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 (682–690) Eosterwine (682–686) Sigfrith (686 – 690) Ceolfrid (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, 1321Robert of Durham, 1321Emeric de Lumley, 1326Alexander of Lamesley, 1333Emeric de Lumley, 1338Alan of Marton, 1337John of Beverley, 1340Thomas de Graystanes, 1344Hugh of Wodeburn, 1343John of Goldisburgh, 1350John of Neuton, 1349John of Norton, 1350—Richard of Bikerton, 1355John of Goldisburgh, 1357John Abell, 1358John of Shafto, 1360Richard of Bekyngham, 1360John of Elwick, 1363Richard of Segbroke,John of Tikhill, 1367John of Neuton, 1367John of Bolton, 1369John of Bishopton, 1369John de Lumley, 1370William Vavasour, 1373John de Lumley, 1376Thomas Legat, 1381John Aklyff, 1387Thomas Launcells, 1388Thomas Legat, 1395William of Cawood, 1399John of Hutton, 1400Walter of Teesdale, 1402Thomas of Lyth, app. 3 October 1408John Repon, app. 14 June 1409Walter of Teesdale, app. 1410Robert of Masham, 1411John Moreby, 1415Thomas of Witton, app. 17 June 1413Robert Masham, 1417William Graystanes, 1419John Moreby, 1422Thomas Moreby, 1424Thomas Moreby, 1425John Durham the younger, 1431Robert Moreby, 1430William Lyham, app. 14 June 1435Thomas Bradebery, 1446John Barlay, app. 15 April 1443John Mody, sacr. pag. prof., app. 1 September 1446John Bradebery, app. 2 April 1452John Midelham, 1452Thomas Warde, app. 1457Richard Blakburn, 1456John Bradbery, app. 1458Thomas Hexham, app. 23 July 1467John Auckland, 1466Richard Wrake, app. 5 May 1470; recalled, 29 May 1471Robert West, app. 29 May 1471Richard Wrake, app. 28 May 1476Robert Werdale, app. 10 November 1477Robert Knowt, 1479Robert Billingham, 1480William Cuthbert, 1482William Chambre, (fn. 108) 1486John Swan, 1489William Cauthorne, 1490Robert Billingham, 1493William Cuthbert, app. 1491John Hamsterley, app. 31 May 1495Richard Evenwood, app. 1497Henry Dalton, 1500Henry Dalton, app. 24 May 1501John Danby, 1503Robert Stroder, app. 1506William Hawkwell, 1517Richard Evenwood, app. 31 May 1513John Swalwell, 1526John Swalwell, 1531Richard Heryngton, 1533
External links Saxon Houses: including Wearmouth and Jarrow, A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 79-85