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.
List
edit| Abbots of St Mary of Evesham | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Citation(s) | Notes |
| fl. 692–717 | Ecgwine | [1] | Founding abbot and saint | |
| dates unclear | Æthelwold | [2] | First in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[2] | |
| dates unclear | Aldbore | [2] | Second in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[2] | |
| dates unclear | Aldbeorth | [2] | Third in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[2] | |
| dates unclear | Aldfrith | [3] | Fourth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Tilhberht | [3] | Fifth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Cuthwulf | [3] | Sixth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Aldmund | [3] | Seventh in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Credan | [3] | Eighth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Thingfrith | [3] | Ninth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Aldbald | [3] | Tenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Ecgberht | [3] | Eleventh in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Ælfrith | [3] | Twelfth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Wulfweard | [3] | Thirteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Cynelm | [3] | Fourteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Cynath I | [3] | Fifteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Ebba | [3] | Sixteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Cynath II | [3] | Seventeenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| dates unclear | Edwine | [3] | Eighteenth in Thomas of Marlborough's abbot list[3] | |
| c. 970 | expelled 975 | Osweard | [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 997 | unclear | Ælfric | [4] | |
| 997 x 1002 | unclear | Ælfgar | [4] | |
| dates unclear | Brihtmaer | [4] | ||
| unclear | c. 1013 | Ælthelwine | [4] | Became Bishop of Wells, c. 1013[4] |
| c. 1014 | died 1044 | Ælfweard | [5] | Became Bishop of London c. 1016, but retained abbey of Evesham until death[5] |
| 1044 | resigned 1058 | Mannig (or Wulfmær) | [5] | Suffered paralysis and resigned 1058; died on epiphany, i.e. 6 January 1066[5] |
| 1058 | died c. 1077 | Æthelwig | [5] | |
| 1077 | died 1104 | Walter de Cerisy | [5] | |
| unclear | died 1130 | Maurice | [5] | |
| 1130 | died or resigned 1149 | Reginald Foliot | [5] | Uncle of Gilbert Foliot |
| 1149 | died 1159 | William de Andeville | [5] | |
| 1159 | 1160 | Roger | [5] | |
| 1161 | died 1189 | Adam de Senlis | [5] | |
| 1190 | resigned 1213 | Roger Norreis | [6] | Became Prior of Penwortham, an Evesham dependency [6] |
| 1214 | died 1229 | Randulf | [7] | Previously Prior of Worcester and Bishop-elect of Worcester[7] |
| 1230 | died 1236 | Thomas of Marlborough | [8] | |
| 1236 | died 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] |
| 1243 | died or resigned 1255 | Thomas of Gloucester | [9] | |
| 1256 | died 1263 | Henry of Worcester | [9] | |
| 1263 | died or resigned 1266 | William of Malborough | [9] | |
| 1266 | died 1282 | William of Whitechurch | [9] | |
| 1282 | died 1316 | John of Brockhampton | [9] | |
| 1316 | died 1344 | William de Chiriton | [9] | |
| 1345 | died 1367 | William du Boys | [9] | |
| 1367 | died 1379 | John of Ombersley | [10] | |
| 1379 | 1418 | Roger Zatton | [11] | |
| 1418 | 1435 | Richard Bromsgrove | [11] | |
| 1435 | c. 1460 | John Wykewan | [11] | |
| 1460 | 1467 | Richard Pembroke | [11] | |
| 1467 | 1477 | Richard Hawkesbury | [11] | |
| 1477 | 1483 | William Upton | [11] | |
| 1483 | 1491 | John Norton | [11] | |
| 1491 | 1514 | Thomas Newbold | [11] | |
| 1514 | 1539 | Clement Litchfield, Lychfeld or Wych | [11][12] | Died October 1546, buried in the southern chapel (built at his expense) of All Saints, Evesham[13] |
| 1539 | 1540 | Philip Hawford (or Ballard) | [11] | |
Notes
edit- ^ Lapidge, "Ecgwine"
- ^ a b c d e f Sayers and Watkiss (eds.), History of the Abbey of Evesham, p. 139
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Sayers and Watkiss (eds.), History of the Abbey of Evesham, p. 141
- ^ a b c d e f g Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 46
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 47
- ^ a b Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 48
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b c Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, p. 41
- ^ a b c d e f g Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, p. 42
- ^ Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, pp. 42–3
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Page and Willis-Bund, "Abbey of Evesham"
- ^ 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
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1081351)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
References
edit- Knowles, David; Brooke, C. N. L.; London, C. M, eds. (2001), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940—1216 (2nd ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-80452-3
- Lapidge, Michael (2004). "Ecgwine (d. 717?), bishop of Worcester". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39230. Retrieved 30 March 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Page, William; Willis-Bund, J. W., eds. (1971), "Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Evesham", A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2 (1971), British History Online, pp. 112–27, retrieved 30 March 2009
- Smith, David M.; London, C. M, eds. (2001), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-80271-7