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In a charter of c.957 AD, King Eadwig granted twenty hides of land to Abingdon Abbey.
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- ↑ Preston 1919, p. 107-9.
- ↑ Preston 1919, p. 109-110.
Bibliography
- Pollard, Albert Frederick (1885). Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 49.
- Preston, A.E. (1919). "Sutton Courtenay and Abingdon Abbey" (PDF). Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire Archaeological Journal. XXV. Retrieved 20 March 2020.