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Abbot's Fee

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sherborne

Historical Forms

  • Abbot's Tithing 1664 HTax 1870 Hutch3
  • Tething Abbatis 1288 Ass
  • Feodum Abbatis 1332 SR 1406,1460 Digby 1557 Sher
  • Abbottes fee 16 Digby 1518,1551 Sher
  • Abbott's Fee 1795 Boswell

Etymology

Abbot's Fee (lost), Abbot 's Tithing 1664 HTax, 1870 Hutch3, Tething Abbatis 1288Ass , Feodum Abbatis 1332 SR, 1406, 1460Digby , 1557Sher , decennam de Abbotisfe (e )1453, 1454, decennam de Abbotysfe (e )1454Sher , Abbottes fee 16Digby , 1518, 1551Sher , Abbott 's Fee 1795 Boswell, 'the abbot's estate', v. abbat , fee , cf. also ten ' Abbatis de Shirbourne 1454Sher ; the tithing of Abbot's Fee is described in Hutch3 4 297 as 'including principally the estate anciently belonging to, and lying in, the neighbourhood of the abbey'.