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Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 66 - Parish of Perth, OS1/25/66

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The Charter-House or Carthusian Monastry, this was the only monastry which the
Carthusians had in Scotland. It was Situated at the west end of the town near
to where the hospital now Stands. It was built or founded by King James I and
his Queen in the year 1429. The Original letter sent by the prior of the great Chartreux
in France addressed to that Monarch, and giving consent to the erection of a house
of the Carthusian order near Perth for thirteen monks with their Competent numbers
of servants is extent among the papers of the hospital, etc.
Its designation was 'The Prior and Convent of the house of the valley of virtue
of the Carthusian order near Perth,' In the Church which belonged to it there
were some royal Sepuchres. in which were interred King James I Jane his Queen
and Queen Margaret mother of James V.
New Stat. Acct. [New Statistical Account].

Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 66 - Parish of Perth, OS1/25/66

This volume contains information found in the parish of Perth.

Ordnance Survey - Perth county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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