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A Glance at Pluscarden History - Benedictine Pluscarden i
William Boyce, monk of Dunfermline, Prior of Pluscarden.
1461The Liber Pluscardensis written at the Priory.
1476-1480Thomas Foster, monk of Dunfermline, Prior of Pluscarden.
Gavin Dunbar, cleric of Moray Diocese, attempts to become Prior of Pluscarden.
1481-1486?David Boyce, monk of Arbroath, Prior of Pluscarden, although Robert Harrower, monk of Dunfermline, had been elected by the community.
1487-1509Robert Harrower, Prior of Pluscarden.
King James IV visits Pluscarden.
George Learmonth, cleric of St Andrews Diocese, Prior of Pluscarden, having become a monk.
1518Gavin Dunbar, Dean of Moray, becomes Bishop of Aberdeen.
1529George Learmonth, Prior of Pluscarden provided as coadjutor to Gavin Dunbar, Bishop of Aberdeen.
Alexander Dunbar, canon of Ross Diocese, Prior of Pluscarden, having become a monk.
1531George Learmonth dies in March, a year before Bishop Gavin Dunbar.
1548Three of Prior Alexander's sons legitimated.
1555The 'Bloody Vespers' in Elgin Cathedral.
1560August: Reformation Parliament.
19th September: death of Prior Alexander Dunbar.
