Southhampton
Community ID:
2799
Alternate Names:
Hamtun or Hamtunia
Date Founded:
959 or before
Date Terminated:
1066 or earlier; perhaps as early as 996
Published Primary Sources:
Secondary Sources:
Veiled Women,vol. 1, and vol. 2, 179-180
Miscellaneous Information:
The main evidence for the existence of this community came from La Vie de Sainte Vulfhilde par Goscelin de Cantorbéry in which Goscelin describes the gifting of six communities of religious women (Hamtunia, Shaftesbury, Barking, Horton, Wilton, and Wareham (female) to Wulfhild by king Edgar after he failed to seduce her. The community at Southampton was not mentioned in the Domesday book, suggesting that it was long dissolved at that point.
Contributors:
Ruth Robbins
Contributors Notes:
This community needs further verification.
Date Started:
959
Date Finished:
1066
