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3 unusual facts about Judith of Lens


Bisbrooke

At the time of the Norman survey, about half of the land was owned by the King and the rest by Countess Judith of Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire.

Eagle, Lincolnshire

Eagle appears in Domesday Book: the landowners were: Roger of Poitou (property formerly by Arnketill Barn), Durand Malet, Odo the Crossbowman (land formerly owned by Gunnketill), and Countess Judith (land formerly owned by Earl Waltheof of Northumbria).

St Ippolyts

According to the church records, the building was funded by grants supplied by Judith de Lens, the niece of William the Conqueror.



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