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| York Holy Trinity Micklegate |
| No. of Prior | Date | Name of Prior |
| 1 | occurs 1100 - 1104 | Hermarus [Hiemarus] |
| 2 | before 11 October 1122 | Martin |
| 3 | occurs 1130 | Robert |
| 4 | resigned 1143 | Helias Bagnell |
| 5 | ante 1154 - occurs 1175 | Philip |
| 6 | occurs 1200 - 1210 | Robert |
| 7 | 1218 | William |
| 8 | admitted 1231 - occurs 1237 | Stephen |
| 9 | custos 1248 | W. |
| 10 | occurs 1252 - 1254 | Geoffrey |
| 11 | occurs 1258 - 1263 | Roger Pepyn |
| 12 | circa 1263 | William Wenge |
| 13 | occurs 1265 - 1273 | Hamo [Aymo] |
| 14 | circa 1273 | Bartholomew |
| 15 | circa 1273 | Theobald |
| 16 | occurs 1276 - 1281 | Geoffrey de BelloMonte [or Gilbert de Beaumont] |
| 17 | occurs 1283 - 1304 | John |
| 18 | occurs 1307 - 1308 | Oliver de Sages [or de Cogs] |
| 19 | occurs 1318 - 1323 | Geoffrey |
| 20 | occurs 1327 - 1331 | Hugh Aulyn |
| 21 | occurs 1335 - 1338 | John |
| 22 | occurs 1341 | Hugh [or Eudo] |
| 23 | occurs 1356 - 1363 | John de Chesiaco |
| 24 | occurs 1369 | Peter |
| 25 | custos 1388 | Walter Skirlaw [Bishop of Durham] |
| 26 | post 1291 - post 1341 | Robert |
| 27 | appointed 1383 - occurs 1414 | John de Castello [Eschall or Castell] |
| 28 | occurs 1435 | John |
| 29 | occurs 1449 - 1454 | John Burn |
| 30 | occurs 1455 | William Pykton |
| 31 | 1465 - 1467 | John Parke |
| 32 | occurs 1473 | Thomas Darnton |
| 33 | occurs 1472 | Robert Huby |
| 34 | 1478 - 1503 | Robert Hallowes |
| 35 | occurs 1531 - 1538 | Richard Speght [alias Hudson] - died September 1545 then a Priest in the Parish |
| No. of Incumbent | Date of Institution | Name of Incumbent | T=Trinity N=Nicholas |
| 1 | occurs 1260 | Gilbert | T |
| 2 | 2nd November 1280 | Jordan Bully | N |
| 3 | 26th October 1304 | Gilbert de Gaudibus | N |
| 4 | 25th October 1316 | Robert de Neuby | T |
| 5 | 9th March 1320 | Robert de Wayle | T |
| 6 | 4th August 1330 | Will de Hugate | T |
| 7 | 7th September 1372 | Ric. De Killyngs | N |
| 8 | appointed 9th March 1380 | John Tournour | T |
| 9 | appointed 26th June 1380 | Richard Billyng | T |
| 10 | 5th December 1408 | Thomas Wyott | N |
| 11 | occurs 1427 - instd 12th June 1430 | John Wyott | N |
| 12 | 14th December 1430 | Ric. Ledeo | N |
| 13 | occurs 1453 | William Bempton | N |
| 14 | post 1579 - ante 1595 | ? James Frost ? | T |
| 15 | died 1586 | Thomas Pounder | T |
| 16 | 1586 - 1604 | Anthony Hartforth | T |
| 17 | occurs 1633 - 1639 | Henry Rogers | T |
| 18 | 18th June 1670 | John Bridges | T |
| 19 | 23rd January 1673 | Humphrey Simpson B.A. | T |
| 20 | 7th August 1675 | Mathew Burlley M.A. | T |
| 21 | 6th August 1681 | John Thomlinson A.M. | T |
| 22 | 16 November 1727 - occurs 1746 | Richard Mosley A.M. | T |
| 23 | 31st July 1754 - occurs 1788 | Philemon Marsh | T |
| 24 | occurs 1788 | George Brown | T |
| 25 | occurs 1818 | Thomas Fireman | T |
| 26 | 19th September 1822 | John Baines Graham | T |
| 27 | 1860 - 1869 | Samuel Wainwright | T |
| 28 | 1869 - 1884 | John Metcalfe M.A. | T |
| 29 | 1884 - 1889 | Edward Rooke | T |
| 30 | 1890 - 1895 | Wm.Hy. Fraser Bateman M.A. | T |
| 31 | 1895 - 1910 | John Solloway B.D. | T |
| 32 | 1910 - 1927 | Noel Storrs Fox M.A. | T |
| 33 | 1927 - 1947 | Arthur Robert Lee | T |
| 34 | 1947 - 1963 | Basil Alec Smith | |
| 35 | 1963 - 1966 | Charles Robert Forder | T |
| 36 | 1967 - 1971 | Laurence William Twelvetrees | T |
| 37 | 1971 - 1984 | Harry Fall | T |
| 741 | First Church probably built on Roman Foundations |
| 741 | First Church burnt down |
| 782 | Second Church [a Basilica] consecrated |
| 1086 | Second Church mentioned in Domesday under double dedication Ch. Ch. & Holy Fr. |
| 1089 | Second Church , House of Secular Canons, re-endowed as Alien Benedictine Priory - Afterwards, Third Church Built |
| 1137 | Third Church burnt down |
| 1137 | Fourth Church built |
| 1258 | Great disturbance at Priory |
| 1294 | Prior excommunicated |
| 1319 | Procession & Litany at Priory for success in Scotch War |
| 1388 | Bp. Walter Skirlaw custodian of Priory |
| 1403 | Priory exwempted at Alien suppression |
| 1426 | Priory, hitherto Alien, now naturalized |
| 1453 | St.Nicholas Tower, the present one, built on West bay of North Aisle of Priory Church |
| 1455 | St.Nicholas Church appropriated to Priory |
| 1474 | Thomas Nelson Chantry Founded |
| 1478 | Prior seeks relief from Duke of Gloucester |
| 1526 | Tickford Priory, a cell of Trinity Priory given to Cardinal Wolsey |
| 1531 | Robert Constable became Priory steward |
| 1538 | Dissolution: Priory surrendered by Prior Richard Speght & 10 Priests. |
| 1543 | Priory site sold to Sir Leonard Beckwith |
| 1545 | Last Prior died |
| 1547 | Thomas Nelson chantry suppressed |
| 1551 | Central Tower [Campanite] Fell in a storm |
| 1552 | Bells, Lead, Stone, Glass, given to A.Waade |
| 1566 | Ex-prioress Isabel Warde conveys Jacobs Well to Feoffees |
| 1569 | Isabel Warde dies |
| 1585 | Holy Trinity & S.Nicholas united |
| 1586 | Church Registers commence |
| 1639 | Rectory built |
| 1686 | Effigy of Lucuius Duccius found upon site |
| 1709 | Church Roof damaged by Violent Blast |
| 1716 | Church Floor levelled |
| 1722 | New Vestry built at West End |
| 1723 | New Font provided |
| 1732 | Flat and underdrawn ceiling built |
| 1771 | Dr John Burton Author of Monastican Ebaracense and reputed original of Dr Slop in Tristram Shandy, buried at Holy Trinity |
| 1781 | New Weathercock put up |
| 1829 | West Gallery erected |
| 1850 | South Aisle Built |
| 1853 | Dringhouses separated from Trinity Parish |
| 1854 | Priory Gateway demolished |
| 1865-1870 | Trinity Ghost rampant |
| 1885 | Chancel & Vestry built |
| 1894 | Reredos erected |
| 1897 | New Rectory built |
| 1898 | Painted Panels inserted in Reredos |
| 1902-3 | Church restored. 1) West Wall rebuilt; 2) Tower repaired; 3) Gallery to be removed; 4) Flat Ceiling; 5) Nave Floor Lowered |
| 1903 | Stained Glass Windows presented. 1) West lancets; 2) Vesica; 3) N & W lancest [tower]; 4) N.E. Nave Window |
Data transcribed by
Jack Parry.
from photography by Colin Hinson