Abt 1058 - 1144 (86 years)Church - Priory Earls Colne
Earls Colne Priory Following the battle of Hastings in 1066, William of Normandy gave the manor of Colne to Aubrey de Vere his brother in law. When Geoffrey,the son of Aubrey and Beatrix, fell gravely ill they sought the help of Faricius, the abbot of Abingdon. He was a skilled physician and a man of wide culture originally from Arezzo in Umbria. Geoffrey recovered under the care of Faricius. In gratitude Geoffrey gave the Abbey of Abingdon the church of St. Andrew in the Colne and a church in Kensington. Faricius arranged two monks to establish a chantry in the Church of St. Andrew to pray for the souls of the de Vere family. The de Veres later planned to establish a monastery at the Colne, linked to Abingdon. Faricius agreed as did Maurice Bishop of London and this was confirmed by royal charter c. 1105. After the death of Beatrix, Aubrey became a monk, he later died and was buried in the monastery around 1112. The funeral was conducted by Abbot Faricius, who increased the number of monks from six
| Date | 1500 |
| File name | Church - Priory Earls Colne.jpg |
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| Dimensions | 273 x 164 |
| Linked to | Maud de Badlesmere; Maud de Badlesmere (Burial); Beatrice de Bourbourg; Beatrice de Bourbourg (Burial); Alice de Sanford; Alice de Sanford (Burial); Aubrey de Vere, I; Aubrey de Vere, I (Burial); Aubrey de Vere, II; Aubrey de Vere, II (Burial); 7th Earl of Oxford John de Vere; 7th Earl of Oxford John de Vere (Burial); Countess of Oxford Agnes of Essex; Countess of Oxford Agnes of Essex (Burial) |
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