title: Abbot of Burton
text: # Abbot of Burton
  
  The Abbot of Burton was the head of Burton Abbey, the Benedictine monastery of St Mary and St Modwenna at Burton-upon-Trent in Staffordshire, England. Allegedly the church was begun by a wandering Irish holy woman, but it was actually founded c. 1003 as a Benedictine abbey by Wulfric Spott. A continuous series of abbots, which slight possible interruptions, can be traced thereafter until the English Reformation.
  
  ## List of abbots
  
  Abbots of the church of Burton :
  
  | Incumbent | From | Until | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Wulfgeat | c. 1004 | c. 1026 | The Annals of Burton state he died Thursday 20 April 1026, after 22 years in office. This date was in fact a Wednesday, though 20 April 1027 fell on a Thursday, meaning that the source was out by a year his abbacy lasted from c. 1005 to 1027. |
  | Brihtric I | c. 1027 | c. 1050 | The Annals of Burton state he died Saturday 20 April 1050, after 24 years in office. This date was in fact a Friday. |
  | Leofric | c. 1051 | 1066 | Also Abbot of Peterborough (1052–1066), as well as Coventry, Crowland, and Thorney, he was the nephew of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. |
  | Brihtric II | c. 1067 | 1085 | Previously Abbot of Malmesbury, he was appointed by William the Conqueror soon after Abbot Leofric's death in either 31 October or 1 November 1066. |
  | Geoffrey de Mala Terra | 1085 | 1094 | He was expelled from his position in 1094. |
  | Nigel | 1094 | 1114 | |
  | Geoffrey | 1114 | 1150 | |
  | Robert I | 1150 | 1159 | He was expelled in 1159, but returned in 1176. |
  | Bernard | 1160 | 1174 | Previously Abbot of Cerne |
  | Robert I (again) | 1176 | 1176 | Previously Abbot of Cerne |
  | Roger Malebranche | 1177 | 1182 | |
  | Richard | 1182 | 1187 | |
  | Nicholas | 1187 | 1197 | |
  | William Melburne | 1200 | 1213 | |
  | Stephen de Lucy | 1214 | 1214 | Elected but resigned in January 1214 |
  | Roger | 1214 | 1216 | |
  | Nicholas de Wallingford | 1216 | 1222 | |
  | Richard de Insula | 1222 | 1229 | |
  | Laurence de St Edward | 1229 | 1260 | |
  | John de Stafford | 1260 | 1281 | |
  | Thomas de Packington | 1281 | 1305 | |
  | John de Burton | 1305 | 1316 | |
  | William de Bromley | 1316 | 1329 | |
  | Robert de Langdon | 1329 | 1340 | |
  | Robert de Brykhull | 1340 | 1347 | |
  | John of Ibestock | 1347 | 1366 | |
  | Thomas of Southam | 1366 | 1400 | |
  | John de Sudbury | 1400 | 1424 | |
  | William Matthewe | 1424 | 1430 | |
  | Robert Ownesby | 1430 | 1433 | |
  | Ralph Henley | 1433 | 1455 | |
  | William de Bronston | 1455 | 1473 | |
  | Thomas de Felde | 1473 | 1493 | |
  | William Fleghe | 1493 | 1502 | |
  | William Beyne | 1502 | 1530 x 1531 | Associated with Abbot Beyne School |
  | William Benson | 1531 | 1533 | Became Abbot of Westminster |
  | John Beaton | 1533 | 1534 | |
  | William Edys | 1534 | 1539 | Surrendered the abbey as part of the dissolution of the monasteries |
  