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

1. Knowles, Brooke & London 1972, p. 52.
2. 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

• 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.