Bec Abbey - List of Abbots

List of Abbots

The following is a list of the abbots from 1034 to the end of the eighteenth century.

  • 1034–1078: Herluin (or Hellouin)
  • 1078–1093: Anselm (afterwards archbishop of Canterbury)
  • 1093–1124: Guillaume de Montfort-sur-Risle
  • 1124–1136: Boson
  • 1136–1138: Theobald (afterwards archbishop of Canterbury)
  • 1139–1149: Létard
  • 1149–1179: Roger de Bailleul (elected archbishop of Canterbury, but declined the position)
  • 1179–1187: Osbern
  • 1187–1194: Roger II
  • 1195–1197: Gauthier
  • 1197–1198: Hugues de Cauquainvilliers
  • 1198–1211: Guillaume Le Petit
  • 1211–1223: Richard de Saint-Léger alias de Bellevue (afterwards bishop of Évreux)
  • 1223–1247: Henri de Saint-Léger
  • 1247–1265: Robert de Clairbec
  • 1265–1272: Jean de Guineville
  • 1272–1281: Pierre de la Cambe
  • 1281–1304: Ymer de Saint-Ymer
  • 1304–1327: Gilbert de Saint-Étienne
  • 1327–1335: Geoffroy Faé (afterwards Bishop of Évreux)
  • 1335–1351: Jean des Granges
  • 1351–1361: Robert de Rotes alias Couraye
  • 1361–1388: Guillaume de Beuzeville alias Popeline
  • 1388–1391: Estout d’Estouteville
  • 1391–1399: Geoffroy Harenc
  • 1399–1418: Guillaume d’Auvillars
  • 1418–1430: Robert Vallée
  • 1430–1446: Thomas Frique
  • 1446–1452: Jean de La Motte
  • 1452–1476: Geoffroy d’Épaignes
  • 1476–1484: Jean Boucard
  • 1484–1491: Robert d’Évreux
  • 1491–1515: Guillaume Guérin
  • 1515–1515: Jean Ribault
  • 1515–1520: Adrien Gouffier de Boissy (created cardinal in 1515, also bishop of Coutances and the administrator of the see of Albi)
  • 1520–1533: Jean d'Orléans-Longueville (also archbishop of Toulouse and bishop of Orléans, created cardinal in 1533)
  • 1534–1543: Jean Le Veneur (also Bishop of Lisieux)
  • 1544–1557: Jacques d'Annebaut (created cardinal in 1544, also Bishop of Lisieux)
  • 1558–1572: Louis de Lorraine (created cardinal in 1553, also successively bishop of Troyes, archbishop of Sens and bishop of Metz)
  • 1572–1591: Claude de Lorraine
  • 1591–1597: Emeric de Vic
  • 1597–1661: Dominique de Vic (also archbishop of Auch)
  • 1761–1764: vacant
  • 1664–1707: Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (also archbishop of Rouen)
  • 1707–1717: Roger de La Rochefoucauld
  • 1717–1771: Louis de Bourbon-Condé
  • 1771–1782: vacant
  • 1782–1790: Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf (also bishop of Autun, later archbishop of Lyon)

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