| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
| 1133 to 1156 | Athelwold | Last prior of St Oswald's
|
| 1156 to 1186 | Bernard | Died in office
|
| 1186 to 1218 | vacant | For 32 years
|
| 1200 to 1203 | Archbishop of Sclavonia | Granted by King John
|
| 1203 | Alexander de Lucy | Granted by King John
|
| 1218 to 1223 | Hugh deBello Loco | Abbot of Sussex
|
| 1223 to 1246 | Walter Mauclerk
(Walter Maclerk ; Walter Malclerk ) | Lord Treasurer; resigned
|
| 1246 to 1254 | Silvester de Everdon | Archdeacon of Chester; Lord Chancellor
|
| 1255 to 1256 | Thomas Vipont |
|
| 1258 to 1280 | Robert de Chauncy
(Robert de Chause ) | Called by Leland, chaplain to the queen
|
| 1278 | William de Rotherfeld | Elected but refused
|
| 1280 to 1292 | Ralph of Irton
(Rodolph de Ireton ) | Prior of Gisborne
|
| 1293 to 1324 | John de Halton
(John de Halghton ) | Canon of Carlisle
|
| 1325 | William Ayremyn | Canon of York; elected (but see following)
|
| 1325 to 1332 | John Ross
(John de Rosse ) | Canon of Hereford; appointed by Pope John XXII. Son of Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros.
|
| 1332 to 1352 | John Kirkby
(John de Kirkeby ) | Canon of Carlisle
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| 1352 | John Horncastle
(John de Horncastle ) | Elected but set aside by Pope Clement VI before consecration
|
| 1353 to 1362 | Gilbert Welton
(Gilbert de Wilton ) |
|
| 1363 to 1396 | Thomas Appleby
(Thomas de Appleby ) | Canon of Carlisle
|
| 1396 to 1397 | Robert Reed
(Robert Reade ) | Translated from Waterford ; translated to Chichester
|
| 1397 to 1399 | Thomas Merke
(Thomas Merkes ) | Deprived; vicar of Sturminster, Dorset
|
| 1400 to 1419 | William Strickland |
|
| 1420 to 1423 | Roger Whelpdale | Provost of Queen's College, Cambridge
|
| 1423 to 1429 | William Barrow
(William Barrowe ) | Translated from Bangor
|
| 1429 to 1449 | Marmaduke Lumley | Archdeacon of Northumberland, Lord Treasurer, Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of Cambridge; translated to Lincoln
|
| 1450 to 1452 | Nicholas Close | Archdeacon of Colchester; translated to Lichfield & Coventry
|
| 1452 to 1462 | William Percy | Prebendary of York, Lincoln and Salisbury; Chancellor of Cambridge
|
| 1462 to 1463 | John Kingscote
(John Kingscotes ) | Archdeacon of Gloucester
|
| 1463 to 1468 | Richard Scroope
(Richard Scrope ) | Rector of Fen-Ditton, Cambridgeshire
|
| 1468 to 1477 | Edward Story | Chancellor of Cambridge; translated to Chichester
|
| 1477 to 1495 | Richard Bell | Prior of Durham; resigned
|
| 1495 to 1502 | William Senhouse
(William Sever ; William Seveyer ) | Abbot of St Mary's, York; translated to Durham
|
| 1502 to 1508 | Richard Leyburn
(Roger Leybourn ) | Archdeacon of Durham
|
| 1509 to 1520 | John Penny | Translated from Bangor
|
| 1521 to 1537 | John Kite | Archbishop of Armagh
|
| 1537 to 1556 | Robert Aldrich | Provost of Eton and Canon of Windsor
|
| 1557 to 1559 | Owen Oglethorpe | Dean of Windsor; deprived
|
| 1560 to 1570 | John Best | Prebendary of Wells
|
| 1570 to 1577 | Richard Barnes, Bishop of Nottingham | Chancellor and Prebendary of York; translated to Durham
|
| 1577 to 1598 | John May | Prebendary of Ely
|
| 1598 to 1616 | Henry Robinson | Provost of Queen's College, Cambridge
|
| 1616 to 1621 | Robert Snoden
(Robert Snowdon ) | Prebendary of Southwell
|
| 1621 to 1622 | Richard Milbourne | Translated to St David's
|
| 1624 to 1626 | Richard Senhouse | Dean of Gloucester
|
| 1626 to 1629 | Francis White | Dean of Carlisle; translated to Norwich
|
| 1629 to 1641 | Barnaby Potter | Provost of Queen's College, Oxford
|
| 1641 to 1655 | James Usher' | Archbishop of Armagh; died in office
|
| 1655 to 1660 | vacant | For 5 years
|
| 1660 to 1664 | Richard Sterne | Master of Jesus College, Cambridge; translated to York
|
| 1664 to 1684 | Edward Rainbowe
(Edward Rainbow ) |
|
| 1684 to 1702 | Thomas Smith | Dean of Carlisle
|
| 1702 to 1718 | William Nicolson | Archdeacon and Prebendary of Carlisle; translated to Derry
|
| 1718 to 1723 | Samuel Bradford | Prebendary of Westminster; translated to Rochester
|
| 1723 to 1734 | John Waugh | Dean of Gloucester
|
| 1734 to 1747 | Sir George Fleming , Bart | Dean of Carlisle
|
| 1747 to 1764 | Richard Osbaldeston | Dean of York; translated to London
|
| 1764 to 1768 | Charles Lyttelton | Dean of Exeter
|
| 1768 to 1787 | Edmund Law | Archdeacon of Carlisle
|
| 1787 to 1791 | John Douglas | Canon-resident of St Paul's, London; translated to Salisbury
|
| 1791 to 1808 | The Honourable Edward Venables Vernon | Translated to York, afterwards named Harcourt
|
| 26 January 1808 to 12 August 1827 | Samuel Goodenough | Died in office
|
| 17 September 1827 to February 1856 | The Honourable Hugh Percy | Translated from Rochester; died in office
|
| 25 February 1856 to 1860 | The Honourable Henry Montagu Villiers | Canon of St Paul's, London; translated to Durham
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| 29 August 1860 to 1 October 1869 | The Honourable Samuel Waldegrave | Canon of Salisbury; died in office
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| 28 October 1869 to 1891 | Harvey Goodwin | Dean of Ely
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| 1892 to 1904 | John Bardsley |
|
| 1904 to ???? | … |
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| ???? to 1946 | … |
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| 1946 to ???? | Thomas Bloomer , DD |
|
| 1972 to ???? | Henry David Halsey , BA |
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| 1989 to ???? | Ian Harland |
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| 2000 to present | Graham Dow |
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