Note 1368 — Chapter X · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE DEATH OF THE ÆTHELING TO THE DEATH OF THE KING.[1258] 1057–1066.
Reading edition
Ib. 247. “Præpositus, ut tunc, Prior, ut nunc dicitur, monachorum constitutus.” “Prior et pater congregationis,” says Florence, adding “ab Aldredo episcopo ponitur.” It will be remembered that, in a cathedral monastery, the Bishop was Abbot, so the Prior was the immediate head of the society.