Priors of Worcester facts for kids

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
Thomas	Around 1180	d.1113
Nicholas	Before 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
Randulph of Evesham	1203	1214	Became Abbott of Evesham
Silvester 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
Wulstan de Bransford	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
Henry Holbeach	1536	1540

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