Gloucester Cathedral - Timeline

Timeline

• 678-9 A small religious community was founded here in Saxon times by Osric of the Hwicce. His sister Kyneburga was the first Abbess.
• 1017 Secular priests expelled; the monastery given to Benedictine monks.
• 1072 Serlo, the first Norman abbot, appointed to the almost defunct monastery by William I.
• 1089 Foundation stone of the new abbey church laid by Robert de Losinga, Bishop of Hereford.
• 1100 Consecration of St. Peter’s Abbey.
• 1216 First coronation of King Henry III.
• 1327 Burial of King Edward II.
• 1331 Perpendicular remodelling of the quire.
• 1373 Great Cloister begun by Abbot Horton; completed by Abbott Frouster (1381–1412).
• 1420 West End rebuilt by Abbot Morwent
• 1450 Tower begun by Abbot Sebrok; completed by Robert Tully.
• 1470 Lady Chapel rebuilt by Abbot Hanley; completed by Abbot Farley (1472–98)
• 1540 Dissolution of Abbey
• 1541 Refounded as a Cathedral by King Henry VIII.
• 1616–21 William Laud holds the office of dean of Gloucester.
• 1649–60 Abolition of Dean and Chapter, reinstated by Charles II.
• 1735–52 Martin Benson, Bishop of Gloucester carried out major repairs and alterations to the cathedral.
• 1847–73 Beginning of extensive Victorian restoration work (Frederick S. Waller and Sir G. Gilbert Scott, architects).
• 1953 Major appeal for the restoration of the cathedral; renewed
• 1968 Cathedral largely re-roofed and other major work completed.
• 1989 900th anniversary appeal.
• 1994 Restoration of tower completed.
• 2000 Celebration of the novecentennial of the consecration of St Peter’s Abbey