Prior of Durham
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The Prior of Durham was the head of 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 deanery church.
Durham Cathedral Priory
Durham Priory was a Benedictine priory associated with Durham Cathedral, located in Durham in the North-East of England. It was founded in 1083 and was dissolved led to the replacement of the house with a college of secular canons led by a dean in 1540...
, founded c. 1083 with the move of a previous house from Jarrow
Jarrow
Jarrow is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.-Foundation:The Angles re-occupied...
. The succession continued until dissolution of the monastery
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
in 1540, when the priory was replaced with a deanery church.
List
| Priors of St Cuthbert's Cathedral Priory, Durham | ||||
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| From | Until | Incumbent | Citation(s) | Notes |
| 1073x4 (Jarrow) 1083 (Durham) |
died 1087 | Aldwin Aldwin (prior) Aldwin was an Anglo-Saxon prior. Originally prior at Winchcombe, he wished to resurrect the monasteries of the Bedeian Northumbrian golden age, and refounded monasteries at Jarrow and Monkwearmouth in 1073 or 1074, becoming prior; his companion Elfwi took over the position while Aldwin was trying... |
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| 1087 | resigned 1109 | Turgot Thurgot Thorgaut or Turgot was Archdeacon and Prior of Durham, and the first English or Anglo-Norman Bishop of Saint Andrews .... |
Became Bishop of St Andrews | |
| 1109 | died 1137 x 1138 | Algar | ||
| ?1138 | died 1149 | Roger | ||
| 1149 | died 1154 | Lawrence Lawrence of Durham Lawrence of Durham was a 12th-century English prelate, Latin poet and hagiographer. Born in southern England, at Waltham in Essex, Lawrence was given a religious education, and excelled at singing and poetry composition. In his youth Lawrence joined Durham Cathedral Priory and became a... |
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| 1154 | died 1158 | Absalom | ||
| 1161 x 1162 | resigned 1162 or 1163 | Thomas | Died 1173 | |
| 1163 | died 1189 | Germanus | ||
| 1189 | died 1212 x 1213 | Bertram | ||
| 1212 x 1213 | died 1218 | William | ||
| 1218 | died 1234 | Ranulf Kerneth | ||
| 1234 | died 1244 | Thomas de Melsonby | ||
| 1244 | resigned 1258 | Bertram de Middleton | Still alive in 1266 | |
| 1258 | resigned 1273 | Hugh de Darlington | ||
| 1273 | resigned 1285 | Richard de Claxton | ||
| 1286 | resigned 1290 | Hugh de Darlington (again) | ||
| elected 1290 | Richard de Hoton Richard de Hoton Richard de Hoton was prior of Durham after his election to that role on 24 March 1290. He is notable for his professional tensions with his bishop Antony Bek.-Life:... |
Died in 1308. | ||
| appointed 1300 | Henry de Lusby | See above note | ||
| 1308 | resigned 1313 | William de Tanfield | Died 7 February 1314 | |
| 1313 | resigned 1321 | Geoffrey de Burdon | Still alive in 1333; previously prior of Finchale and prior of Lyytham | |
| elected 1321 | William de Guisborough | Elected 6 February, renounced election 8 February 1321 | ||
| 1321 | died 1341 | William de Cowton | ||
| 1341 | died 1374 | John Fossor | ||
| 1374 | died 1391 | Robert Berrington of Walworth | ||
| 1391 | died 1416 | John de Hemingbrough | ||
| 1416 | died 1446 | John de Washington | ||
| 1446 | resigned 1456 | William Ebchester | ||
| 1456 | died 1464 | John Burnby | ||
| 1464 | resigned 1479 | Richard Bell | ||
| 1479 | died 1484 | Robert Ebchester | ||
| 1484 | died 1494 | John Auckland | ||
| 1494 | 1519 | Thomas Castell | ||
| 1520 | office abolished 1540 | Hugh Whitehead Hugh Whitehead Hugh Whitehead 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.-References:... |
The monastery was surrendered to the king in 1540, after which a dean Dean (religion) A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:... and twelve canons were appointed. Hugh Whitehead was this first dean; he died in 1551. |
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