Prior of Rochester

The Prior of Rochester was the head of the Benedictine Priory of St. Andrew established at Rochester Cathedral in 1083. The priory was dissolved in 1540 and the last prior, Walter Phillips (or Phylypp) became the first Dean of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

YearsNameAlternative spellingsNotesReferences
1083–1089–96OrdouvinOrdowinusWharton records Orduvin as mentioned in the Textus Roffensis and as having signed Gundulf's charter creating the priory on 20 September 1089.Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
 ? – 1096ErnulphArnulfWharton records a charter (in the Canterbury archives) as being signed by "Arnulfi Prioris Roffensis". Later Prior of Canterbury, Abbot of Peterborough then Bishop of Rochester.Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691) disputed by Greenway (1971)
1096–1107RalphRadulfusLater Abbot of BattleHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1107–1115?Ordouvin (again)Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
LetardHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1145?– 1146BrianBrienHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1146?– 1154ReginaldObtained a confirmation of the privileges of Rochester from Pope Adrian IV in 1154Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
Ernulf IIHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
William [de] BorstalleHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
fl.1177SilvesterConfirmed by Pope Alexandro in 1178. Following a fire he rebuilt the refecorty, dormitory and three windows in the chapter house.Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
– 1182RichardWent to be Prior of Burton, StaffsHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1182–1186AlfredBecame Prior of Abingdon in May 1186Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1186 –Osbern de ScapeyaScapellaAuthorHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1193?– 1208?Ralph de RosExpanded the priory, leaded the church roof.Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1214?–1215EliasHeliasCompleted Ralph's work and further expansionHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
8 March 1215unnamedAppears in a legal caseGreenway (1971)
fl.1222WilliamHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1225–1239Richard de DerenteHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1239–1241William de HooHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1241–1252Alexander de GlanvilleHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
– 1262Simon de ClyveHastead actually says 1622Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
– 1283John de RenhamRenshamHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
– 1291Thomas de WouldhamSuthfleteHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1292–1294John de RenhamRensham(again)Hastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1294–1301Thomas de ShelfordShuldefordHastead (1798), Wharton (1691), Greenway (1971)
1301–1314John de GreenstreetHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1314–1320Hamo de HetheHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1320–1321John de WesterhamHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1321–1333John de SpeldherstHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1333–1352John de ScapeyaShepeyHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1352–1361Robert de SuthfleteHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1361–1380John de HertlepeHertleyHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1380–1419John de SheppeyScapeyaHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1419–1447William TunbryggHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1447–1448John ClyfeHastead (1798)
1448 –John CardoneHastead (1798)
Richard Pekham
William WodWodeHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
fl.1480Thomas BourneHastead (1798)
fl.1496William BishopHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
1508 –William FrysellFresellHastead (1798), Wharton (1691)
fl.1533–34Laurence MereworthHastead (1798)
– 1150Walter BoxleyPhilipsMonks adopted the name of their birthplace on entering the monastery to signify the break with their family. Boxley retook his family name of Philips after the dissolution.Hastead (1798)

References

  • Greenway, Diana E, ed. (1971), "Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces)", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300, vol. 2, pp. 78–80, retrieved 29 November 2018 via British History Online
  • Hastead, Edward (1798), "The city and liberty of Rochester: The priory and cathedral church", The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, Canterbury, vol. 4, retrieved 25 August 2018 via British History Online
  • Page, William, ed. (1926), "Houses of Benedictine monks: The cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester", A History of the County of Kent, vol. 2, pp. 121–126, retrieved 25 August 2018 via British History Online
  • Wharton, Henry (1691), Anglia Sacra, sive Collectio Historiarum, partim antiquitus, partim recenter scriptarum, de Archiepiscopis & Episcopis Angliae [Sacred England or a collection of history in part old, part recently written, of archbishops and bishops in England] (in Latin), vol. Pars Prima, London: Richard Creswell, retrieved 29 November 2018 via The Internet Archive
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