List of Abbots of Glastonbury
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A list of the abbots of Glastonbury Abbey.
[edit] Abbots
| Name | Dates | Works | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Benignus | 472 | (reputed) | |
| ’Worgret’ | c.601-? | ||
| ’Lademund’ | c.663-c.667 | ||
| ’Bregored’ | c.667 | ||
| Beorhtwald | c.667-676/7 | Archbishop of Canterbury 693–731 | |
| Haemgils | 676/7-701/2 | ||
| Beorhtwald | 701/2-709/10 | ||
| Ealdberht | 709/10-718/9 | Church of SS Peter & Paul built by King Ine | |
| Ecgfrith | 718/19-? | ||
| Wealhstod | 729 | (rejected by some sources) | |
| Coengils | ?-737 | ||
| Tunberht | 737-? | ||
| Tyccea | 754-760 | ||
| Guba | 760-762 | ||
| Wealdhun | 762-794 | ||
| Beaduwulf | 794-800 | ||
| Muca | 802-824 | ||
| Guthlac | 824-851 | ||
| Ealhmund | 851-867 | ||
| Hereferth | 867-891 | (now thought probably to come before Ealhmund) | |
| Stithheard | 891-922 | ||
| Aldhun | 922-? | ||
| Cuthred | |||
| Ælfric? | |||
| Ecgwulf | |||
| St Dunstan | 940-957+ | Lengthened Ine's church and added a tower. Raised the level of the cemetery and constructed various monastic buildings. | later Archbishop of Canterbury[1][2] |
| ?Ælfric | occurs after Dunstan in some lists[2] | (probably spurious)[3] | |
| Ælfstan | occurs in some lists after Ælfric | (probably spurious)[3] | |
| Sigar|Sigegar | c. 970–975(?)[2] | later Bishop of Wells 975–997[2] | |
| Ælfweard | c. 975–1009[2][3] | ||
| Brihtred (Beorhtred) | from 1009 to ?[3] | ||
| Brihtwig (Brihtwine) | c. 1017 to 1024[3] | later Bishop of Wells[3] | |
| Æthelweard (Aegelweard) | c1024–1053[2] | ||
| Æthelnoth | 1053–1078[3] | deposed by Lanfranc[2] | |
| Thurstan | c1077–after 1096[2] | Began a new church | 1091. Translation of relics of St Benignus from Meare |
| Herluin | 1100-1118[2] | Rebuilt Thurstan's church on a grander scale | |
| Seffrid Pelochin | 1120/1-1125[2] | Bishop of Chichester from 1125 to 1145 | |
| Henry of Blois | 1126-1171[2] | Built a bell tower, chapter house, cloister, lavatory, refectory, dormitory, infirmary, the 'castellum', an outer gate, a brewery and stables | also Bishop of Winchester from 1129[4] |
| Robert of Winchester | 1173-1180[2] | Built a chamber and chapel | previously Prior of Winchester[2] |
| Peter de Marcy | 1186. New St Mary's Chapel consecrated. Work on Great Church begun. | 1184 (25 May). Great Fire | |
| Henry of Sully | 1189-1193[2] | supposed tomb of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere discovered in the cemetery c. 1190[5] Later Bishop of Worcester 1193–1195[2] |
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| Savaric FitzGeldewin | 1193-1205[2] | also Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury | |
| (Master William Pica) | (1198-1200) | (elected 1198 but election quashed 1200)[2] | |
| Jocelin of Wells | 1206-1219[6] | also Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury from 1206–1242 | |
| William of St Vigor | 1219-1223[6] | ||
| Robert of Bath | 1223-1235[6] | Deposed March 29, 1235[6] | |
| Michael of Amesbury | 1235-c1252[6] | Carried work on the choir forward | |
| Roger of Ford | 1252-1261[6] | died October 2, 1261, buried at Westminster[6] | |
| Robert of Petherton | 1261-1274[6] | Built abbot's chamber | died March 31, 1274[6] |
| John of Taunton | 1274-1291[6] | Choir completed; west end of nave and galilee built. King Arthur's remains transferred to new tomb 1278. | died October 7, 1291[6] |
| John of Kent | 1291-1303[6] | ||
| Geoffrey Fromond | 1303-1322[6] | Spent £1,000 on buildings: completed various parts of the Great Church | |
| Walter of Taunton | 1322-1323[6] | Built pulpitum at west end of choir | died January 23, 1323[6] |
| Adam of Sodbury | 1323-1334[6] | Completed vaulting of nave of Great Church; worked on great hall and built a new chapel on the Tor | |
| John of Breynton | 1334-1342[6] | Completed abbot's great hall and worked on various other related buildings including prior's hall | |
| Walter de Monington | 1342-1375[6] | Extended choir by 40 feet, adding 2 bays. Completed abbot's chapel and infirmary. King Arthur's tomb transferred 1368. | |
| John Chinnock (John Chynnock) | 1375-1420[6] | 1382. Restored chapel and rededicated it to SS Michael & Joseph; rebuilt cloisters, erected or repaired the dormitory and fratry. | |
| Nicholas Frome | 1420-1456 | Finished chapter house, rebuilt misericord house and great chamber; constructed bishop's quarters and a wall around abbey precincts. Probably responsible for abbot's kitchen. | |
| John Selwood | 1456-1493 | Built parish church of St John Baptist. Erected pilgrims' inn. | |
| Richard Beere | 1493-1524 | Began Edgar Chapel; built crypt under Lady Chapel and dedicated it to St Joseph; built a chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at south end of nave; built the Loretto chapel; added vaulting under central tower and flying buttresses at east end of choir; built St Benignus' Church and rebuilt Tribunal | |
| Richard Whiting | 1525-1539 | Completed Edgar Chapel | Hanged on Glastonbury Tor, 15 November 1539 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Geoffrey Ashe (1973), King Arthur's Avalon, Fontana
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Knowles Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales, I 940-1216 p. 50-52
- ^ a b c d e f g Knowles Heads of Religious Houses: England & Wales I 940-1216 p. 248-250
- ^ Geoffrey Ashe (1973), King Arthur's Avalon, Fontana
- ^ Geoffrey Ashe (1973), King Arthur's Avalon, Fontana
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Smith Heads of Religious Houses: England & Wales, II 1217-1377 p. 46-47
[edit] Sources
- James P. Carley (1988), Glastonbury Abbey, St Martin’s Press, New York
- Knowles, David; London, Vera C. M.; Brooke, Christopher (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940-1216, Second Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
- Smith, David M.; London, Vera C. M. (2001). The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales II. 1216-1377. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80271-7.
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