et, and De la Zouch.

ABBOTS OF TEWKESBURY.

=Giraldus= (1102-1109), previously Abbot of Cranbourn, was the first
Abbot of the Benedictine foundation. Deprived by Henry I. in 1109.

=Robert I.= (1110-1124). In his time the greater part of the Abbey as
it stands was finished, and dedicated in 1123.

=Benedict= (1124-1137).

=Roger= (1137-1161).

=Fromundus= (1162-1178). No new Abbot was instituted till--

=Robert II.= (1182-1183).

=Alan= (1187-1202). His tomb is in the south ambulatory of the choir.
He was a friend of Thomas a Becket, having previously been Prior of
St. Saviour's, Canterbury.

=Walter= (1202-1213), previously Sacrist of the monastery. He was
succeeded by--

=Hugh= (1214), who had been the Prior. Dying in a year, his successor
was Bernard, but the latter was never instituted.

=Peter= (1216-1231) was a monk from Worcester.

=Robert Forthington= (1232-1254), or =Robert III.= had previously been
Prior. A tomb ascribed to him is in the south ambulatory.

=Thomas de Stokes= (1254-1275) had been Prior of St. James, Bristol.

=Richard de Norton= (1276-1282).

=Thomas Kempsey= (1282-1328).

=John Cotes= ( -1347).

=Thomas de Legh= (1347-1361).

=Thomas Chesterton= (1361-1389).

=Thomas Parker, or Pakare= (1389-1421).

=William Bristow, or de Bristol= (1421-1442).

=John de Abingdon= (1442- ), who was probably identical with

=John de Salis, or Galys=.

=John Strensham, or Streynsham= ( -1481). He was Abbot at the time of
the Battle of Tewkesbury.

=Richard Cheltenham= (1481-1509).

=Henry Beoly, or Bealy= (1509- ), was Abbot in 1526.

=John Walker= (d. 1531).

=John Wich, Wyche, or Wakeman= (1531-1539). This ecclesiastic was the
last Abbot of Tewkesbury. He, unlike the Abbot of Gloucester, seems to
have been in no wise unwilling to surrender his Abbey. In return he
obtained a pension of L266 13_s._ 4_d._, and also the house and park
at Forthampton. When, later, Gloucester was made a bishopric, he was
the first bishop. He was buried at Forthampton.

FOOTNOTES:

[7] In point of actual size the Tewkesbury piers are 30 feet 8 inches
high, and 6 feet 3 inches in diameter; while the piers at Gloucester
are 30 feet by 6 feet. Those at Malvern are considerably less in
height.

[8] This boss represents the Virgin as being present at the Table.

[9] The ball-flower here as well as that in the vestry differs from
that in the neighbourhood, as there is a curious little side-twist