douglas, 1606 James Hay de Kingask, 1607–1612 George Strang, 1612

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), p. 84 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. 15–18

See also Beauly Priory