Waverley Abbey - Abbots of Waverley

Abbots of Waverley

The following is a list of the abbots of Waverley Abbey.

• John, died 1128
• Gilbert, 1128-9
• Henry, died 1182
• Henry of Chichester, 1182, resigned 1187
• Christopher (abbot of Bruerne, Oxfordshire), 1187, removed from office 1196
• John II. (hospitaller), 1196, died 1201
• John III. (cellarer), 1201, died 1216
• Adam (sub-prior), 1216, resigned 1219
• Adam II. (abbot of Garendon, Leicestershire), 1219, resigned 1236
• Walter Giffard (abbot of Bittlesden, Bucks), 1236, died 1252
• Ralph (abbot of Dunkewell, Devon), 1252, resigned 1266
• William de London, 1266
• William de Hungerford, resigned 1276
• Hugh de Leukenor, 1276, died 1285
• Philip de Bedwinde, 1285
• William, occurs 1316
• Robert, occurs 1335
• John III., 1344
• John IV., 1349, died 1361
• John de Enford, occurs 1385-6
• William Hakeleston, 1386, died 1399
• John Brid, 1399–1400
• Henry, occurs 1433
• William, occurs 1452
• William Martyn, 1456
• Thomas, occurs 1478 and 1500
• William, occurs 1509
• John, occurs 1529
• William Alyng, occurs 1535