Abbot of Westminster explained

The Abbot of Westminster was the head (abbot) of Westminster Abbey.

List

Abbots
1049 – c. 1071
c. 1071 – c. 1075
c. 1076 – 1085
1085 – 1117
1121 – c. 1136
1138 – c. 1157
Laurence c. 1158 – 1173
1175 – 1190
1191 – 1200
Ralph de Arundel (alias Papillon) 1200 – 1214
1214 – 1222
1222 – 1246
1246 – 1258
1258
1258 – 1283
1283 – 1307
Richard de Kedyngton (alias Sudbury) 1308 – 1315
1315 – 1333
1333 – 1344
1344 – 1349
1349 – 1362
1362 – 1386
1386 – 1420
1420 – 1440
1440 – 1462
1463 – 1469
1469 – 1474, later Bishop of Hereford
1474 – 1498
1498 – 1500
1500 – 1532
William Benson (Abbot Boston) 1533 – 1540
Bishop
intra-Reformation
1540 – 1550
Deans
intra-Reformation
William Benson (Abbot Boston) 1540 – 1549
1549 – 1553
1553 – 1556
Abbot
restored by Mary I of England
1556 – 1559
Deans
post-Reformation
1560 – present

References