Provost of Beverley Minster

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The Provost of St John's, Beverley (Beverley Minster) is a position said to have been created by Archbishop Thomas of Bayeux (1070–1100). The provost had responsibility for the administration of the lands owned by the minster and for the general revenues of the chapter. He was an external officer with authority in the government of the church, but with no stall in the choir and no vote in chapter.

Most of the provosts of Beverley were appointed as a reward for their work as civil servants. The post was finally terminated during the Reformation.

List of Provosts

Source:Durham University e-theses except when otherwise stated.

1092–1109: Thomas (afterwards Archbishop of York, 1109–1114)

1109-: Robert

c.1132: Thomas (Normannus)

c.1135: Robert

c.1141–1152: Thurstan

c.1153–1154: Roger de Pont L'Évêque

1154–1162: Thomas Becket (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162–1170)

by 1169–1177: Geoffrey

1181–1201: Robert

by 1202–1204: Simon of Wells (afterwards Bishop of Chichester, 1204–1207)

1205: Alan

by 1212–1217: Morgan {Bishop-elect of Durham, 1215)

1217–1218: William

1218–1222: Peter de Sherburn

1222–c.1239: Fulk Basset (afterwards Dean of York, 1238 and Bishop of London, 1244–1259)

1239–1246: William de York (afterwards Bishop of Salisbury, 1246–1256)

1247–1264: John Maunsell

1265–1274: John Chishull (afterwards Bishop of London, 1274–1280}

c.1274–1278 Geoffrey de Sancto Marco

1278–1294: Peter de Cestria (Peter of Chester)

1294–1304: Aymo de Carto {afterwards Bishop of Geneva, 1304)

1304–1306: Robert de Abberwick

1306–1308: Walter Reynolds (afterwards Bishop of Worcester, 1308)

1308–1317: William Melton (afterwards Archbishop of York, 1317–1340)

1317–1338: Nicholas de Huggate

1338–1360: William de la Mare

1360-c.1368: Richard de Ravenser

c.1368–c.1373: Adam de Lymbergh

1373–1379: John de Thoresby

1381–1419: Robert Manfield

1419–1422: William Kinwolmarsh

1422–1427: Robert Neville (Bishop of Salisbury, 1427–1438) and Bishop of Durham, 1437–1457)

1427–1450: Robert Rolleston

1450–1457: John de Barningham

1457–1457: Lawrence Booth (afterwards Bishop of Durham, 1457–1476}

1457–1465: John Booth (afterwards Bishop of Exeter, 1465}

1465–1465: Henry Webber

1465–1467: Peter de Tastar

1467–1493: William Poteman

1493–1503: Hugh Trotter

1503–1525: Thomas Dalby

1525–1543: Thomas Wynter (also Dean of Wells, 1525-1529 and Archdeacon of Cornwall, 1537)

1543–c.1548: Reginald Lee

References

Provost of Beverley Minster Wikipedia

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