The Abbot of Burton was the head of Burton Abbey, the Benedictine monastery of St Mary and St Modwenna at Burton-upon-Trent in Staffordshire, England. Allegedly the church was begun by a wandering Irish holy woman, but it was actually founded c. 1003 as a Benedictine abbey by Wulfric Spott. A continuous series of abbots, which slight possible interruptions, can be traced thereafter until the English Reformation.
List of abbots
| Abbots of the church of Burton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incumbent | From | Until | Citation(s) | Notes |
| Wulfgeat | c. 1004 | c. 1026 | The Annals of Burton state he died Thursday 20 April 1026, after 22 years in office. This date was in fact a Wednesday, though 20 April 1027 fell on a Thursday, meaning that the source was out by a year his abbacy lasted from c. 1005 to 1027. | |
| Brihtric I | c. 1027 | c. 1050 | The Annals of Burton state he died Saturday 20 April 1050, after 24 years in office. This date was in fact a Friday. | |
| Leofric | c. 1051 | 1066 | Also Abbot of Peterborough (1052–1066), as well as Coventry, Crowland, and Thorney, he was the nephew of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. | |
| Brihtric II | c. 1067 | 1085 | Previously Abbot of Malmesbury, he was appointed by William the Conqueror soon after Abbot Leofric's death in either 31 October or 1 November 1066. | |
| Geoffrey de Mala Terra | 1085 | 1094 | He was expelled from his position in 1094. | |
| Nigel | 1094 | 1114 | ||
| Geoffrey | 1114 | 1150 | ||
| Robert I | 1150 | 1159 | He was expelled in 1159, but returned in 1176. | |
| Bernard | 1160 | 1174 | Previously Abbot of Cerne | |
| Robert I (again) | 1176 | Previously Abbot of Cerne | ||
| Roger Malebranche | 1177 | 1182 | ||
| Richard | 1182 | 1187 | ||
| Nicholas | 1187 | 1197 | ||
| William Melburne | 1200 | 1213 | ||
| Stephen de Lucy | 1214 | Elected but resigned in January 1214 | ||
| Roger | 1214 | 1216 | ||
| Nicholas de Wallingford | 1216 | 1222 | ||
| Richard de Insula | 1222 | 1229 | ||
| Laurence de St Edward | 1229 | 1260 | ||
| John de Stafford | 1260 | 1281 | ||
| Thomas de Packington | 1281 | 1305 | ||
| John de Burton | 1305 | 1316 | ||
| William de Bromley | 1316 | 1329 | ||
| Robert de Langdon | 1329 | 1340 | ||
| Robert de Brykhull | 1340 | 1347 | ||
| John of Ibestock | 1347 | 1366 | ||
| Thomas of Southam | 1366 | 1400 | ||
| John de Sudbury | 1400 | 1424 | ||
| William Matthewe | 1424 | 1430 | ||
| Robert Ownesby | 1430 | 1433 | ||
| Ralph Henley | 1433 | 1455 | ||
| William de Bronston | 1455 | 1473 | ||
| Thomas de Felde | 1473 | 1493 | ||
| William Fleghe | 1493 | 1502 | ||
| William Beyne | 1502 | 1530 x 1531 | Associated with Abbot Beyne School | |
| William Benson | 1531 | 1533 | Became Abbot of Westminster | |
| John Beaton | 1533 | 1534 | ||
| William Edys | 1534 | 1539 | Surrendered the abbey as part of the dissolution of the monasteries | |
Notes
- ^ Knowles, Brooke, and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 30
- Knowles, Brooke, and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, pp. 30–31
- ^ Knowles, Brooke, and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 31
- Knowles, Brooke, and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 60
- Knowles, Brooke, and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, pp. 31, 55
- Knowles, Brooke, and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, pp. 31, 80
- ^ Smith and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. ii, p. 25
- ^ Smith and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. ii, p. 26
- ^ Greenslade and Pugh (eds.), "The Abbey of Burton"
References
- Knowles, David; Brooke, C. N. L.; London, C. M, eds. (1972), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940—1216, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-08367-2
- Greenslade, M. W.; Pugh, R. B., eds. (1970), "Houses of Benedictine Monks: The Abbey of Burton", A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3, British History Online, pp. 199–213, retrieved 2009-07-09
- 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