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 Barlow "Pont l'Évêque, Roger de (c.1115–1181)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 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 KinwolmarshJames 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] 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
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