The Abbot of Gloucester was the title of the head of Gloucester Abbey in Gloucester, England.[1]
The Benedictine abbey was founded about 1022 and was dedicated to Saint Peter.[2] It is recorded that the abbey lost about a quarter of its complement of monks in 1377 due to the Black Death.
In 1540, the abbey was dissolved by King Henry VIII, and it became Gloucester Cathedral the following year.[3]
| List of abbots of Gloucester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Dates | Notes |
| Eadric | 1022–1058 | also known as Edric |
| Wulfstan | 1058–1072 | also known as Wilstan; died on pilgrimage to Jerusalem; related to Aldred, Archbishop of York.[4] |
| Serlo | 1072–1104 | |
| Peter | 1107–1113 | |
| William Godemon | 1113–1130 | |
| Walter de Lacy | 1130–1139 | |
| Gilbert Foliot | 1139–1148 | afterwards Bishop of Hereford (1148–1163)[5] and Bishop of London (1163–1187).[6] |
| Hamelin | 1148–1179 | |
| Thomas Carbonel | 1179–1205 | |
| Henry Blont | 1205–1224 | also known as Henry Blunt |
| Thomas of Bredon | 1223–1228 | |
| Henry Foliot | 1228–1243 | |
| John de Felda | 1243–1263 | |
| Reginald de Homme | 1263–1284 | |
| John de Gamages | 1284–1306 | |
| John Thoky | 1306–1328 | |
| John Wygmore | 1328–1337 | |
| Adam of Staunton | 1337–1351 | |
| Thomas Horton | 1351–1377 | |
| John Boyfeld | 1377–1381 | |
| Walter Froucester | 1381–1412 | |
| Hugh of Morton | 1412–1420 | |
| John Morwent | 1420–1437 | |
| Reginald Boulers | 1437–1450 | afterwards Bishop of Hereford (1450–1453)[7] and Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1453–1459).[8] |
| Thomas Sebroke | 1450–1457 | |
| Richard Hauley | 1457–1472 | |
| William Farley | 1472–1498 | |
| John Malvern | 1498–1500 | |
| Thomas Braunche | 1500–1510 | |
| John Newton | 1510–1514 | |
| William Parker or Malvern | 1514–1539 | |
| Source(s):[2][9] | ||
- ^ Knowles, Brooke & London 1972, p. 52.
- ^ a b Knowles, Brooke & London 1972, pp. 52–53.
- ^ "Gloucester Cathedral – History". Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
- ^ Lawson & King 2004, Ealdred (d. 1069).
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 250.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 258.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 251.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 254.
- ^ Page 1907, pp. 53–61.