The Prior of Durham was the head of Durham Cathedral Priory, founded c. 1083 with the move of a previous house from Jarrow. The succession continued until dissolution of the monastery in 1540, when the priory was replaced with a deanery church.
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“And Venus to the Loves around
Remarked how ill we all dissembled.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)