List of Abbots of Westminster
The following people were abbots and deans of Westminster Abbey ( England ):
Abbots of Westminster
- Edwin 1049-1071?
- Geoffrey von Jumièges 1071? –1075?
- Vitalis von Bernay 1076? -1085
- Gilbert Crispin 1085-1117
- Herbert 1121–1136?
- Blois vase 1138–1157?
- Laurence of Durham 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 of 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 Millyng 1469-1474
- John Esteney 1474-1498
- George Fascet 1498-1500
- John Islip 1500-1532
- William Boston 1533-1540
Deans of Westminster
- Thomas Thirlby 1540–1550 (only bishop of Westminster)
- William Benson 1540-1549
- Richard Cox 1549–1553 (also Bishop of Ely)
- Hugh Weston 1553-1556
- John Feckenham 1556–1559 (briefly again abbot of Westminster)
- William Bill 1560-1561
- Gabriel Goodman 1561-1601
- Lancelot Andrewes 1601-1605 (also Bishop of Chichester and of Ely)
- Richard Neile 1605–1610 (also Archbishop of York )
- George Montaigne 1610–1617 (also Archbishop of York)
- Robert Tounson 1617-1620 (also Bishop of Salisbury)
- John Williams 1620–1644 (also Archbishop of York)
- Richard Steward 1644-1651
- John Earle 1660–1662 (also Bishop of Salisbury)
- John Dolben 1662-1683
- Thomas Sprat 1683–1713 (also Bishop of Rochester)
- Francis Atterbury 1713–1723 (also Bishop of Rochester)
- Samuel Bradford 1723–1731 (also Bishop of Rochester)
- Joseph Wilcocks 1731–1756 (also Bishop of Rochester)
- Zachary Pearce 1756–1768 (also Bishop of Rochester)
- John Thomas 1768–1793 (also Bishop of Rochester)
- Samuel Horsley 1793-1802 (also Bishop of Rochester)
- William Vincent 1802-1815
- John Ireland 1816-1842
- Thomas Turton 1842-1845
- Samuel Wilberforce 1845 (also Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester)
- William Buckland 1845-1856
- Richard Chenevix Trench 1856–1864 (also Archbishop of Dublin)
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 1864-1881
- George Granville Bradley 1881-1902
- Joseph Armitage Robinson 1902-1911
- Herbert Edward Ryle 1911–1925 (also Bishop of Exeter and Winchester)
- William Foxley Norris 1925–1937 Illustration on a trading card
- Paul de Labilliere 1938-1946
- Alan Campbell Don 1946-1959
- Eric Symes Abbott, KCVO 1959-1974
- Edward Carpenter, KCVO 1974-1985
- Michael Mayne, KCVO 1986-1996
- (Arthur) Wesley Carr, KCVO 1997-2006
- John Robert Hall 2006-2019
- David Hoyle 2019 – present