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, 1444-1445Died 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 xIn opposition to Forman; said to have been abducted by Forman, sometime after he was granted royal protection on 9 August 1554. Adam Forman, 1552 x 1556-1567Spent early years litigation with Galloway. In his time the monastery was destroyed by reformers on 11 May 1559. Fled overseas in April 1567. Adam Stewart, 1567 x 1569-1569Illegitimate son of James V. Was styling himself prior in 1569; may have regarded himself as Forman's successor, but received a pension instead.Peter D. Anderson, Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, Lord Shetland (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1982), pp. 156–157.
List of commendator-priors George Balfour, 1569-1588 James Balfour of Cossertoun, 1588-1592 x 1599 George Hay of Nether Liff, 1599-1602Monastery suppressed by the crown on 8 January 1602.
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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