Suffolk and Norfolk

 Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds was the title used by the head of the  Benedictine  monastery Bury St. Edmunds Abbey in the county  of Suffolk, England. The following table lists the abbots from the foundation of the abbey in 1020 until its dissolution in 1539.

 Abbots of Bury St. Edmunds From To :

• 1 Uvius/ Ufi 1020 - 1044  
• 2 Leofstan 1044 - 1065  
• 3 Baldwin 1065 - 1097  
• 4 Robert I 1100 - 1102 son of Hugh, Earl of Chester
• 5 Robert II 1102 - 1107  
• 6 Alebold of Jerusalem 1114 - 1119  
• 7 Anselm of St Saba 1121 - 1146[a] nephew of Anselm of
• erbury. Elected bishop of London in 1138, but was not consecrated bishop
• 8 Ording 1146 - 1156 See note on dates of Anselm above - elected abbot while Anselm was bishop-elect (1138), then re-elected after Anselm's death
• 9 Hugo/Hugh I 1157 - 1180 Re-founded St. George's Priory, Thetford ca 1160. Chronicles of Jocelyn de Brakelond narrate the fortunes of the monastery 1173 - 1202
• 10 Samson of Tottington 1182 - 1211  
• 11 Hugh of Northwold 1215 - 1229 1213 locally, 1215 with Papal consent; became bishop of Ely
• 12 Richard 1229 - 1234 Also known as Richard of the Isle of Ely
• 13 Henry of Rushbrook 1235 - 1248  
• 14 Edmund of Walpole 1248 - 1256  
• 15 Simon of Luton 1257 - 1279  
• 16 John of Northwold 1279 - 1301  
• 17 Thomas of Tottington 1302 - 1312  
• 18 Richard of Draughton 1312 - 1335  
• 19 William of Bernham 1335 - 1362 William died the last day of February 1361-1362
• 20 Henry of Hunstanton 1362 - 1362 Henry's abbacy was very brief
• 21 John of Brinkley 1362 - 1379 John of Brinkley elected on Henry's demise
• 22 John of Timworth 1379 - 1389 The Papal nominee for Abbot was Edmund Bromefield for 5 years of this time
• 23 William of Cratfield 1390 - 1415  
• 24 William of Exeter 1415 - 1429  
• 25 William Curteys 1429 - 1446  
• 26 William Babington 1446 - 1453  
• 27 John Bohun 1453 - 1469  
• 28 Robert Ixworth 1469 - 1474  
• 29 Richard Hengham 1474 - 1479  
• 30 Thomas Rattlesden 1479 - 1497  
• 31 William Cadenham 1497 - 1513  
• 32 John Reeve 1513 - 1539  

On 4 November, 1539, the abbey was surrendered. The surrender is signed by Abbot John Reeve, Prior Thomas Ringstede (alias Dennis), and by forty two other monks.

Abbots of Bury St. Edmunds

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