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Leofrun was the abbess of St Mildred's Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, which was a Benedictine abbey for nuns.[1] In 1011 she was captured by the Danes, along with Alphege Archbishop of Canterbury and Godwine Bishop of Rochester after they successfully laid siege to the town of Canterbury.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Knowles, David; Brooke C. N. L.; and London, Vera C. M. The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940-1216 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1972 ISBN 0-521-08367-2 p. 216
- ^ Williams, Ann Æthelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King London: Hambledon and London 2003 ISBN1-85285-382-4 p. 106-107
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Abbess of St Mildred's Abbey |
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