Abbot of Evesham

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 dissolution of the monastery in 1540:

List

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 Malborough's abbot list[2]
dates unclear		Aldbore	[2]	Second in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[2]
dates unclear		Aldbeorth	[2]	Third in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[2]
dates unclear		Aldfrith	[3]	Fourth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Tilhberht	[3]	Fifth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Cuthwulf	[3]	Sixth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Aldmund	[3]	Seventh in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Credan	[3]	Eighth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Thingfrith	[3]	Ninth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Aldbald	[3]	Tenth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Ecgberht	[3]	Eleventh in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Ælfrith	[3]	Twelfth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Wulfweard	[3]	Thirteenth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Cynelm	[3]	Fourteenth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Cynath I	[3]	Fifteenth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Ebba	[3]	Sixteenth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Cynath II	[3]	Seventeenth in Thomas of Malborough's abbot list[3]
dates unclear		Edwine	[3]	Eighteenth in Thomas of Malborough'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	[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 or Lychfeld	[11][12]	died 1540
1549	1540	Philip Hawford (or Ballard)	[11]

Notes

1. ^ Lapidge, "Ecgwine"
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Sayers and Watkiss (eds.), History of the Abbey of Evesham, p. 139
3. ^ ^{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
4. ^ ^{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
5. ^ ^{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
6. ^ ^{a b} Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 48
7. ^ ^{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
8. ^ ^{a b c} Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, p. 41
9. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, p. 42
10. ^ Smith and London, The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216–1377, pp. 42–3
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Page and Willis-Bund, "Abbey of Evesham"
12. ^ 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

References

• 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, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39230, retrieved 2009-03-30 
• 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, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36469, retrieved 2009-03-30 
• 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