Inchaffray Abbey
Inchaffray Abbey was situated by the village of Madderty, midway between Perth and Crieff in Strathearn, Scotland. The only traces now visible are an earth mound and some walls on rising ground which once (before drainage) formed an island where the abbey once stood (the surrounding marshes known for eels).
History
A priory was created on the site of an existing ecclesiastical establishment of a group of clerics known as "the brethren of St John of Strathearn".
Dedicated to the
Inchaffray was patronised both by the
Abbot Maurice of Inchaffray carried the relics of Saint Fillan to bless the Scots army before the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Commendatory abbot Laurence Oliphant, who came from a notable Strathearn family, was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1514.
By 1561 Inchaffrey's fortunes had declined, its income being assessed at £667, third lowest of the Augustinian abbeys in Scotland included in the levy. With the
Today a single gable-end wall stands in private property, although it is visible from the road. The ruins are designated a scheduled monument.[9]
Burials
- Jonathan of Dunblane
- Malise, 6th Earl of Strathearn[10]
See also
- Abbot of Inchaffray, for a list of priors, abbots and commendators
Notes
- ^ a b "Inchaffray Abbey", Canmore
- ^ Inchaff. Liber, no. 10.
- ^ Inchaff. Liber, no. 1.
- ^ Inchaff. Liber, no. 2.
- ^ Ewart et al., p. 471
- ^ British Museum Collection
- ^ Sim, Philip (24 October 2018). "Dull as ditchwater - or a best-kept secret?". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ John Mackie, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1597-1603, vol. 13 (Edinburgh, 1969), p. 879.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Inchaffray,abbey and early monastic site (SM3200)". Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ Cokayne, G.E. (2000). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Sutton Publishing Co. pp. XII/1:383–4.
References
- Lindsay, William Alexander, & Thomson, John Maitland, (eds.) Charters of Inchaffray, Publications of the Scottish History Society, vol. LVI, (Edinburgh, 1908)
- ISBN 1-84158-323-5
- PSAS, volume 126: "Inchaffrey Abbey: Excavation and Research 1987" by Gordon Ewart et al., pp. 469–516.