Abbot of Gloucester
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Abbot of Gloucester was the title of the head of Gloucester Abbey
in Gloucester
, England
. The following table lists some of the abbots, and is taken from Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940 to 1216.
Gloucester Abbey
Gloucester Abbey was a Benedictine abbey for monks in the city of Gloucester, England. The abbey was founded about 1022 and was dedicated to Saint Peter. 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...
in Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The following table lists some of the abbots, and is taken from Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940 to 1216.
| Name | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eadric | 1022–1058 | |
| Wulfstan | 1058–1072 | died on pilgrimage to Jerusalem related to Aldred Aldred Ealdred was Abbot of Tavistock, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York in Anglo-Saxon England. He was related to a number of other ecclesiastics of the period. After becoming a monk at the monastery at Winchester, he was appointed Abbot of Tavistock Abbey in around 1027. In 1046 he was named... , Archbishop of York Archbishop of York The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man... also known as Wilstan |
| Serlo | 1072–1104 | |
| Peter | 1107–1113 | |
| William Godemon | 1113–1130 | |
| Walter de Lacy | 1130–1139 | |
| Gilbert Foliot Gilbert Foliot Gilbert Foliot was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London. Born to an ecclesiastical family, he became a monk at Cluny Abbey in France at about the age of twenty... |
1139–1148 | became Bishop of London Bishop of London The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey... |
| Hamelin | 1148–1179 | |
| Thomas Carbonel | 1179–1205 | |
| Henry Blont | 1205–1224 |