Abbot of St Albans

This is a list of abbots of St Albans Abbey up to its Dissolution in 1539.

  1. Willegod (793-)
  2. -
  3. Wulsig
  4. Wulnoth (Walworth) (c. 930)
  5. Eadfrith
  6. Wulsin (d. c. 968)
  7. Aelfric
  8. Ealdred
  9. Eadmer
  10. Leofric
  11. Ælfric of Abingdon (d. 1005)
  12. Leofstan
  13. Frithric (Frederic)
  14. Paul of Caen (1077-1093)
  15. Richard d'Aubeney (1097–1119)
  16. Geoffrey of Dunstable (1119-1146)
  17. Ralph Gubion (1146-1151)
  18. Robert de Gorron (1151–1166)
  19. Symon (1167-1183)
  20. Warin (1183–1195)
  21. John de Cella (1195-1214)
  22. William of Trumpington (1214–1235)
  23. John of Hertford (1235–1260)
  24. ...... (not mentioned in source) (1260-1302)
  25. John de Maryns (1302–1308)
  26. Hugh of Eversden (1308-1327)
  27. Richard of Wallingford (1326-1335)
  28. Michael of Mentmore (1335–1349)
  29. Thomas de la Mare (1349–1396)
  30. John de la Moote (1396–1401)
  31. William Heyworth (1401–1420)
  32. John of Wheathampstead (John Whethamstede) (1420–1440) (resigned 1440)
  33. John Stoke (1440—1451)
  34. John of Wheathampstead (1451–1465) (appointed for a second time, 1451)
  35. William Albon (1465–1475)
  36. William of Wallingford (1476–1484?)
  37. Thomas Ramryge (1492–1520)
  38. Robert Catton (1529-1538)
  39. Robert Boreman (1538-1539), last abbot

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