Abbot of Gloucester

Memorial to Abbot William Malvern in Gloucester Cathedral

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]

## Notes

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1. ^ Knowles, Brooke & London 1972, p. 52.
2. ^ a b Knowles, Brooke & London 1972, pp. 52–53.
3. ^ "Gloucester Cathedral – History". Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
4. ^ Lawson & King 2004, Ealdred (d. 1069).
5. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 250.
6. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 258.
7. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 251.
8. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 254.
9. ^ Page 1907, pp. 53–61.

## References

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* Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
* Knowles, David; Brooke, Christopher; London, Veria (1972). The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940–1216. Cambridge University Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 0-521-08367-2.
* Lawson, M. K; King, Vanessa (reviser) (2004). "Ealdred [Aldred]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37382. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: "Aldred (d.1069)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
* Page, William, ed. (1907). Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of St Peter at Gloucester. A History of the County of Gloucester. Vol. 2\. British History Online. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

List of medieval abbots of Gloucester Abbey in England