Editing Buckfast Abbey (section)

===Cistercian abbots===
Buckfast still followed the Rule of St. Benedict, as the Cistercians also live by that Rule.
* William acted as Papal Legate in 1190.
* Nicholas elected in 1205.
* Michael mentioned in the Cartulary of Buckfast Abbey (C.B.A.) in 1223.
* Peter (I) mentioned in the C.B.A. 1242.
* William (II) mentioned in the C.B.A. 1249.
* Howell mentioned in the Leger Book (L.B.) of Buckfast (Brit. Mus.) – no dates.
* Henry mentioned in C.B.A. 1264 and 1269.
* Simon mentioned in C.B.A. and Petre Archives (P.A.) between 1273 and 1280.
* Robert mentioned in L.B. and Exeter Episcopal Registers (Ep. Reg.) between 1280 and 1283.
* Peter de Colepitte mentioned in the P.A. between 1291 and 1313
* Robert II mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1316.
* William Atte Slade mentioned in the Banco Rolls 1327.
* Stephen I mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1328.
* John of Churchstowe mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1332.
* William Gifford mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1333.
* Stephen of Cornwall mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1348.
* Philip (Beaumont) mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1349.
* Robert Symons mentioned in the Ep. Reg. and P.A. between 1355 and 1390.
* William Paderstow mentioned in the Ep. Reg and P.A. 1395.
* William Slade mentioned in the Ep. Reg 1401 and 1415.
* William Beaghe mentioned in the Ep. Reg. and P.A. between 1415 and 1432.
* Thomas Roger mentioned in Ep. Reg. and P.A. He was Prior Administrator c. 1422 – 1432, and blessed as Abbot in 1432.
* John Ffytchett mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1440.
* John Matthu (Matthew) mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1449.
* John King mentioned in the Statuta Cap. Gen. Ord. Cist. from 1464 to 1498.
* John Rede (I) mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1498.
* John Bleworthy mentioned in 1505 – Cal. of Early Chancery Proceedings, also in Powderham MSS.
* Alfred Gyll mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1512.
* John Rede (II) mentioned in the Ep. Reg. 1525. There is no record of death or resignation from his office.
* [[Gabriel Donne]] (died 1558) (''alias'' Dunne), who was appointed by the Bishop of Exeter with the encouragement of [[Thomas Cromwell]] in 1535. He surrendered the Abbey to the king on 25 February 1539.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Orme, Nicholas| title=The Last Medieval Abbot of Buckfast| journal=Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association| year=2001| volume=133| pages=97–107}}</ref>