Peterborough Abbey, Tenant-in-chief of a Domesday holding at Alkborough
Dates: Benedictine abbey, medieval period
Biography
Peterborough Abbey was a major Benedictine religious house and is recorded in Domesday Book as tenant-in-chief of one of the two Alkborough holdings.
Notes / Sources
This is an institutional tenure entry, distinct from the immediate lordship exercised by Ivo Taillebois.
Research sources:
- Open Domesday, Alkborough, Phillimore reference Lincolnshire 8,29; Historic England, Countess Close moated site, Alkborough, List Entry 1017289. — https://opendomesday.org/place/SE8821/alkborough/
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_Abbey
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