This is a list of priors of Worcester, until the Benedictine Order's dissolution in 1540.
Name | Appointed | Retired | Notes | |
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1062 | Became Bishop of Worcester | |||
Ælfstan | 1062 | 1080 | Brother of Wulfstan and probably succeeded him as prior | |
Thomas | 1080 | d.1113 | ||
c.1116 | d.1124 | |||
Warin | Before 1133 | Around 1140-42 | ||
Ralph of Bath | 1142 | d.1143 | ||
David | 1143 | Deposed 1145 | ||
Osbert | 1145 | d.1146 | ||
Ralph de Bedeford | 1146 | d.1189 | ||
M. Senatus | 1189 | d.1207 | ||
Peter | 1196 | Deposed 1203 | ||
1203 | 1214 | Became Abbott of Evesham | ||
1215 | 1216 | Became Bishop of Worcester | ||
Simon Pimme | 1216 | Deposed 1220-22 | Appealed to Pope unsuccessfully, died 1223 | |
William Norman | 1222 | resigned 1224 | Appointed by Bishop, quarrelled with the convent, arguments settled 1224 | |
William de Bedeforde | 1224 | d.1242 | ||
Richard de Gundicote | 1242 | d.1252 | ||
Thomas | 1252 | d.1260 | ||
Richard de Dumbleton | 1260 | 1272 | ||
William de Cirencester | 1272 | d.1274 | ||
Richard de Feckenham | 1274 | d.1286 | ||
Philip de Aubyn | 1287 | d.1296 | ||
Simon de Wyre | 1296 | resigned 1301 | ||
John de Wyke | 1301 | 1317 | ||
1317 | 1338/9 | Became Bishop of Worcester | ||
Simon de Botiler | 1339 | 1339 | ||
Simon Crompe | 1339 | 1340 | ||
John de Evesham | 1340 | 1370 | ||
Walter de Legh | 1370 | 1388 | ||
John Green | 1388 | 1395 | ||
John de Malvern | 1395 | |||
John de Fordham | 1438 | |||
Thomas Ledbury | 1438 | 1444 | ||
John Hertelbury | 1444 | 1455 | ||
Thomas Musard | 1455 | 1469 | ||
Robert Multon | 1469 | 1492 | ||
William Wenlocke | 1492 | 1499 | ||
Thomas Mildenham | 1499 | 1507 | ||
John Wednesbury | 1507 | 1518 | ||
William More | 1518 | 1536 | ||
1536 | 1540 |
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