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Prior of Durham

Summary

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]

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

List edit

Priors of St Cuthbert's Cathedral Priory, Durham
From Until Incumbent Citation(s) Notes
1073x4 (Jarrow)
1083 (Durham) 		died 1087 Aldwin [3]
1087 resigned 1109 Turgot [3] Became Bishop of St Andrews [3]
1109 died 1137 x 1138 Algar [3]
?1138 died 1149 Roger [3]
1149 died 1154 Lawrence [3]
1154 died 1158 Absalom [3]
1161 x 1162 resigned 1162 or 1163 Thomas [3] Died 1173
1163 died 1189 Germanus [3]
1189 died 1212 x 1213 Bertram [3]
1212 x 1213 died 1218 William [3][4]
1218 died 1234 Ranulf Kerneth [5]
1234 died 1244 Thomas de Melsonby [5]
1244 resigned 1258 Bertram de Middleton [5] Still alive in 1266[5]
1258 resigned 1273 Hugh de Darlington [5]
1273 resigned 1285 Richard de Claxton [5]
1286 resigned 1290 Hugh de Darlington (again) [5]
elected 1290 Richard de Hoton [6] Died in 1308.[7]
appointed 1300 Henry de Lusby [6] See above note
1308 resigned 1313 William de Tanfield [8] Died 7 February 1314[8]
1313 resigned 1321 Geoffrey de Burdon [8] Still alive in 1333; previously prior of Finchale and prior of Lyytham[8]
elected 1321 William de Guisborough [8] Elected 6 February, renounced election 8 February 1321
1321 died 1341 William de Cowton [8]
1341 died 1374 John Fossor [9]
1374 died 1391 Robert Berrington of Walworth [10]
1391 died 1416 John de Hemingbrough [11]
1416 died 1446 John de Washington [11]
1446 resigned 1456 William Ebchester [11]
1456 died 1464 John Burnby [11]
1464 resigned 1479 Richard Bell [11]
1479 died 1484 Robert Ebchester [11]
1484 died 1494 John Auckland [11]
1494 1519 Thomas Castell [11]
1520 office 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 edit

  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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. ^ a b c d e f g Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 38
  6. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Page, "Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham".
  12. ^ Knighton, "Whitehead, Hugh"

References edit

  • Fraser, C. M. (2004), "Hoton, Richard (d. 1308), prior of Durham", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, retrieved 28 January 2009
  • Knighton, C. S. (2004), "Whitehead, Hugh (d. 1551), prior then dean of Durham", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, retrieved 28 January 2009
  • Knowles, David; Brooke, C. N. L.; London, C. M, eds. (1972), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940—1216, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-08367-2
  • Page, William, ed. (1907), "Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham (later Durham cathedral)", A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (1907), British History Online, pp. 86–103, retrieved 10 January 2009
  • Smith, David M.; London, C. M, eds. (2001), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216—1377, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-80271-7

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