12 Mar Lordship Title of Fawler ID14344
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Ten hides in FAWLER (Flagaflora, Flauflor, x–xi cent.; Faweflur, xiii cent.; Fauelore, xiv cent.) were granted by Edgar in 963 to his chamberlain Ethelsey. They came subsequently into the hands of Edric, who held them as an alod of Edward the Confessor. He gave them to his son Godric Cild, a monk at Abingdon, on condition that he should be provided with the necessities of life from the manor. The abbey chronicler states that monks in England were allowed to enjoy their patrimony, and that Godric did so after his father's death; but in 1086 the abbot claimed that he had transferred his right in it to the abbey. The claim was allowed, and except for an interval in the 11th century the abbey retained the overlordship.
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