Perth Charterhouse

Perth Charterhouse or Perth Priory, known in Latin as Domus Vallis Virtutis ("House of the Valley of Virtue"), was a monastic house of Carthusian monks based at Perth, Scotland. It was the only Carthusian house ever to be established in the Kingdom of Scotland, and one of the last non-mendicant houses to be founded in the kingdom. The traditional founding date of the house is 1429. Formal suppression of the house came in 1569, though this was not actualised until 1602. Carthusian OrderThe Carthusian Order had its origin in the 11th century at La Grande Chartreuse in the Alps; Carthusian houses were small, and limited in number. Carrying the motto "Never reformed because never deformed", the Carthusians were the most ascetic and austere of all the European monastic orders, and the Order was regarded as the pinnacle of religious devotion to which monks from other orders were attracted when they were in need of greater spiritual challenges. In the first half of the 15th century, the Order experienced a renewal of secular patronage, including an attempted foundation by Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas in 1419. FoundationThe traditional founding date of the house is 1429. However, it was three years back, on 19 August 1426, that the Prior of La Grande Chartreuse, having received the consent of the General Chapter of the Carthusian Order, authorised the foundation of a house at Perth. King James used much of his own revenue as well as part of the ransom payment owed to the English crown, to begin work on the new house, as well as pressurising others to make grants; the Cistercian monk John of Bute was given responsibility for overseeing the construction of the priory. The priory may have been intended as a royal mausoleum, and King James I of Scotland (reigned 1424-1437), his queen Joan Beaufort (c. 1404-1445) and queen Margaret Tudor (1489-1541), widow of James IV, were buried there. The first Prior of Perth, Oswald de Corda, was in office by 31 March 1429.

Perth Charterhouse or Perth Priory, known in Latin as Domus Vallis Virtutis ("House of the Valley of Virtue"), was a monastic house of Carthusian monks based at Perth, Scotland. It was the only Carthusian house ever to be established in the Kingdom of Scotland, and one of the last non-mendicant houses to be founded in the kingdom. The traditional founding date of the house is 1429. Formal suppression of the house came in 1569, though this was not actualised until 1602. Carthusian OrderThe Carthusian Order had its origin in the 11th century at La Grande Chartreuse in the Alps; Carthusian houses were small, and limited in number. Carrying the motto "Never reformed because never deformed", the Carthusians were the most ascetic and austere of all the European monastic orders, and the Order was regarded as the pinnacle of religious devotion to which monks from other orders were attracted when they were in need of greater spiritual challenges. In the first half of the 15th century, the Order experienced a renewal of secular patronage, including an attempted foundation by Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas in 1419. FoundationThe traditional founding date of the house is 1429. However, it was three years back, on 19 August 1426, that the Prior of La Grande Chartreuse, having received the consent of the General Chapter of the Carthusian Order, authorised the foundation of a house at Perth. King James used much of his own revenue as well as part of the ransom payment owed to the English crown, to begin work on the new house, as well as pressurising others to make grants; the Cistercian monk John of Bute was given responsibility for overseeing the construction of the priory. The priory may have been intended as a royal mausoleum, and King James I of Scotland (reigned 1424-1437), his queen Joan Beaufort (c. 1404-1445) and queen Margaret Tudor (1489-1541), widow of James IV, were buried there. The first Prior of Perth, Oswald de Corda, was in office by 31 March 1429.