St John of Bridlington is also known as John Thwing, John of Thwing, John Twenge, and John Thwing of Bridlington. He was born to a distinguished landowning family in 1319, at Thwing in the Wolds, about 9 miles west of Bridlington. He studied at Oxford from the age of 17 before returning to Yorkshire and entering the convent of Augustinian canons at Bridlington in 1340. He held several posts in St. Mary's abbey before he became prior reluctantly in 1362. He highly recommended the study of the Gospel of Saint John as a source for information and inspiration on the Gospel life. He died of natural causes in 1379.
Pope Boniface IX made John a saint in 1401, the last Englishman to be sainted before the Reformation. St John of Bridlington was commended for the integrity of his life, his scholarship, and his quiet generosity.