Abbot of Westminster

The Abbot of Westminster was the head (abbot) of Westminster Abbey.

List

Abbots
Edwin1049 – c. 1071
Geoffrey of Jumiègesc. 1071 – c. 1075
Vitalis of Bernayc. 1076 – 1085
Gilbert Crispin1085 – 1117
Herbert1121 – c. 1136
Gervase de Blois1138 – c. 1157
Laurencec. 1158 – 1173
Walter of Winchester1175 – 1190
William Postard1191 – 1200
Ralph de Arundel (alias Papillon)1200 – 1214
William de Humez1214 – 1222
Richard de Berkying1222 – 1246
Richard de Crokesley1246 – 1258
Phillip de Lewisham1258
Richard de Ware1258 – 1283
Walter de Wenlok1283 – 1307
Richard de Kedyngton (alias Sudbury)1308 – 1315
William de Curtlyngton1315 – 1333
Thomas de Henley1333 – 1344
Simon de Bircheston1344 – 1349
Simon Langham1349 – 1362
Nicholas de Litlyngton1362 – 1386
William de Colchester1386 – 1420
Richard Harweden1420 – 1440
Edmund Kyrton1440 – 1462
George Norwich1463 – 1469
Thomas Millyng1469 – 1474
John Esteney1474 – 1498
George Fascet1498 – 1500
John Islip1500 – 1532
William Benson (Abbot Boston)1533 – 1540
Bishop
intra-Reformation
Thomas Thirlby1540 – 1550
Deans
intra-Reformation
William Benson (Abbot Boston)1540 – 1549
Richard Cox1549 – 1553
Hugh Weston1553 – 1556
Abbot
restored by Mary I of England
John Feckenham1556 – 1559
Deans
post-Reformation
Deans1560 – present

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