Unnamed abbot of Buckfast
Dates: Recorded as holder in 1086
Biography
The Domesday entry names the holder only institutionally as the abbot of Buckfast. The individual abbot cannot be identified securely from the source used.
Notes / Sources
Do not merge with a named later abbot without a direct source linking that person to Abbots Ash.
Research sources:
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, Domesday entry for Abbots Ash, Devon, philological reference 6,7: Tenant-in-chief 1086 unnamed abbot of Buckfast. — https://pase.ac.uk/domesday/name/2895/
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