Prior Of Sempyngham

Sempyngham. 2 recorded holders. religious office ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. John de Glynton 1331 ×3
   • 1331-07-16 — Cancelled on payment. Brother John de Glynton, prior of Sempyngham, acknowledges, for himself and convent, that he owes to William de Kendale of Glynton 202. ; …
   • 1331-07-17 — Brother John de Glynton, prior of Sempyngham, acknowledges, for himself and convent, that he owes to William de Kendale of Glynton 20/.; to be levied, in defaul…
2. Adam de Leveryngton 1388 ×2
   • 1388-07-18 — To William de Prestewolde master of the order of Sempyngham, Adam de Leveryngton prior of Sempyngham, William de Beverlaco prior of Malton, Hamon de Sutton prio…
   • 1388-07-18 — To William de Prestewolde master of the order of Sempyngham, Adam de Leveryngton prior of Sempyngham, William de Beverlaco prior of Malton, Hamon de Sutton prio…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “prior of Sempyngham”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/prior-of-sempyngham, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.