Eadwine was
Abbot of Abingdon
The Abbot of Abingdon was the head (or abbot) of Anglo-Saxon and eventually Benedictines, Benedictine house of Abingdon Abbey at Abingdon-on-Thames in northern Berkshire (present-day Oxfordshire), England.
The following is a list of abbots of Abin ...
.
Eadwine was the brother of Ealdorman
Ælfric of Hampshire
Ælfric was Ealdorman of Hampshire from to 1016.
Ælfric succeeded ealdorman Æthelmær to the county of Hampshire and possibly Wiltshire in about 982. Ælfric was among the leading advisers of King Æthelred and was described by the ''Anglo-Sax ...
, who purchased the abbacy for him in 985; he died in 990.
References
* Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. ''Anglo-Saxon Charters'' 7.
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Abbots of Abingdon
990 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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