Abbot of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow
This is a list of abbots of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey. Wearmouth–Jarrow is a twin-foundation English monastery, located on the River Wear in Sunderland and the River Tyne at Jarrow respectively, in the Kingdom of Northumbria.
Abbots
Whilst they were independent monasteries, they each had an abbot.
| Jarrow | Monkwearmouth |
|---|---|
| - | Benedict Biscop (674–681) |
| Ceolfrid (682–716/7) | Eosterwine (682–686) |
| - | Sigfrith (686 – c. 690) |
| - | Ceolfrid (c. 690 – 716/7) |
| Hwaetberht (716/7–740s) | |
| Cuthbert (c. 764) | |
| Ethelbald (c. 800) | Fridwin (c. 800) |
| Aldwin (1074) | Elfwin (app. c. 1075) |
| - | Aldwin (1075) |
Abbey removed to Durham, 1083
As a cell of Durham
During this time, the two monasteries each had a master.
| Masters of Jarrow | Masters of Wearmouth |
|---|---|
| Ralph of Midelham, occ. before 1303 | - |
| Thomas de Castro, procurator, 1313 | - |
| William of Harton, 1313 | - |
| William of Thirsk (Treks), 1313 | - |
| Geoffrey of Haxeby, 1313 | - |
| William of Harton, 1314 | - |
| Robert of Durham, 1321 | Robert of Durham, 1321 |
| Emeric de Lumley, 1326 | |
| Alexander of Lamesley, 1333 | |
| Emeric de Lumley, 1338 | Alan of Marton, 1337 |
| John of Beverley, 1340 | |
| Thomas de Graystanes, 1344 | Hugh of Wodeburn, 1343 |
| John of Goldisburgh, 1350 | John of Neuton, 1349 |
| John of Norton, 1350— | |
| Richard of Bikerton, 1355 | |
| John of Goldisburgh, 1357 | |
| John Abell, 1358 | John of Shafto, 1360 |
| Richard of Bekyngham, 1360 | |
| John of Elwick, 1363 | |
| Richard of Segbroke, | |
| John of Tikhill, 1367 | John of Neuton, 1367 |
| John of Bolton, 1369 | John of Bishopton, 1369 |
| John de Lumley, 1370 | |
| William Vavasour, 1373 | |
| John de Lumley, 1376 | |
| Thomas Legat, 1381 | John Aklyff, 1387 |
| Thomas Launcells, 1388 | |
| Thomas Legat, 1395 | |
| William of Cawood, 1399 | |
| John of Hutton, 1400 | |
| Walter of Teesdale, 1402 | |
| Thomas of Lyth, app. 3 October 1408 | John Repon, app. 14 June 1409 |
| Walter of Teesdale, app. 1410 | |
| Robert of Masham, 1411 | |
| John Moreby, 1415 | Thomas of Witton, app. 17 June 1413 |
| Robert Masham, 1417 | |
| William Graystanes, 1419 | |
| John Moreby, 1422 | |
| Thomas Moreby, 1424 | Thomas Moreby, 1425 |
| John Durham the younger, 1431 | Robert Moreby, 1430 |
| William Lyham, app. 14 June 1435 | |
| Thomas Bradebery, 1446 | |
| John Barlay, app. 15 April 1443 | |
| John Mody, sacr. pag. prof., app. 1 September 1446 | |
| John Bradebery, app. 2 April 1452 | John Midelham, 1452 |
| Thomas Warde, app. 1457 | Richard Blakburn, 1456 |
| John Bradbery, app. 1458 | |
| Thomas Hexham, app. 23 July 1467 | John Auckland, 1466 |
| Richard Wrake, app. 5 May 1470; recalled, 29 May 1471 | |
| Robert West, app. 29 May 1471 | |
| Richard Wrake, app. 28 May 1476 | |
| Robert Werdale, app. 10 November 1477 | |
| Robert Knowt, 1479 | |
| Robert Billingham, 1480 | William Cuthbert, 1482 |
| William Chambre, (fn. 108) 1486 | |
| John Swan, 1489 | William Cauthorne, 1490 |
| Robert Billingham, 1493 | William Cuthbert, app. 1491 |
| John Hamsterley, app. 31 May 1495 | Richard Evenwood, app. 1497 |
| Henry Dalton, 1500 | Henry Dalton, app. 24 May 1501 |
| John Danby, 1503 | |
| Robert Stroder, app. 1506 | |
| William Hawkwell, 1517 | Richard Evenwood, app. 31 May 1513 |
| John Swalwell, 1526 | |
| John Swalwell, 1531 | Richard Heryngton, 1533 |
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