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unusual facts about Abbot of Abingdon



Hugh de Bocland

Before the death of William Rufus, he was already High Sheriff of Berkshire and he is stated in the Abingdon Chronicle to have been one of the persons who profited by the unjust transactions of Modbert, whom the king appointed to administer the affairs of the monastery in the interest of the royal revenues, during the period when the office of abbot was vacant.

Osgar

Osgar was a 10th-century Abbot of Abingdon in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).


see also

Æthelstan of Abingdon

Æthelstan became Abbot of Abingdon about 1044, following Siward's promotion, and died in 1047 or 1048 (Kelly 2000).