Priors of Worcester
Priors of Worcester — This is a list of priors of Worcester, until the Benedictine Order's dissolution in 1540.
| Name | Appointed | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wulfstan | 1062 | Became Bishop of Worcester[1] | |
| Ælfstan | 1062 | 1080 | Brother of Wulfstan and probably succeeded him as prior[2] |
| Thomas | 1080 | d.1113 | [3] |
| Nicholas | c.1116 | d.1124 | [4] |
| Warin | Before 1133 | Around 1140-42 | [1] |
| Ralph of Bath | 1142 | d.1143 | [1] |
| David | 1143 | Deposed 1145 | [1] |
| Osbert | 1145 | d.1146 | [1] |
| Ralph de Bedeford | 1146 | d.1189 | [1] |
| M. Senatus | 1189 | d.1207 | [1] |
| Peter | 1196 | Deposed 1203 | [1] |
| Randulph of Evesham | 1203 | 1214 | Became Abbott of Evesham[1] |
| Silvester of Evesham | 1215 | 1216 | Became Bishop of Worcester[1] |
| Simon Pimme | 1216 | Deposed 1220-22 | Appealed to Pope unsuccessfully, died 1223[1] |
| William Norman | 1222 | resigned 1224 | Appointed by Bishop, quarrelled with the convent, arguments settled 1224[1] |
| William de Bedeforde | 1224 | d.1242 | [1] |
| Richard de Gundicote | 1242 | d.1252 | [1] |
| Thomas | 1252 | d.1260 | [1] |
| Richard de Dumbleton | 1260 | 1272 | [1] |
| William de Cirencester | 1272 | d.1274 | [1] |
| Richard de Feckenham | 1274 | d.1286 | [1] |
| Philip de Aubyn | 1287 | d.1296 | [1] |
| Simon de Wyre | 1296 | resigned 1301 | [1] |
| John de Wyke | 1301 | 1317 | [5] |
| Wulstan de Bransford | 1317 | 1338/9 | Became Bishop of Worcester[5] |
| Simon de Botiler | 1339 | 1339 | [5] |
| Simon Crompe | 1339 | 1340 | [5] |
| John de Evesham | 1340 | 1370 | [5] |
| Walter de Legh | 1370 | 1388 | [5] |
| John Green | 1388 | 1395 | [5] |
| John de Malvern | 1395 | [5] | |
| John de Fordham | 1438 | [5] | |
| Thomas Ledbury | 1438 | 1444 | [5] |
| John Hertelbury | 1444 | 1455 | [5] |
| Thomas Musard | 1455 | 1469 | [5] |
| Robert Multon | 1469 | 1492 | [5] |
| William Wenlocke | 1492 | 1499 | [5] |
| Thomas Mildenham | 1499 | 1507 | [5] |
| John Wednesbury | 1507 | 1518 | [5] |
| William More | 1518 | 1536 | [5] |
| Henry Holbeach | 1536 | 1540 | [5] |
References
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Bibliography
Primary sources
- More, William (1914), Fegan, Ethel S (ed.), Journal of Prior William More., London: Printed for the Worcestershire Historical Society, by M. Hughes and Clarke, OL 23307603M
Secondary sources
- Greatrex, Joan (1997). Biographical Register of English Cathedral Priories of the Province of Canterbury c.1066-1540. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820424-4.
- Greenway, Diana E, ed. (1971). "Priors of Worcester". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2, Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). London: British History Online. pp. 102–104. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- Jones, B, ed. (1963). "Priors of Worcester". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province). London: British History Online. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- Winterbottom, Michael; Thomson, Rodney, eds. (2002). "Life of Wulfstan". William of Malmesbury: Saints’ Lives (in Latin and English). Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. pp. 1–155. ISBN 978-0-19-820709-2.