The Abbesses of Romsey (907 – 1539)

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  1. Ælflæda – circa 907 to ?959
  2. Merwenna – 967 to ?990s
  3. Elwina – ?990s
  4. Æthelflæda – ?990s
  5. Wulf(w)ynn – circa 1016
  6. Ælfgyfu – circa 1025
  7. Christina (?) – circa 1086
  8. Athelitz – circa 1102
  9. Hadewisa – circa 1130 x 1133
  10. Matildis – circa 1133 to 1155
  11. Mary de Blois – ?1156 to 1160 (resigned)
  12. Juliana – circa 1174 to 1199
  13. Matilda Patriz – circa 1199 to 1218
  14. Matilda the unnamed – 1219 to 1230
  15. Matilda de Barbfle – 1230-1 to 1237
  16. Isabella de Nevill – 1237 to 1238
  17. Cecilia – 1238 to 1247
  18. Constancia – 1247 to ?1260
  19. Amicia de Sulhere – 1261 to 1268
  20. Alicia Walerand – 1268 to 1298
  21. Philippa de Stokes – 1298 to 1307
  22. Clemencia de Guldeford – 1307 to 1314
  23. Alicia de Wyntereshulle – 1315 to 1315
  24. Sybil Carbonel – 1315 to 1333
  25. Johanna Icthe – 1333 to 1349
  26. Johanna Gerneys – 1349 to 1352
  27. Isabella de Camoys – 1352 to 1396
  28. Lucy Everard – 1396 to 1405
  29. Felicia Aas – 1405 to 1417
  30. Matilda Lovell – 1417 to 1462
  31. Johanna Bryggys – 1462 to 1472
  32. Elizabeth Broke – 1472 to 1478 & 1478 to 1502
  33. Joyce Rowse – 1502 to 1515
  34. Anne Westbroke – 1515 to 1523
  35. Elizabeth Ryprose – 1523-4 to 1539
  36. Abbess commemorating the unknown abbess(es) of Romsey