On the eve of the
Reformation the religious houses of Scotland were represented by :

Four houses of Benedictine monks - Coldingham,
Dunfermline, Iona and Pluscarden.

Two houses of Cluniac monks - Crossraguel and
Paisley.

Five houses of Tironensian monks - Arbroath,
Kelso, Kilwinning, Lesmahagow, and Lindores.

Eleven houses of Cistercian monks - Balmerino,
Beauly (originally Valliscaulian), Coupar, Angus, Culross, Deer, Dundrennan,
Glenluce, Kinloss, Melrose, Newbattle, and Sweetheart or New Abbey.

One house of Valliscaulian monks at
Ardchattan.

A Carthusian priory at Perth.

Seventeen houses of Augustinian canons
- Blantyre, Cambuskenneth, Canonbie, Holyroodhouse, Inchaffray, Inchcolm,
Inchmahome, Jedburgh, Loch Leven or Portmoak, Monymusk, Oronsay, Pittenweem
( with May), Restenneth, St Andrews Isle or Trail, Scone, and
Strathfillan.

Six houses of Premonstratensian canons -
Druburgh, Fearn, Holywood, Soulseat, Tongland, and Whithorn.

Four Trinitarian houses - Aberdeen,
Fail, Peebles, and Scotlandwell.

A preceptory of the Knights of St John of
Jerusalem at Torphichen.

Seven Cistersian nunneries - Coldstream,
Eccles, Elcho, Haddington, Manuel, North Berwick, and St Bathans or
Abbey St Bathans.

St Augustine nunnery at Iona.

A house of Dominican nuns - Sciennes
priory near Edinburgh.

Two Franciscan nunneries at Aberdour, and
Dundee.

Thirteen Dominican friaries - Aberdeen,
Ayr, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Glasgow, Inverness, Montrose, Perth, St
Andrews, St Monance, Stirling, and Wigtown.

Five Franciscan houses of Friars Minor,
Dumfries, Dundee, Haddington, Kirkcudbright , and Lanark.

Eight Observant Friaries - Aberdeen, Ayr,
Edinburgh, Elgin, Glasgow, Perth, St Andrews, and Stirling.

Ten Carmelite houses - Aberdeen, Banff,
Edinburgh, Inverbervie, Irvine, Kingussie, Linlithgow, Luffness,
Queensferry, and Tullilum.