The Abbey
The South Prospect of the sometyme Conventuall Church of Theokesbury
Tewkesbury Church North Transept & Tower, 1825
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An antique copper engraving by Daniell King, which was published in "Monasticon Anglicanum, or the History of the Ancient Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches by Sir William Dugdale" in 1717. Daniel King was one of the earliest English togographic engravers/etchers and was taught by the well known Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677).
West End of Tewkesbury Abbey
West End of Tewkesbury Abbey, A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, 1796, PRINT AFTER UNKNOWN ARTISTThe North West View of Tewkesbury Abby, in the County of Gloucester.
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Medium: Copper engraving
Artist: Buck, Simon and Nathaniel
Engraver: Buck, Simon and Nathaniel
Date: 1731
Dimensions: 188 x 354 mm
This photograph appeared on the cover of a "Guide to Tewkesbury" estimated to be from 1953. It is almost in the same position as the 1853 and 1911 photographs above and so it worth including here for comparison.
Abbots of Tewkesbury
- Gerald, appointed by William Rufus
- Robert, 1110, ob. 1123
- Benedict, 1124
- Roger, 1137
- Fromund, 1162, ob. 1178
- Robert, 1182
- Alan, 1187
- Walter, 1202
- Hugh, 1214, ob. 1215
- Bernard elected but not consecrated
- Peter, 1216
- Robert III, 1232
- Thomas of Stoke, 1255
- Richard of Norton, 1276
- Thomas of Kempsey, 1282
- John Coles, 1328
- Thomas of Legh, 1347
- Thomas of Chesterton, 1361
- Thomas Parker, 1389
- William of Bristol, 1420 or 1421
- John of Abingdon, 1444
- John Galeys, occurs 1453, ob. 1468
- John Strensham, 1468
- Richard Cheltenham, 1480
- Henry Beeley, 1509, occurs 1529
- John Walker, ob. 1531
- John Wakeman, 1531

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