Bishop of Westminster

(From 1540 to 1550)

The diocese of Westminster only existed for ten years.

Office

Holder

 

 Year of
appointment and termination
Thomas Thirlby   1540-1550

Abbots of Westminster

(Pre-Reformation)

Office

Holder

 

 Year of
appointment and termination
Edwin   1049-1071?
Geoffrey of Jumièges   1071?-1075?
Vitalis of Bernay   1076?-1085
Gilbert Crispin   1085-1117
Herbert   1121-1136?
Gervase de Blois   1138-1157?
Laurence of Durham   1158?-1173
Walter of Winchester   1175-1190
William Postard   1191-1200
Ralph de Arundel (alias Papillon)    1200-1214
William de Humez   1214-1222
Richard de Berkying   1222-1246
Richard de Crokesley   1246-1258
Phillip de Lewisham   1258
Richard de Ware   1258-1283
Walter de Wenlok   1283-1307
Richard de Kedyngton (alias Sudbury)   1308-1315
William de Curtlyngton   1315-1333
Thomas de Henley   1333-1344
Simon de Bircheston   1344-1349
Simon de Langham   1349-1362
Nicholas de Litlyngton   1362-1386
William de Colchester   1386-1420
Richard Harweden   1420-1440
Edmund Kyrton   1440-1462
George Norwich   1463-1469
Thomas Millyng   1469-1474
John Esteney   1474-1498
George Fascet   1498-1500
John Islip   1500-1532
William Boston   1533-1540

Deans of Westminster

(Post-Reformation)

Office

Holder

 

 Year of
appointment and termination
William Benson formerly Abbot Boston 1540-1549
Richard Cox   1549-1553
Hugh Weston   1553-1556

Abbot of Westminster

(restored by Mary I)

Office

Holder

 

 Year of
appointment and termination
John Feckenham   1556-1559

Deans of Westminster

(Post-Reformation)

Office

Holder

 

 Year of
appointment and termination
William Bill   1560-1561
Gabriel Goodman   1561-1601
Lancelot Andrews   1601-1605
Richard Neile   1605-1610
George Montaigne   1610-1617
Robert Tounson   1617-1620
John Williams   1620-1644
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