Fasti/3/Wob

WOBURN ABBEY A Cistercian abbey, founded in 1145 by Hugh de Bolebec Abbots: - Allan [first abbot; from abbey of St.Mary, York; living in 1170 when Richard, Abbot of Fountains died at Woburn]; - William - 1180; - Peter - 1200; - Nicholas - 1203; - William - 1204; - Richard - 1217 [deposed 1234]; - Roger - 1233 [a monk of Fountains Abbey]; - Adam de Luton [died 12 Mar 1247]; - Nicholas - 1247 [Abbot of Medmenham Abbey, a cell of Woburn]; - Roger - 1261 [died 1281]; - Hugh de Soulbury - 1281; - William - 1289; - Robert de Stoke - 1297; - Henry - 1312 [received benediction fro John Daldersby, Bishop of Lincoln]; - Robert - 1325; - William Monepeny [received benediction of John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln]; - William Hawburton - 1436 [received benediction of William Alnwick, Bishop of Lincoln]; - John de Esseby - 1458; - Robert Charlet - 1463; - Robert Hall - 1483; - Thomas Hogeson - 1499; - Robert Hobbs - 1521 [last abbot; hanged at Woburn in 1537 for refusal to submit to Supremacy of Henry VIII]

1145 - 1537

From: 1145 To: 1537

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Allan,
Richard,
William,
Peter,
Roger,
Adam de Luton,
Nicholas,
Hugh de Soulbury,
Robert de Stoke,
Henry,
Robert, Prior of Bushmead,
Monepeny, William,
Dalderby, John (Bishop of Lincoln),
Buckingham, John (Bishop of Lincoln),
Alnwick, William (Bishop of Lincoln),
Hawburton, William,
John de Esseby,
Charlet, Robert,
Hall, Robert,
Hogeson, Thomas,
Hobbs, Robert,
Henry VIII

Woburn Abbey, Cistercians, Fountains Abbey, Medmenham Abbey, executions, WOBURN, Medmenham