Provost of 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

^ ^a ^b "A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 6: The borough and liberties of Beverley". British Histoey Online. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
^ "The constitution and the clergy op Beverley minster in the middle ages" (PDF). Durham University. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b Norton, Christopher (2006). St William of York.
^ Barlow "Pont l'Évêque, Roger de (c.1115–1181)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ 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]