Abbot of Tavistock

Abbot of Tavistock

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Name	Dates	Notes

unknown	c.975	First abbot

Ælfmær	994–c1009	Became bishop of Selsey

Lyfing of Winchester	c.1009–1027	Became bishop of Worcester

Aldred	c. 1027–c. 1043	Became bishop of Worcester

Sihtric	c. 1043–1082	Became a pirate

Geoffrey	c. 1082–c. 1088

Wimund	before 1096–1102	Deposed by the Synod of Westminster in 1102

Osbert	?–before1131

Robert of Plympton	c. 1131–1145

?Roger	c. 1146

Robert Postel	c. 1146–1154

Walter of Winchester	c. 1154–c. 1168

Godfrey	c. 1168–c. 1173

Baldwin	1174–1184

Herbert	1186–1200

Andrew	1200–1202

Jordan	c. 1203–1219/1220

William of Kernit	1220

John of Rofa	1224

Alan of Cornwall	1233	Previously prior of Tresco

Robert of Kitecnol	1248

Thomas	1248

Henry of Northampton	1257

Philip Trencheful	1259

(vacant)	1259	Appointment lapsed to Walter Branscombe, Bishop of Exeter.

Alured	1260

John Chubbe	1262–1269	Deposed by Bishop Branscombe

Robert Colbern	1270

Robert Campbell/Champeaux	1285–1325 (died)	"Of the abbots in the later monastic period ... probably ... the greatest and wisest"

(vacant)	1325–1328	Dispute between two candidates, Robert Busse and John Courtenay (eldest son of Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon)

Robert(?) Bonus	1328—1333 (excommunicated)	Bishop Grandisson said of him "That Abbot's name was Good, but he was a scoundrel, a near-heretic!"

John Courtenay	1334	Suspended by Bishop Grandisson for maladministration

Richard Esse	1349

Stephen Langdon	1362

Thomas Cullyng	1380 or 1381	The last of five abbots after Campbell who were all accused of waste, extravagance and neglecting their spiritual duties.

John Mey	20 July 1402

Thomas Mede	March 1422 – April 1442

Thomas Crispyn	11 June 1442 – 5 April 1447

William Pewe	2 May 1447 – 26 December 1450

John Dynyngton	February 1451 – December 1490

Richard Yeme	February 1491 – c. March 1492

Richard Banham	1492–1523

John Peryn	1523–1539	Last abbot

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The name of the first abbot of Tavistock is unknown, but the abbey was founded in 975.

final_sentence: The name of the first abbot of Tavistock is unknown, but the abbey was founded in 975.