Reginald, abbot of Evesham

Reginald Foliot 1130 to 1149 (died or resigned) Monk from Gloucester. Presumed to have obtained from the Pope the right to use the mitre and other pontifical garments (gloves, ring, dalmatica, tunic, sandals).

2. THE ABBEY OF EVESHAM

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol2/pp112-127#fnn254

No monastery has a more picturesque foundation story than the Benedictine abbey of Evesham. The saintly bishop of Worcester who founded the abbey was the type of man round whom monastic chroniclers loved to weave a halo of miracle and legend. …

From this time to the end of the thirteenth century the efforts of the abbots seem to be solely directed to the augmentation of their material welfare and privileges. (fn. 73) Already they had settled down into the position of feudal lords, holding their lands by military tenure. As early as the charter of Henry I., granted between 1100 and 1108, the hundred of Blakenhurst was confirmed to the abbey for the service of four knights' fees and a half. (fn. 74) The holders of these fees (fn. 75) provided knights for the defence of the abbey, and it is recorded that Abbot Reginald 'removed the houses of the knights of Kinwarton and Coughton and others from the place where the garden of the monastery and the croft of St. Kenelm now are, with which the abbey was, as it were, besieged.' (fn. 76) Probably the monks felt capable of defending themselves, judging by the action of Abbot William de Andeville (1149-59), (fn. 77) who took and destroyed William de Beauchamp's castle of Bengeworth. (fn. 78) Besides possessing this military spirit, the abbots of this time made many improvements in the abbey itself. In addition to gifts to the church of Evesham, Abbot Reginald built the wall round the abbey, a refectory, a parlour, a guest chamber, and kitchen.

Origins

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm

• Walter of Gloucester & his wife had [three] children:
  • i) MILES of Gloucester (-24 Dec 1143, bur Lanthony Priory, Gloucester). … He was created Earl of Hereford in 1141.
  • ii) MATILDA (-after [1127]). … m RICHARD FitzPons, son of PONS & his wife --- (-[1127/29]).]
  • iii) [--- .] m ---. One child: (a) RENAUD (-25 Aug 1149). A manuscript listing abbots of Evesham records that ”Reginaldus, monachus Gloucestriæ, nepos comitis Milonis Herefordiæ” was appointed abbot in 1122 and died “VIII Kal Sep 1149”[300], although another manuscript records his death “VIII Kal Sep 1136”[301].

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References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evesham_Abbey
2. Abbots of Evesham < Evesham Abbey Trust > The table below lists the various abbots, their dates and associated notable events, of Evesham Abbey:
3. About The Evesham Abbey < Evesham Abbey Trust > Evesham Abbey was an imposing structure: over 300 foot high and occupying a site of circa 90,000 square foot. It is believed to have been similar in design and proportions to the neighbouring abbeys of Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Worcester. Many tourists visit Evesham and its Abbey Park but are unaware of its ancient and sacred history or its importance in English history.
4. Darlington, R. R. “Æthelwig, Abbot of Evesham.” The English Historical Review, vol. 48, no. 189, 1933, pp. 1–22. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/552882. Accessed 3 Apr. 2024. (concerning Warin's successor Renaud see Vict. Co. Hist., Shropshire, i, p. 296).
5. Wikipedia contributors, 'Abbot of Evesham', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 November 2022, 14:14 UTC, < link > [accessed 3 April 2024] The Abbot of Evesham was the head of Evesham Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Worcestershire founded in the Anglo-Saxon era of English history. The succession continued until the dissolution of the monastery in 1540. List: 1130 died or resigned 1149 Reginald Foliot [5] Uncle of Gilbert Foliot
   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Foliot Gilbert Foliot (c. 1110 – 18 February 1187) was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London. Born to an ecclesiastical family, he became a monk at Cluny Abbey in France at about the age of twenty. …. Foliot was probably the son of Robert Foliot—steward to David, Earl of Huntingdon, heir to the Scottish throne—and Robert's wife Agnes, sister of Robert de Chesney, Bishop of Lincoln.[1] Whatever his parentage, Gilbert was certainly Robert de Chesney's nephew;[2] another of his uncles, Reginald, was a monk of Gloucester Abbey and Abbot of Evesham Abbey.[3]
   2. 3. Knowles, Brooke and London (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216, p. 47
   3. 'Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Evesham', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 2, (London, 1971) pp. 112-127. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol2/pp112-127 [accessed 24 March 2024] list: Reginald, 1130-1149. (fn. 254)
      1. 90. Ibid. 99. [Chron. de Evesham (Rolls Ser.), 194.] There is an interesting letter written by Abbot Reginald to his kinsman Gilbert Foliot concerning this controversy with Worcester, stating the Evesham case very strongly (Ibid. 112 n.). Gilbert Foliot thereupon wrote to the archdeacon of Worcester pleading the cause of Evesham (Ibid. Preface, xii. n.)
      2. Ibid. 98, 99. Cott. MS. Vesp. B. xxiv. f. 54.
6. Evesham Abbey The Reformation < link >