Abbey of Westminster

ABBEY OF WESTMINSTER

Country:United Kingdom
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Order:Benedictan

Established:11th century
Abolished:1540
Restored 1556
Abolished 1559

Official blazon

Per fesse dancetté Or and Azure, with a crozier dexter and a mitre sinister in the chief, both gules.

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Arms of Abbots

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William de Curtlyngton (1315-1333)
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Thomas de Henley (1333-1344)
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Simon de Bircheston (1344-1349)
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Simon Langham (1349-1362)
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Nicholas de Litlyngton (1362-1386)
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William de Colchester (1386-1420)
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Richard Harweden (1420-1440)
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Edmund Kyrton (1440-1462)
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George Norwich (1463-1469)
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Thomas Mylling (1469-1474)
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John Esteney (1474-1498)
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George Fascet (1498-1500)
John Islip (1500-1532)
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William Benson (1533-1540)
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John Feckenham (1556-1559)

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