Abbot and convent of Westminster, Abbot of Westminster
Dates: Medieval institution
Biography
The Benedictine abbey of St Peter at Westminster held Aldenham at the time of the Domesday survey and retained a major estate in the parish until the Dissolution.
Notes / Sources
The early competing claim of St Albans Abbey should not be treated as a second simultaneous holder without further documentary analysis.
Research sources:
- Domesday Book Online, Aldenham entry; PASE Domesday database, Hertfordshire 9,4; Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, no. 53; Victoria County History, A History of the County of Hertford, volume 2, 'Parishes: Aldenham', pp. 149-161. — https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ1398/aldenham/
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