Monument Number 408956 |
Hob Uid: 408956 | |
Location : East Sussex Wealden Rotherfield
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Grid Ref : TQ5500029000 |
Summary : Alleged Benedictine alien cell. If a charter of St Denys Abbey is genuine, which is doubtful, the vill of Rotherfield was granted by Bertoald, duke of the South Saxons in 790. This would be the earliest alien Benedictine cell in England. |
More information : An alien priory at Rotherfield, Sussex, founded c. 800, is perhaps the earliest example of its kind in England; but it had probably lapsed long before the Norman Conquest. (1) |