Priors of Worcester

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

Name	Appointed	Retired	Notes
Wulfstan		1062	Became Bishop of Worcester[1]
Thomas	Around 1180	d.1113	[1]
Nicholas	Before 1116	d.1124	[1]
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	[2]
Wulstan de Bransford	1317	1338/9	Became Bishop of Worcester[2]
Simon de Botiler	1339	1339	[2]
Simon Crompe	1339	1340	[2]
John de Evesham	1340	1370	[2]
Walter de Legh	1370	1388	[2]
John Green	1388	1395	[2]
John de Malvern	1395		[2]
John de Fordham		1438	[2]
Thomas Ledbury	1438	1444	[2]
John Hertelbury	1444	1455	[2]
Thomas Musard	1455	1469	[2]
Robert Multon	1469	1492	[2]
William Wenlocke	1492	1499	[2]
Thomas Mildenham	1499	1507	[2]
John Wednesbury	1507	1518	[2]
William More	1518	1536	[2]
Henry Holbeach	1536	1540	[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

• Greenway, Diana E, ed. (1971). "Priors of Worcester". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 2, Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). London: British History Online. pp. 102–104. Retrieved 17 June 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Jones, B, ed. (1963). "Priors of Worcester". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province). London: British History Online. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 17 June 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)