List of Abbots of Westminster

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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

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