William Avenel, Lord of Adstock, benefactor of Leicester Abbey
Dates: Active in the later twelfth century
Biography
William Avenel was a twelfth-century landholder who received Adstock after the forfeiture of the Peverel lands and granted the advowson of Adstock church and a carucate of land to the abbey of St Mary de Pratis, Leicester.
Notes / Sources
Research sources:
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, St Cecilia, Adstock, Buckinghamshire, History section, citing Victoria County History: Buckinghamshire, volume IV, pages 140-144. — https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=12313
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