Gisborough Priory - Priors

Priors

Between its establishment and its dissolution, 24 priors were recorded holding office at Gisborough Priory. Their names and dates of taking office or periods when they held office, where known, were as follows:

• William de Brus (1119–45?)
• Cuthbert (1146–54)
• Ralph (1174?–80)
• Roald (1199-?)
• Lawrence (1211–12)
• Michael (1218–34)
• John (1239–51, 1257)
• Simon (date uncertain)
• Ralph de Irton (1262)
• Adam de Newland (1280)
• William de Middleburgh (1281)
• Robert de Wilton (1320–1)
• John de Darlington (1346)
• John de Horeworth or Hurworth (1364–93)
• Walter de Thorp (1393)
• John de Helmesley (1408)
• John Thweng (1425)
• Richard Ayreton (1437)
• Richard de Hoton (1452)
• Thomas Darlington (1455)
• John Moreby (1475)
• John Whitby (1491–1505)
• John Moreby (1505)
• William Spires (1511)
• James Cockerill (1519–1534?)
• Robert Pursglove (1537, 1539)