Abbot of Horton
Dates: Institutional office; individual abbots not identified in the cited evidence
Biography
Head of Horton Abbey, Dorset, which held the Domesday manor of Carswella in Devon.
Notes / Sources
The record concerns the abbey as institutional holder rather than a securely identified individual abbot.
Research sources:
- Devon and Dartmoor Historic Environment Record MDV15743, citing Domesday evidence and the historical identification of Abbotskerswell with Carsuella/Carswella; Gover, Mawer and Stenton, The Place-Names of Devon, Part One, p. 504. — https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=104&uid=MDV15743
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