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 April 16, 1510. The following are a list of priors and commendators:

Contents

List of priors

List of commendators

Notes

Bibliography

See also

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, 1498-1514^[1]

★ Nicholas Brachane, 1525-1528

★ James Haswell, 1528^[2]

★ 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

1. First Cistercian prior.
2. Became abbot of Newbattle

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