Henry of Appleford

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Henry of Appleford O.S.B. was a Abbot of Reading Abbey monk and ruler of the English county of Berkshire from 1342 to 1361.{{Cite web|title=Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Reading {{!}} British History Online|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol2/pp62-73|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}} Originating from the village of Appleford-on-Thames—20 miles north-west and also in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire) -- all that is otherwise known about him is that his death in 1361 was due to the Black Death.{{cite book|last=Kemp|first=Brian R.|title=Reading Abbey – An Introduction to the History of the Abbey|year=1968|publisher=Reading Museum and Art Gallery|location=Reading, Berkshire}}{{cite book | title = The Town of Reading and its Abbey | first = Cecil | last = Slade | publisher = MRM Associates Ltd | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-9517719-4-9 | pages = 1–16}}

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before= John I (of Appleford) |

title= Abbot of Reading |

years= 1342-1361 |

after= William III (of Dombleton)

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Category:1361 deaths

Category:Abbots of Reading

Category:Benedictine abbots

Category:14th-century English Roman Catholic priests

Category:People from Vale of White Horse (district)

Category:14th-century deaths from plague (disease)

Category:Year of birth unknown

Category:14th-century Christian abbots

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