Abbot of Westminster
The following people were Abbots and Deans of Westminster Abbey ( England):
Abbots of Westminster
- Edwin 1049-1071?
- Geoffrey of Jumièges 1071? -1075?
- Vitalis of Bernay in 1076? -1085
- Gilbert Crispin 1085-1117
- Herbert 1121-1136?
- Gervase of Blois 1138-1157?
- Laurence of Durham in 1158? -1173
- Walter of Winchester 1175-1190
- William Postard 1191-1200
- Ralph de Arundel (aka Papillon ) 1200-1214
- William de Humez 1214-1222
- Richard de Berkying 1222-1246
- Richard de Crokesley 1246-1258
- Phillip de Lewisham 1258
- Walter de Wenlok 1283-1307
- Richard de Kedyngton (aka 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 Boston 1533-1540
Deans of Westminster
- Thomas Thirlby 1540-1550 (the only Bishop of Westminster)
- William Benson 1540-1549
- Richard Cox 1549-1553 ( Bishop of Ely )
- Hugh Weston 1553-1556
- John Feckenham 1556-1559 (briefly again Abbot of Westminster)
- William Bill 1560-1561
- Gabriel Goodman 1561-1601
- Lancelot Andrewes 1601-1605 (also Bishop of Chichester and Ely )
- Richard Neile 1605-1610 ( Archbishop of York )
- George Montaigne 1610-1617 ( Archbishop of York )
- Robert Tounson 1617-1620 ( Bishop of Salisbury )
- John Williams 1620-1644 ( Archbishop of York )
- Richard Steward 1644-1651
- John Earle 1660-1662 ( Bishop of Salisbury )
- John Dolben 1662-1683
- Thomas Sprat 1683-1713 ( Bishop of Rochester )
- Francis Atterbury 1713-1723 ( Bishop of Rochester )
- Samuel Bradford 1723-1731 ( Bishop of Rochester )
- Joseph Wilcocks 1731-1756 ( Bishop of Rochester )
- Zachary Pearce 1756-1768 ( Bishop of Rochester )
- John Thomas 1768-1793 ( Bishop of Rochester )
- Samuel Horsley 1793-1802 ( Bishop of Rochester )
- William Vincent 1802-1815
- John Ireland 1816-1842
- Thomas Turton 1842-1845
- Samuel Wilberforce in 1845 (also Bishop of Oxford and Winchester )
- William Buckland 1845-1856
- Richard Chenevix Trench 1856-1864 ( Archbishop of Dublin)
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 1864-1881
- George Granville Bradley 1881-1902
- Joseph Armitage Robinson 1902-1911
- Herbert Edward Ryle 1911-1925 ( Bishop of Exeter and Winchester )
- William Foxley Norris 1925-1937 Figure on a trading card
- Paul de Labilliere 1938-1946
- Alan Campbell Don 1946-1959
- Eric Symes Abbott KCVO 1959-1974
- Edward Carpenter, KCVO 1974-1985
- Michael Mayne, KCVO 1986-1996
- ( Arthur) Wesley Carr, KCVO 1997-2006
- John Robert Hall 2006- today