The Abbot of Westminster was the head (abbot) of Westminster Abbey. The position of Abbot of Westminster was a significant role in English history, with the abbots overseeing Westminster Abbey from its early days as a Benedictine monastery through major transformations over the centuries.
List of Abbots
| Abbots | |
|---|---|
| Edwin | 1049 – c. 1071 |
| Geoffrey of Jumièges | c. 1071 – c. 1075 |
| Vitalis of Bernay | c. 1076 – 1085 |
| Gilbert Crispin | 1085 – 1117 |
| Herbert | 1121 – c. 1136 |
| Gervase de Blois | 1138 – c. 1157 |
| Laurence | c. 1158 – 1173 |
| Walter of Winchester | 1175 – 1190 |
| William Postard | 1191 – 1200 |
| Ralph de Arundel (alias Papillon) | 1200 – 1214 |
| William de Humez | 1214 – 1222 |
| Richard de Berkying | 1222 – 1246 |
| Richard de Crokesley | 1246 – 1258 |
| Phillip de Lewisham | 1258 |
| Richard de Ware | 1258 – 1283 |
| Walter de Wenlok | 1283 – 1307 |
| Richard de Kedyngton (alias Sudbury) | 1308 – 1315 |
| William de Curtlyngton | 1315 – 1333 |
| Thomas de Henley | 1333 – 1344 |
| Simon de Bircheston | 1344 – 1349 |
| Simon Langham | 1349 – 1362 |
| Nicholas de Litlyngton | 1362 – 1386 |
| William de Colchester | 1386 – 1420 |
| Richard Harweden | 1420 – 1440 |
| Edmund Kyrton | 1440 – 1462 |
| George Norwich | 1463 – 1469 |
| Thomas Mylling | 1469 – 1474, later Bishop of Hereford |
| John Esteney | 1474 – 1498 |
| George Fascet | 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 | |
| See List of Deans of Westminster Abbey | 1560 – present |
References
- ^ Smith, Emily Tennyson (Bradley); Micklethwaite, John Thomas (1898). Annals of Westminster abbey. Robarts - University of Toronto. London Cassell.
- ^ Flete, John; Robinson, J. Armitage (Joseph Armitage) (2005) . Harvey, Barbara F. (ed.). The History of Westminster Abbey. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781120035516.
- pixeltocode.uk, PixelToCode. "Abbots & Deans". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- "Bishop, Abbots and Deans of Westminster". www.tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 2 October 2024.