Leofgifu, abbess of Shaftesbury
Dates: Active as abbess and holder of Abbas Combe in 1066; otherwise unknown
Biography
Leofgifu is recorded in the Exon Domesday material as abbess of Shaftesbury and holder of Abbas Combe before 1066. No fuller secure biography was located.
Notes / Sources
The principal Domesday text records the institutional holder as St Edward's Church rather than naming Leofgifu.
Research sources:
- Domesday Book, Somerset, section 14.1, Land of St Edward's; PASE Domesday profile for Leofgifu 5, Abbas Combe. — https://pase.ac.uk/domesday/person/39003/
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