Priors of Worcester

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

List of priors of Worcester Cathedral

Name	Appointed	Retired	Notes
Wulfstan		1062	Became Bishop of Worcester[1]
Ælfstan	1062	1080	Brother of Wulfstan and probably succeeded him as prior[2]
Thomas	1080	d.1113	[3]
Nicholas	c.1116	d.1124	[4]
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	[5]
Wulstan de Bransford	1317	1338/9	Became Bishop of Worcester[5]
Simon de Botiler	1339	1339	[5]
Simon Crompe	1339	1340	[5]
John de Evesham	1340	1370	[5]
Walter de Legh	1370	1388	[5]
John Green	1388	1395	[5]
John de Malvern	1395		[5]
John de Fordham		1438	[5]
Thomas Ledbury	1438	1444	[5]
John Hertelbury	1444	1455	[5]
Thomas Musard	1455	1469	[5]
Robert Multon	1469	1492	[5]
William Wenlocke	1492	1499	[5]
Thomas Mildenham	1499	1507	[5]
John Wednesbury	1507	1518	[5]
William More	1518	1536	[5]
Henry Holbeach	1536	1540	[5]