Battle Abbey, Benedictine abbey, lord of Alciston Manor
Dates: Founded after the Norman Conquest; held Alciston until 1538
Biography
Battle Abbey was the Benedictine monastery founded by William the Conqueror at Battle in Sussex. It held Alciston as one of its substantial agricultural manors and administered the estate through manorial and agricultural records.
Notes / Sources
The relevant holding entity is the abbey and its abbot and convent, not individual monks or estate officials.
Research sources:
- Judith A. Brent, Alciston Manor in the Later Middle Ages, Sussex Archaeological Collections, volume 106, 1968, pages 89-102; Victoria County History, Sussex, volume 1, discussion of Battle Abbey and Alciston. — https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-285-1/dissemination/pdf/Vol_106_1968/SAC106_Brent.pdf
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