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PR/AA

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Alton Australis

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Documents relating to the prebend of Alton Australis, Dorset. Previously called Awelton and in 1291 Aulton in Southbury. Lack states: 'The Manor of Alton Pancras in Dorset was part of the pre-Conquest episcopal estates of Sherborne. By c.1150 two prebends were probably in existence. In the 1Acc Reg 220s these were called 'Awelton arch[idiaconi], and 'Awelton', while both were called 'Awelton' without distinction in 1226. In 1284 the names were 'Awelton Sancti Pancratii' and 'Awelton', while in 1291 there was a distinction between 'Aulton in Southbury', later Australis, and 'Aulton in Northbury', later Borealis. From 1329, the holders of the prebends can certainly be distinguished and can be traced back to 1297 but for the purpose of the earlier succession in the prebends, 'Alton Pancras' is taken to be Alton Australis and 'Alton Archidiaconi' to be Borealis' (pp.64 and 87).

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