Bredon
The church was probably founded around 716 when King
Æthelbald of Mercia (d.757), gave land to his kinsman Eanwulf the
grandfather of King Offa (d.796), to found a monastery. For some
time, the manor of Bredon continued under an abbot of its own, probably
being the Breodune under Abbot Eanmund who exchanged land in Tompeordin
with King Berhtwulf for special privileges in 844. Later the
church was held by the bishop of Worcester before 964 and remained so until the
Reformation.
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Paul Martin Remfry
