ended predecessor religion successor death_date title other_post elected see article_title name
resigned after 1237 richard le poor catholic nicholas farnham after 1244 bishop of durham prior of durham 1 june 1237 diocese of durham thomas de melsonby
 thomas of melsonby
thomas de melsonby

thomas de melsonby -lrb- died after 1244 -rrb- was a medieval bishop of durham-elect and prior of durham .
melsonby was the son of the rector of melsonby .
he was prior of a cell at coldingham before being elected prior of durham cathedral about 1233 .
he was elected to the see of durham on 1 june 1237 but king henry iii of england objected .
after lawsuits , melsonby resigned the bishopric .
he remained prior until 1244 when he resigned that office .
he died sometime after 1244 .
