Provost of Beverley Minster

Beverley Minster

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.[1] 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[2] except when otherwise stated.

• 1092–1109: Thomas (afterwards Archbishop of York, 1109–1114)
• 1109-: Robert [3]
• c.1132: Thomas (Normannus)
• c.1135: Robert
• c.1141–1152: Thurstan [3]
• c.1153–1154: Roger de Pont L'Évêque
• 1154–1162: Thomas Becket (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162–1170)
• by 1169–1177: Geoffrey [4]
• 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 [1]
• 1419–1422: William Kinwolmarsh[5]
• 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

1. "A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 6: The borough and liberties of Beverley". British Histoey Online. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
2. "The constitution and the clergy op Beverley minster in the middle ages" (PDF). Durham University. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
3. Norton, Christopher (2006). St William of York.
4. Barlow "Pont l'Évêque, Roger de (c.1115–1181)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
5. James Joseph Sheahan, T. Whellan (the University of Wisconsin – Madison) + books.google.co.uk website History and topography of the city of York: the Ainsty wapentake; and the East riding of Yorkshire; embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the county of York, Volume 2 (Google eBook) Printed by J. Green, 1856 [Retrieved 2011-12-17]