Abbot of Evesham

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The Abbot of Evesham was the head of Evesham Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Worcestershire founded in the Anglo-Saxon era of English history. The succession continued until the dissolution of the monastery in 1540.

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Abbots of St Mary of Evesham
FromUntilIncumbentCitation(s)Notes
fl. 692–717 Ecgwine [1] Founding abbot and saint
dates unclearÆthelwold [2] First in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [2]
dates unclearAldbore [2] Second in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [2]
dates unclearAldbeorth [2] Third in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [2]
dates unclearAldfrith [3] Fourth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclear Tilhberht [3] Fifth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearCuthwulf [3] Sixth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearAldmund [3] Seventh in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclear Credan [3] Eighth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearThingfrith [3] Ninth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearAldbald [3] Tenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearEcgberht [3] Eleventh in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearÆlfrith [3] Twelfth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearWulfweard [3] Thirteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearCynelm [3] Fourteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearCynath I [3] Fifteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearEbba [3] Sixteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearCynath II [3] Seventeenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
dates unclearEdwine [3] Eighteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list [3]
c. 970expelled 975Osweard [4] Abbey was secularised in 975, but afterwards went into the hands of one "Bishop Agelsius" (probably Æthelsige I, Bishop of Sherborne, resigned, translated or died 990 x 992), afterwards to Bishop Ælfstan (either Ælfstan, Bishop of Rochester (died 995), or Ælfstan, Bishop of London (died 995 x 996), after whose death Ealdwulf, Bishop of Worcester, established Ælfric and Ælfgar as abbots. [4]
995 x 997unclearÆlfric [4]
997 x 1002unclearÆlfgar [4]
dates unclearBrihtmaer [4]
unclearc. 1013 Ælthelwine [4] Became Bishop of Wells, c. 1013 [4]
c. 1014died 1044 Ælfweard [5] Became Bishop of London c. 1016, but retained abbey of Evesham until death [5]
1044resigned 1058 Mannig (or Wulfmær) [5] Suffered paralysis and resigned 1058; died on epiphany, i.e. 6 January 1066 [5]
1058died c. 1077 Æthelwig [5]
1077died 1104 Walter de Cerisy [5]
uncleardied 1130 Maurice [5]
1130died or resigned 1149 Reginald Foliot [5] Uncle of Gilbert Foliot
1149died 1159William de Andeville [5]
11591160Roger [5]
1161died 1189 Adam de Senlis [5]
1190resigned 1213 Roger Norreis [6] Became Prior of Penwortham, an Evesham dependency [6]
1214died 1229 Randulf [7] Previously Prior of Worcester and Bishop-elect of Worcester [7]
1230died 1236 Thomas of Marlborough [8]
1236died 1242 Richard le Gras [8] Was elected Bishop of Coventry in 1241, but either declined office or died before this disputed election was resolved [8]
1243died or resigned 1255Thomas of Gloucester [9]
1256died 1263Henry of Worcester [9]
1263died or resigned 1266William of Malborough [9]
1266died 1282William of Whitechurch [9]
1282died 1316John of Brockhampton [9]
1316died 1344William de Chiriton [9]
1345died 1367William du Boys [9]
1367died 1379John of Ombersley [10]
13791418Roger Zatton [11]
14181435 Richard Bromsgrove [11]
1435c. 1460John Wykewan [11]
14601467Richard Pembroke [11]
14671477Richard Hawkesbury [11]
14771483William Upton [11]
14831491John Norton [11]
14911514Thomas Newbold [11]
15141539Clement Litchfield, Lychfeld or Wych [11] [12] Died October 1546, buried in the southern chapel (built at his expense) of All Saints, Evesham [13]
15391540Philip Hawford (or Ballard) [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Lapidge, "Ecgwine"
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sayers and Watkiss (eds.), History of the Abbey of Evesham, p. 139
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sayers and Watkiss (eds.), History of the Abbey of Evesham, p. 141
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 46
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 47
  6. 1 2 Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 48
  7. 1 2 Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 48; Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, p. 41
  8. 1 2 3 Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, p. 41
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, p. 42
  10. ↑ Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, pp. 42–3
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page and Willis-Bund, "Abbey of Evesham"
  12. ↑ John Chambers, Biographical illustrations of Worcestershire: including lives of persons, natives or residents, eminent either for piety or talent: to which is added, a list of living authors of the county (W. Walcott, 1820) p.45
  13. ↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1081351)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 November 2022.

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