A Glance at Pluscarden History - Commendatory Priors

Master William Cranston, Prior of Pluscarden 1561-2. George, 5th Lord Seton, Yconomus of Pluscarden.

Alexander Seton, Prior of Pluscarden.

George Seton helps Mary, Queen of Scots, escape from Lochleven castle.

Alexander Seton sent to the Jesuits in Rome for education.

Alexander Seton deprived of Pluscarden for not conforming to Protestantism.

James Douglas intruded as Prior of Pluscarden.

Pluscarden erected into a temporal lordship, Alexander Seton becomes Lord Urquhart.