brictric

Updated: May 15, 2025

Brictric, King of Wessex, was buried within its walls in the ninth century, and, like Gloucester, it suffered afterwards from the ravages of the Danes. But it flourished subsequently, and in the days of William Rufus the manor was conferred upon Fitz-Hamon, an influential nobleman, under whose auspices the present abbey was built. Nothing remains of any prior building.

Joel Cook - England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel