Abbot of Westminster

The Abbot of Westminster was the head (abbot) of Westminster Abbey, until the reformation, when the position was replaced by the Dean of Westminster. The position of Abbot of Westminster was a significant role in English history, with the abbots overseeing Westminster Abbey from its early days as a Benedictine monastery through major transformations over the centuries.

List of Abbots

Abbots
Edwin[1][2]	1049 – c. 1071
Geoffrey of Jumièges[2]	c. 1071 – c. 1075
Vitalis of Bernay[2]	c. 1076 – 1085
Gilbert Crispin[2]	1085 – 1117
Herbert[2]	1121 – c. 1136
Gervase de Blois[2]	1138 – c. 1157
Laurence[2]	c. 1158 – 1173
Walter of Winchester[2]	1175 – 1190
William Postard[2]	1191 – 1200
Ralph de Arundel (alias Papillon)[2]	1200 – 1214
William de Humez[2]	1214 – 1222[1]
Richard de Berkying[2]	1222 – 1246
Richard de Crokesley[2]	1246 – 1258
Phillip de Lewisham[2]	1258
Richard de Ware[2]	1258 – 1283
Walter de Wenlok[2]	1283 – 1307
Richard de Kedyngton (alias Sudbury)[2]	1308 – 1315
William de Curtlyngton[2]	1315 – 1333
Thomas de Henley[2]	1333 – 1344[2]
Simon de Bircheston	1344 – 1349
Simon Langham[2]	1349 – 1362
Nicholas de Litlyngton[2]	1362 – 1386
William de Colchester[2]	1386 – 1420
Richard Harweden[2]	1420 – 1440
Edmund Kyrton[2]	1440 – 1462
George Norwich[2]	1463 – 1469
Thomas Mylling[2]	1469 – 1474, later Bishop of Hereford
John Esteney[1][2]	1474 – 1498
George Fascet[2]	1498 – 1500
John Islip[2]	1500 – 1532
William Benson (Abbot Boston)[2]	1533 – 1540
Bishop intra-Reformation
Thomas Thirlby[2]	1540 – 1550
Deans intra-Reformation
William Benson (Abbot Boston)	1540 – 1549
Richard Cox[2]	1549 – 1553
Hugh Weston[2]	1553 – 1556
Abbot restored by Mary I of England
John Feckenham[2]	1556 – 1559
Deans post-Reformation
See List of Deans of Westminster Abbey[2]	1560 – present[3][4][2]