Elcho Priory
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Elcho Priory was a Cistercian Priory
four miles south-east of Perth
, Scotland founded in the 13th century. In October 1346, Ranald mac Ruari was assassinated along with eight of his men at Elcho Nunnery as the result of a quarrel with Uilleam III, Earl of Ross
. Thomas Wyndham
burnt the nunnery on 29 December 1547. During the Scottish Reformation
, the nunnery was attacked by Reformers on 26 September 1559 and drove out the nuns and completely destroyed their house.
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
four miles south-east of Perth
Perth, Scotland
Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...
, Scotland founded in the 13th century. In October 1346, Ranald mac Ruari was assassinated along with eight of his men at Elcho Nunnery as the result of a quarrel with Uilleam III, Earl of Ross
Uilleam III, Earl of Ross
Uilleam III of Ross was the fourth successor of Ferchar mac in tSagairt, as Mormaer of Ross .Uilleam came into his inheritance at a torrid time, his father Aodh dying at the Battle of Halidon Hill. Uilleam temporarily lost many of his lands. However, he returned from Norway in 1336 and regained them...
. Thomas Wyndham
Thomas Wyndham (navigator)
Thomas Wyndham was an English naval officer and navigator.The son of Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg and Elizabeth Wentworth, he was educated at Louvain University and possibly in Italy....
burnt the nunnery on 29 December 1547. During the Scottish Reformation
Scottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was Scotland's formal break with the Papacy in 1560, and the events surrounding this. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation; and in Scotland's case culminated ecclesiastically in the re-establishment of the church along Reformed lines, and politically in...
, the nunnery was attacked by Reformers on 26 September 1559 and drove out the nuns and completely destroyed their house.
Prioresses
- Agnes of Arroch
- Elizabeth of Aberlady
- Isobella
- Margaret
- Margaret Swinton (1493–1511)
- Elizabeth Swinton (1511–1527)
- Euphemia Leslie (14 January 1529 - ??)
- Magdalen