Priors of Worcester

This is a list of priors of Worcester, until the Benedictine Order's dissolution in 1540.

List of priors of Worcester Cathedral
Name Appointed Retired Notes
Wulfstan1062Became Bishop of Worcester[1]
ThomasAround 1180d.1113[1]
NicholasBefore 1116d.1124[1]
WarinBefore 1133Around 1140-42[1]
Ralph of Bath1142d.1143[1]
David1143Deposed 1145[1]
Osbert1145d.1146[1]
Ralph de Bedeford1146d.1189[1]
M. Senatus1189d.1207[1]
Peter1196Deposed 1203[1]
Randulph of Evesham12031214Became Abbott of Evesham[1]
Silvester of Evesham12151216Became Bishop of Worcester[1]
Simon Pimme1216Deposed 1220-22Appealed to Pope unsuccessfully, died 1223[1]
William Norman1222resigned 1224Appointed by Bishop, quarrelled with the convent, arguments settled 1224[1]
William de Bedeforde1224d.1242[1]
Richard de Gundicote1242d.1252[1]
Thomas1252d.1260[1]
Richard de Dumbleton12601272[1]
William de Cirencester1272d.1274[1]
Richard de Feckenham1274d.1286[1]
Philip de Aubyn1287d.1296[1]
Simon de Wyre1296resigned 1301[1]
John de Wyke13011317[2]
Wulstan de Bransford13171338/9Became Bishop of Worcester[2]
Simon de Botiler13391339[2]
Simon Crompe13391340[2]
John de Evesham13401370[2]
Walter de Legh13701388[2]
John Green13881395[2]
John de Malvern1395[2]
John de Fordham1438[2]
Thomas Ledbury14381444[2]
John Hertelbury14441455[2]
Thomas Musard14551469[2]
Robert Multon14691492[2]
William Wenlocke14921499[2]
Thomas Mildenham14991507[2]
John Wednesbury15071518[2]
William More15181536[2]
Henry Holbeach15361540[2]

References
  1. Greenway 1971, pp. 102–104
  2. Jones 1963, pp. 59–60]

Sources

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

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