Burton Abbey

Charter of Æthelred the Unready to Burton Abbey, confirmation of the will of Wulfric Spot, AD 1004[1]

Burton Abbey at Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England, was founded in the 7th or 9th century by St Modwen or Modwenna. It was refounded in 1003 as a Benedictine abbey by the thegn Wulfric Spott. He was known to have been buried in the abbey cloister in 1010, alongside the grave of his wife.

  1. ^ Charter S 906 at the Electronic Sawyer

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