Strath Fillan Priory
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Strath Fillan Priory was a small Augustinian Priory based at Strath Fillan in Argyll (now in the Stirling council area). It seems to have been founded in 1318 by Robert I, King of Scots, and given to the canons of Inchaffray Abbey in order to properly celebrate St Fillan, a saint popular with the 14th century kings of Scotland. It had royal patronage after the Scottish Reformation.
By 1607 it was a Campbell possession, when it was incorporated into the secular lordship of Archibald (Gilleasbaig) Campbell of Glencarradale.{{cite web |title=Stonehouse - Stromness Pages 500-519 A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/scotland/pp500-519 |website=British History Online |publisher=S Lewis, London 1846 |access-date=7 April 2023}}
Priors
The Prior of Strath Fillan was the head of the Augustinian monastic community. The priors are badly documented and few are known.
=List of known priors=
- John de Mortimer, x 1414
- Celestine (Cellach) "MacLaureus", 1414–1428
- Robert Beaton, 1428–1430
- John Murray, fl. 1498
- John Gray, fl. 1543
- Hugh Curry, 1547–1551
- John Paterson, 1551
=List of known commendators=
- Thomas Malvil, 1556
- Patrick Murray, 1556
- John MacCorcadill, 1569–1583 x 1584
- Donald McVicar/MacPherson, 1583–1585 x 1607
Footnotes
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References
- 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. 98
- 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. 207–8
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Category:1318 establishments in Scotland
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