Abbot of Westminster

The Abbot of Westminster was the head (abbot) of Westminster Abbey.

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Abbots
Edwin	1049 – c. 1071
Geoffrey of Jumièges	c. 1071 – c. 1075
Vitalis of Bernay	c. 1076 – 1085
Gilbert Crispin	1085 – 1117
Herbert	1121 – c. 1136
Gervase de Blois	1138 – c. 1157
Laurence	c. 1158 – 1173
Walter of Winchester	1175 – 1190
William Postard	1191 – 1200
Ralph de Arundel (alias Papillon)	1200 – 1214
William de Humez	1214 – 1222
Richard de Berkying	1222 – 1246
Richard de Crokesley	1246 – 1258
Phillip de Lewisham	1258
Richard de Ware	1258 – 1283
Walter de Wenlok	1283 – 1307
Richard de Kedyngton (alias Sudbury)	1308 – 1315
William de Curtlyngton	1315 – 1333
Thomas de Henley	1333 – 1344
Simon de Bircheston	1344 – 1349
Simon Langham	1349 – 1362
Nicholas de Litlyngton	1362 – 1386
William de Colchester	1386 – 1420
Richard Harweden	1420 – 1440
Edmund Kyrton	1440 – 1462
George Norwich	1463 – 1469
Thomas Millyng	1469 – 1474
John Esteney	1474 – 1498
George Fascet	1498 – 1500
John Islip	1500 – 1532
William Benson (Abbot Boston)	1533 – 1540
Bishop intra-Reformation
Thomas Thirlby	1540 – 1550
Deans intra-Reformation
William Benson (Abbot Boston)	1540 – 1549
Richard Cox	1549 – 1553
Hugh Weston	1553 – 1556
Abbot restored by Mary I of England
John Feckenham	1556 – 1559
Deans post-Reformation
Deans	1560 – present