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
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]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Greenway 1971, pp. 102–104
  2. ^ Greatrex 1997, p. 768.
  3. ^ Greatrex 1997, pp. 883–884.
  4. ^ Winterbottom & Thomson 2002, p. 132 n. 2.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Jones 1963, pp. 59–60]