Prior of Durham

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The Prior of Durham was the head of the Roman Catholic Durham Cathedral Priory, founded c. 1083 with the move of a previous house from Jarrow. The succession continued until dissolution of the monastery in 1540, when the priory was replaced with a Church of England deanery church. [1]

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After the Benedictine monastery was dissolved, the last Prior of Durham, Hugh Whitehead, became the first dean of the cathedral's secular chapter. [2]

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Priors of St Cuthbert's Cathedral Priory, Durham
FromUntilIncumbentCitation(s)Notes
1073x4 (Jarrow)
1083 (Durham)		died 1087 Aldwin [3]
1087resigned 1109 Turgot [3] Became Bishop of St Andrews [3]
1109died 1137 x 1138Algar [3]
?1138died 1149Roger [3]
1149died 1154 Lawrence [3]
1154died 1158Absalom [3]
1161 x 1162resigned 1162 or 1163Thomas [3] Died 1173
1163died 1189Germanus [3]
1189died 1212 x 1213Bertram [3]
1212 x 1213died 1218William [3] [4]
1218died 1234Ranulf Kerneth [5]
1234died 1244 Thomas de Melsonby [5]
1244resigned 1258Bertram de Middleton [5] Still alive in 1266 [5]
1258resigned 1273Hugh de Darlington [5]
1273resigned 1285Richard de Claxton [5]
1286resigned 1290Hugh de Darlington (again) [5]
elected 1290 Richard de Hoton [6] Died in 1308. [7]
appointed 1300Henry de Lusby [6] See above note
1308resigned 1313William de Tanfield [8] Died 7 February 1314 [8]
1313resigned 1321Geoffrey de Burdon [8] Still alive in 1333; previously prior of Finchale and prior of Lyytham [8]
elected 1321William de Guisborough [8] Elected 6 February, renounced election 8 February 1321
1321died 1341William de Cowton [8]
1341died 1374John Fossor [9]
1374died 1391Robert Berrington of Walworth [10]
1391died 1416John de Hemingbrough [11]
1416died 1446 John de Washington [11]
1446resigned 1456William Ebchester [11]
1456died 1464John Burnby [11]
1464resigned 1479Richard Bell [11]
1479died 1484Robert Ebchester [11]
1484died 1494John Auckland [11]
14941519Thomas Castell [11]
1520office abolished 1540 Hugh Whitehead [11] The monastery was surrendered to the king in 1540, after which a dean and twelve canons were appointed. [11] Hugh Whitehead was this first dean; he died in 1551. [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Durham Cathedral - North Bailey, Durham, UK". Engineering Timelines. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Directory, and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Durham. Sheffield: W. White & Co. 1827. p. 160.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Knowles, Brooke, and London, (1972), Heads of Religious Houses , i, p. 43
  4. ↑ Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 37—8
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 38
  6. 1 2 Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 38—9
  7. ↑ Fraser, C. M. (2004), "Hoton, Richard (d. 1308), prior of Durham", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13858, retrieved on 2009-01-28
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 39
  9. ↑ Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 39—40
  10. ↑ Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 40
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page, "Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham".
  12. ↑ Knighton, "Whitehead, Hugh"

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