Abbot of Westminster
The Abbot of Westminster was the head (abbot) of Westminster Abbey.
List[]
Abbots | |
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1049 – c. 1071 | |
c. 1071 – c. 1075 | |
Vitalis of Bernay | c. 1076 – 1085 |
Gilbert Crispin | 1085 – 1117 |
1121 – c. 1136 | |
Gervase de Blois | 1138 – c. 1157 |
Laurence | c. 1158 – 1173 |
1175 – 1190 | |
1191 – 1200 | |
(alias Papillon) | 1200 – 1214 |
1214 – 1222 | |
Richard de Berkying | 1222 – 1246 |
1246 – 1258 | |
1258 | |
Richard de Ware | 1258 – 1283 |
1283 – 1307 | |
(alias Sudbury) | 1308 – 1315 |
1315 – 1333 | |
1333 – 1344 | |
1344 – 1349 | |
Simon Langham | 1349 – 1362 |
1362 – 1386 | |
1386 – 1420 | |
1420 – 1440 | |
1440 – 1462 | |
1463 – 1469 | |
Thomas Mylling | 1469 – 1474, later Bishop of Hereford |
1474 – 1498 | |
1498 – 1500 | |
John Islip | 1500 – 1532 |
William Benson (Abbot Boston) | 1533 – 1540 |
Bishop intra-Reformation | |
Thomas Thirlby | 1540 – 1550 |
Deans intra-Reformation | |
William Benson (Abbot Boston) | 1540 – 1549 |
Richard Cox | 1549 – 1553 |
Hugh Weston | 1553 – 1556 |
Abbot restored by Mary I of England | |
John Feckenham | 1556 – 1559 |
Deans post-Reformation | |
Deans | 1560 – present |
Notes[]
References[]
- Tudorplace.com.ar[unreliable source]
Categories:
- Abbots of Westminster
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