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priors Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be lowe ...
of
Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engl ...
, until the
Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...
Order's dissolution in 1540.


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Primary sources * Secondary sources * * * *{{cite book, editor1-first=Michael, editor1-last=Winterbottom, editor1-link=Michael Winterbottom (academic) , editor2-first=Rodney, editor2-last=Thomson , title=William of Malmesbury: Saints’ Lives, chapter=Life of Wulfstan, pages=1-155, language=Latin, English, publisher=Clarendon Press , location =Oxford, UK , year=2002, isbn= 978-0-19-820709-2 Worcester Cathedral Christianity in Worcester, England Anglican Diocese of Worcester Worcestershire-related lists Monasteries in Worcestershire