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

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

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