List of Abbots of Westminster
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A list of abbots of Westminster Abbey.
| 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 of Durham | 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 de Langham | 1349 — 1362 |
| Nicholas de Litlyngton | 1362 — 1386 |
| William de Colchester | 1386 — 1420 |
| 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 |
| Bishop intra- Reformation |
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| Thomas Thirlby | 1540 — 1550 |
| Deans intra- Reformation |
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| William Benson (Abbot Boston) | 1540 — 1549 |
| Richard Cox | 1549 — 1553 |
| Hugh Weston | 1553 — 1556 |
| Abbot restored by Mary I of England |
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| John Feckenham | 1556 — 1559 |
| Deans post- Reformation |
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| Deans | 1560 — present |
