The following is a list of abbots of Abingdon. The Abbey of Abingdon

Abingdon Abbey

Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery also known as St Mary's Abbey located in Abingdon, historically in the county of Berkshire but now in Oxfordshire, England.-History:...

 was in northern Berkshire

Berkshire

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. The site is now in Oxfordshire

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Fictional abbots

Historian Susan E. Kelly regards the traditional first six abbots as fictional: "There is good reason to think that in most cases their names were simply plucked from early charters available in the abbey's archive, the majority of which would seem to have had no connection with an early minister at Abingdon; there is no very convincing evidence that the historians had access to independent, reliable sources of information. The 'history' of the pre-Æthelwoldian minister seems to a very large extent to represent a fictional reconstruction".

Probably fictional abbots:

Name	Comments
Hæha, also Hean	The legendary first abbot of Abingdon, but, according to Kelly, more probably an abbot of Bradfield Bradfield, Berkshire Bradfield is a small village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. The parish also includes the now rather larger village of Bradfield Southend, and the hamlet of Tutts Clump.... , his name having been plucked from a charter dated 704, with others, in order to replace the lost early history of Abingdon Abbey.
Cumma	Cumma is mentioned in a forged charter of King Æthelbald, but "no Abbot Cumma is known from other sources". It is, however, generally considered that the village of Cumnor Cumnor Cumnor is a village and civil parish west of the centre of Oxford, England. The parish of Cumnor includes Cumnor Hill, , Chawley , the Dean Court area on the edge of Botley and the outlying settlements of Chilswell, Farmoor and Swinford...  is named after him.
Hræthhun Hræthhun Hræthhun Bishop of Leicester, died 839 or 840.He was consecrated bishop between 814 and 816. He was styled Abbot of Abingdon in a charter dated 811. This charter was found to be a forgery, however, , and so Kelly excluded him from the list of abbots.- References :* Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of...	A Hræthhun was styled abbot of Abingdon in a charter dated 811, but the charter was forged, probably using the name of Hræthhun (d. 839/40), bishop of Leicester. Kelly therefore excludes him from the list of Abingdon abbots.
Alhhard	Kelly suggests that the name was plucked from the witness list of a charter, with others, in order to reconstruct the lost early history of the Abbey of Abingdon.
Cynath	A Cynath, abbot of Evesham, mistakenly listed by the compiler of the De Abbatibus Abbendoniae as an abbot of Abingdon.
Godescealc	Godescealc's name occurs in three charters, all of them forgeries, and was later extracted from these documents and used in the construction of a spurious early history of the Abbey of Abingdon.

Abbots of Abingdon

The historic abbots, right up to the dissolution

Dissolution of the Monasteries

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 of the abbey in 1538, are as follows:

Name	In office	Comments
Saint Æthelwold of Winchester Æthelwold of Winchester Æthelwold of Winchester , was Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984 and one of the leaders of the tenth century monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England....	c. 955 to c. 964	later Bishop of Winchester Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be among the Lords Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese is one of the oldest and...
Osgar Osgar Osgar was a 10th century Abbot of Abingdon in the English county of Berkshire .Osgar was a cleric in minor orders who went with Saint Aethelwold from Glastonbury to Abingdon. He was eventually appointed Æthelwold's successor, probably in 964 and died in 984 ....	c. 964 – 984
Eadwine Eadwine of Abingdon Eadwine was Abbot of Abingdon.Eadwine was the brother of Ealdorman Ælfric Cild, who purchased the abbacy for him in 985; he died in 990 ....	985 – 990
Wulfgar Wulfgar of Abingdon Wulfgar, Abbot of Abingdon was appointed Abbot of Abingdon in 990 AD and died in 1016. An advisor of King Ethelred, he is praised in the Chronicle of Abingdon as a good leader who won restitution of Abingdon lands alienated by the king...	990 – 1016
Æthelsige Æthelsige Æthelsige was an Abbot of Abingdon and succeeded Wulfgar in 1016 .He lived in the town today called Elswick, known then as "'Edelesuuic," literally "the farm of a man named Æthelsige." Before he died in 1018 he was principal in the treaty between Danes and English to observe the laws of Edgar...	1016 – 1018
Æthelwine	1018 – 1030
Siward Siward (Abbot of Abingdon) Siward was Abbot of Abingdon in Berkshire and Bishop of St Martin's.Siward was a monk at Glastonbury until he was appointed Abbot of Abingdon in 1030. He was made Bishop of St Martins in 1044, but resigned and died in 1048 .- References :*Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1....	1030 – 1044
Æthelstan Æthelstan of Abingdon Æthelstan, Abbot of Abingdon.Æthelstan became Abbot of Abingdon about 1044, following Siward's promotion, and died in 1047 or 1048 .-References:*Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. Anglo-Saxon Charters 7....	c. 1044 – 1047 or 1048
Spearhafoc Spearhafoc Spearhafoc, a name meaning "sparrowhawk" in Old English , was an eleventh century Anglo-Saxon artist and Benedictine monk, whose artistic talent was apparently the cause of his rapid elevation to Abbot of Abingdon in 1047–48 and Bishop-Elect of London in 1051...	c. 1047 or 1048 – 1051	a famous goldsmith, later Bishop-Elect of London, who absconded with a large treasure
Rodulf Rodulf Rodulf was a Roman Catholic bishop and Norman kinsman of Edward the Confessor. After working as a missionary for Olaf II of Norway in Norway and maybe Iceland, he was appointed by Edward as an Abbot of Abingdon in 1051, but died in 1052 ....	1051 – 1052
Ordric Ordric Ordric was a monk at Abingdon who was elected Abbot of Abingdon in 1052 AD and died in 1066....	1052 – 1066
Ealdred Ealdred of Abingdon Ealdred, Abbot of Abingdon.Ealdred, also called Brihtwine, was a monk and provost at Abingdon before becoming abbot in 1066; he was later implicated in the conspiracy of Bishop Æthelwine of Durham, and was deposed in 1071...	1066 – 1071
Adelelm	1071 – 1083	Norman abbot
Rainald Rainald Rainald was an abbot of Abbot of Abingdon.Rainald was a former monk of Jumièges who was King William I's chaplain when he was appointed Abbot of Abingdon by him in 1084. He died in Normandy in 1097.-References:...	1084 – 1097	Norman abbot
Faritius Faritius Faricius was an Italian Benedictine Abbot of Abingdon and physician.-Life:Faricius was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, a Benedictine monk who became known as a skilful physician and man of letters. He was in England in 1078, when he witnessed the translation of the relics of St...	1100 – 1117	Norman abbot
vacant	1117 – 1121
Vincent	1121 – 1130
Ingulph (abbot of Abingdon)	1130 – 1159
Walkelin	1159 – 1164
vacant	1164 – 1165	held by the king
none	1165 – 1175	held in commendam by Godfrey, bishop of St Asaph
vacant	1175
Roger	1175 – 1185
vacant	1185 – 1186	vacant for half a year
Alvred	1186 – 1189
Hugh	1189/1190 – c. 1221
Robert of Hendred (Henreth)	1221 – 1234
Luke	1234 – 1241?
John de Blosmeville	1241 – 1256
William of Newbury	1256 – 1260
Henry of Frilford (Frilleford)	1260 – 1261
Robert of Hendred	1261 – 1289
Nicholas of Culham	1289 – 1306
Richard of Bishops Cleeve	1306 – 1315
John of Sutton	1315 – 1322
John de Canyng (Canynges)	1322 – 1328
Robert of Garford	1328 – 1332
William (of Cumnor (Comenor(e))	1332 – 1335
Roger of Thame (Tame)	1335 – 1361
Peter of Hanney	1361 – 1399
Richard de Salford	1401
John Dorset	1415
Richard Boxore	1421/2 – 1427
Thomas Salford	1427
Ralph Hamme	1428 – 1435
William Ashendon	1435
John Sante	1468
Thomas Rowland	1496
Alexander Shottisbrook	1504
John Coventry	1508
Thomas Pentecost (= Rowland)	1511 x 1512 – 1538