Hugh Whitehead (died 1551) was the last prior of the Benedictine monastery at Durham in England. The monastery was dissolved by King Henry VIII in 1540. Whitehead would go on to become the cathedral's first dean.
Hugh Whitehead (died 1551) was the last prior of the Benedictine monastery at Durham in England. The monastery was dissolved by King Henry VIII in 1540. Whitehead would go on to become the cathedral's first dean.
He was from a County Durham family. Ordained priest in 1501, he then studied for seven years at Durham College, Oxford. [1] From 1512-c.1519, he was warden of Durham College. [2]
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