PRIORS OF WINCHESTER
Henry Woodlock de Merewell O.S.B. 1295-1304.
El. 6 June 1295 (Reg. Pontissara 1 73-4). Conf. by bp. 7 June (ibid. p. 77). Bp. of
Winchester 1304.
Nicholas de Tarente O.S.B. 1305-1309.
Lic. el. gr. 13 June 1305 (Reg. Woodlock 1 32). El. 29 July/7 Aug. (ibid. pp. 32-4).
Mand. to install 7 Aug. (ibid. p. 37). D. before 18 June 1309 (ibid. p. 369).
Robert de Enford O.S.B. 1309-1328.
Lic. el. gr. 18 June 1309 (Reg. Woodlock 1369). El. conf. 25 Aug. (ibid. pp. 384-5).
Res. before 27 June 1328 (Reg. Stratford f. 107).
Alexander Heriad O.S.B. 1328-1349.
Lic. el. sought 27 June 1328 (Reg. Stratford f. 107). Gr. 29 June (ibid.). Prior el.
presented to bp. 7 July (ibid. f. 108). El. conf. 13 July (ibid.). Mand. to install and
profession s.d. (ibid.). Instal. 15 July (ibid.). D. before 5 March 1349 (Reg. Edington
1 f. 49b).
John Merlawe O.S.B. 1349-1361.
Lic. el. gr. 7 March 1349 (Reg. Edington 1 f. 49b). El. 31 March (ibid. f. 50b). D.
before 9 Dec. 1361 (ibid. f. 113b).
William Thudden O.S.B. 1361-1362.
Hugh Basyng O.S.B. 1362-1384.
Thudden el. by chapt. 9 Dec. 1361/Feb. 1362 (Reg. Edington 1 f. 113b). El. set
aside by bp. 11 Feb. 1362 because had been conducted 'contra formam concilii
generalis in hac parte editam' (ibid. ff. 113b-115). Basyng appointed by bp. 11 Feb.
(ibid. f. 117). D. 26 Sept. 1384 (Reg. Wykeham 1 149).
M. Robert Rodebourne O.S.B., D.Th. 1384-1395.
Lic. el. gr. 5 Oct. 1384 (Reg. Wykeham 1 149). Prior el. presented to bp. 26 Oct.
(ibid.). El. conf. 16 Nov. (ibid. pp. 151-2). D. 20 Jan. 1395 (ibid. p. 194).
M. Thomas Neville O.S.B., D.Th. 1395-1415.
Lic. el. gr. 3 Feb. 1395 (Reg. Wykeham 1 194). El. conf. 11 Feb. (ibid. p. 195).
Mand. to install 15 Feb. (ibid.). Res. 26 Aug. 1415 (En. Reg. 1 f. 39).
Thomas Shyrebourn O.S.B. 1415-?
El. 24/27 Sept. 1415 (En. Reg. 1 ff. 39b-41). El. conf. 29 Sept. (ibid.). Profession
to bp. s.d. (ibid. f. 41). Occ. 20 June 1433 (CCR. 1429-1435 p. 389).
William Aulton O.S.B. ?-1449.
Occ. 20 Nov. 1435 (En. Reg. 1 f. 59b). D. 10 Nov. 1449 (Reg. Waynflete 1 i f. 29).
Richard Marlborough O.S.B. 1450-1457.
Lic. el. sought 16 Nov. 1450 (Reg. Waynflete 1 i f. 29). Gr. 21 Nov. (ibid. f. 29b).
El. 11 Dec. (ibid. ff. 29b-33b). Conf. by bp. 20 Dec. (ibid. f. 34). D. 13 Apr. 1457
(ibid. f. 85).
Richard Westgate O.S.B. 1457-1470.
Lic. el. sought 18 Apr. 1457 (Reg. Waynflete 1 i f. 85). Gr. 20 Apr. (ibid. f. 85b).
El. 15 May (ibid. ff. 85b-87b). El. conf. 23 May (ibid. f. 87b). D. before 31 March
1470 (ibid. 11 i f. 1).
Thomas Hunton O.S.B. 1470-1498.
Lic. el. sought 31 March 1470 (Reg. Waynflete 11 i f. 1). El. conf. 9 Apr. (ibid. f. 2).
D. 1 Apr. 1498 (Reg. Langton f. 73).
Thomas Silkested O.S.B. 1498-1524.
Lic. el. gr. 23 Apr. 1498 (Reg. Langton f. 71). El. s.d. (ibid. ff. 71b-74). Profession
24 Apr. (ibid. f. 73b). D. 30 Nov. 1524 (Reg. Fox v f. 74b).
Henry Brook O.S.B. 1524-1536.
Lic. el. gr. 2 Dec. 1524 (Reg. Fox v f. 74b). El. 3/7 Dec. (ibid. ff. 75-84). Res. 16
March 1536 (L. & P. x No. 480).
M. William Basyng
or
Kingsmill O.S.B., D.Th. 1536-1549.
El. 16/31 March 1536 (L. & P. x Nos. 480, 588). Appointed dn. of new foundation
1541. D. before 9 Oct. 1549 (En. Reg. iv f. 64).