{{Short description|Head of Durham cathedral}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|A list of the Bishops, Priors and Deans of Durham as seen on the wall of St. Cuthbert's shrine in Durham Cathedral.
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1441 |title=Durham Cathedral - North Bailey, Durham, UK |date=11 July 2018 |publisher=Engineering Timelines |access-date=4 November 2019 |quote=}}</ref>
After the Benedictine monastery was dissolved, the last Prior of Durham, Hugh Whitehead, became the first Dean of Durham, heading the cathedral's secular chapter.<ref>{{cite book|date=1827 |title=Directory, and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Durham |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqM3AAAAYAAJ&q=durham+dissolved+Hugh+Whitehead&pg=PA160 |location=Sheffield |publisher=W. White & Co. |page=160}}</ref>
==List== {|class="wikitable" ! colspan="5"|Priors of St Cuthbert's Cathedral Priory, Durham |-align=left ! From ! Until ! Incumbent ! Citation(s) ! Notes |-valign=top |align=center|1083 |align=center|died 1087 |'''Aldwin''' |<ref name=KBN-43>Knowles, Brooke, and London, (1972), ''Heads of Religious Houses '', i, p. 43</ref> |<small>Prior of Jarrow from 1073x4 before the priory's move to Durham</small> |-valign=top |align=center|1087 |align=center|resigned 1109 |'''Turgot''' |<ref name=KBN-43/> |<small>Became Bishop of St Andrews</small> <ref name=KBN-43/> |-valign=top |align=center|1109 |align=center|died 1137 x 1138 |'''Algar''' |<ref name=KBN-43/> | |-valign=top |align=center|?1138 |align=center|died 1149 |'''Roger''' |<ref name=KBN-43/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1149 |align=center|died 1154 |'''Lawrence''' |<ref name=KBN-43/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1154 |align=center|died 1158 |'''Absalom''' |<ref name=KBN-43/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1161 x 1162 |align=center|resigned 1162 or 1163 |'''Thomas''' |<ref name=KBN-43/> |<small>Died 1173</small> |-valign=top |align=center|1163 |align=center|died 1189 |'''Germanus''' |<ref name=KBN-43/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1189 |align=center|died 1212 x 1213 |'''Bertram''' |<ref name=KBN-43/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1212 x 1213 |align=center|died 1218 |'''William''' |<ref name=KBN-43/><ref name="SL-37/8">Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 37—8</ref> | |-valign=top |align=center|1218 |align=center|died 1234 |'''Ranulf Kerneth''' |<ref name=SL-38>Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 38</ref> | |-valign=top |align=center|1234 |align=center|died 1244 |'''Thomas de Melsonby''' |<ref name=SL-38/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1244 |align=center|resigned 1258 |'''Bertram de Middleton''' |<ref name=SL-38/> |<small>Still alive in 1266</small><ref name=SL-38/> |-valign=top |align=center|1258 |align=center|resigned 1273 |'''Hugh de Darlington''' |<ref name=SL-38/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1273 |align=center|resigned 1285 |'''Richard de Claxton''' |<ref name=SL-38/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1286 |align=center|resigned 1290 |'''Hugh de Darlington''' (again) |<ref name=SL-38/> | |-valign=top |colspan=2 align=center|elected 1290 |'''Richard de Hoton''' |<ref name="SL-38/9">Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 38—9</ref> |<small>Deprived of office 1300, replaced with Henry de Lusby; restored 1302; suspended and replaced by Lusby again 1306; restored 1307; died 1308.</small><ref name=Fraser>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</ref> |-valign=top |colspan=2 align=center|appointed 1300 |'''Henry de Lusby''' |<ref name="SL-38/9"/> |<small>Prior of Lindisfarne, appointed to Durham 1300-1302 and briefly in 1306. Died 1306.</small> |-valign=top |align=center|1308 |align=center|resigned 1313 |'''William de Tanfield''' |<ref name=SL-39>Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 39</ref> |<small>Died 7 February 1314</small><ref name=SL-39/> |-valign=top |align=center|1313 |align=center|resigned 1321 |'''Geoffrey de Burdon''' |<ref name=SL-39/> |<small>Still alive in 1333; previously prior of Finchale and prior of Lyytham</small><ref name=SL-39/> |-valign=top |colspan=2 align=center|elected 1321 |'''William de Guisborough''' |<ref name=SL-39/> |<small>Elected 6 February, renounced election 8 February 1321</small> |-valign=top |align=center|1321 |align=center|died 1341 |'''William de Cowton''' |<ref name=SL-39/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1341 |align=center|died 1374 |'''John Fossor''' |<ref name="SL-39/4-">Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 39—40</ref> | |-valign=top |align=center|1374 |align=center|died 1391 |'''Robert Berrington of Walworth''' |<ref name=SL-40>Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 40</ref> | |-valign=top |align=center|1391 |align=center|died 1416 |'''John de Hemingbrough''' |<ref name=Page>Page, "Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham".</ref> | |-valign=top |align=center|1416 |align=center|died 1446 |'''John de Washington''' |<ref name=Page/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1446 |align=center|resigned 1456 |'''William Ebchester''' |<ref name=Page/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1456 |align=center|died 1464 |'''John Burnby''' |<ref name=Page/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1464 |align=center|resigned 1479 |'''Richard Bell''' |<ref name=Page/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1479 |align=center|died 1484 |'''Robert Ebchester''' |<ref name=Page/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1484 |align=center|died 1494 |'''John Auckland''' |<ref name=Page/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1494 |align=center|1519 |'''Thomas Castell''' |<ref name=Page/> | |-valign=top |align=center|1520 |align=center|office abolished 1540 |'''Hugh Whitehead''' |<ref name=Page/> |<small>Surrendered the monastery to the king in 1540, and reappointed as first Dean of Durham with a chapter of twelve canons.<ref name=Page/> Died 1551.<ref name="Ref_">Knighton, "Whitehead, Hugh"</ref></small> |}
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==References== *{{citation |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13858 |last=Fraser |first=C. M. |contribution=Hoton, Richard (d. 1308), prior of Durham |year=2004 |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |accessdate=2009-01-28 }} *{{citation |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29288 |last=Knighton |first=C. S. |contribution=Whitehead, Hugh (d. 1551), prior then dean of Durham |year=2004 |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |accessdate=2009-01-28 }} * {{Citation| editor-last = Knowles | editor-first = David | editor2-last = Brooke| editor2-first = C. N. L. | editor3-last = London | editor3-first = C. M | title = The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940—1216 | place = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 1972 | isbn = 0-521-08367-2 }} * {{Citation| editor-last = Page | editor-first = William | contribution = Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham (later Durham cathedral) | title= A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (1907) | pages = 86–103 | publisher = British History Online | year = 1907 | url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39878 |accessdate= 2009-01-10 }} * {{Citation| editor-last = Smith | editor-first = David M. | editor2-last = London | editor2-first = C. M | title = The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216—1377 | place = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-521-80271-7 }}
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