Abbot Of Merevale

Merevale. 2 recorded holders. religious office ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. William de Leicester 1343 ×3
   • 1343-10-06 — Brother William de Leycestria, abbot of Merevale (de Mira Valle),acknowledges for himself and convent that they owe to Charles de Stroce, merchant of Florence, …
   • 1343-10-06 — Brother William de Leycestria, abbot of Merevale (de Mira Valle) ,acknowfor himself and convent that they owe to Charles de Stroce, merof Florence, 60/.; to be …
2. Thomas de Wytherle 1348 ×3
   • 1348-02-15 — Cancelled on payment. John Corbet of Caus acknowledges that he owes to William de Shiltwode and William de Brehull 20/.; to be levied etc. in co. Salop. k 15. B…
   • 1348-02-15 — Brother Thomas de Wytherle, abbot of Merevale (de Mira Valle), for himself and convent that they owe to the abbot of Bec 3261. 13s. 4d.; to be levied, in defaul…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “abbot of Merevale”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/abbot-of-merevale, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.