Fyfield, Oxfordshire
The Chronicle of Abingdon claims that in 956 King Eadwig granted his thegn Æthelnoth 13 manses of land there.It was granted for life to Lady Catherine Gordon, the widow of the pretender Perkin Warbeck, who married Christopher Ashton and came to Fyfield in 1531.In 1554 the remainder was granted to Sir Thomas White, who gave it to his new foundation of St John's College, Oxford, which has held it ever since.In the 14th century it was largely rebuilt with the addition of a north aisle and a south transept.The White Hart public house in the village was built in the 15th century by the executors of John Golafre (died 1442), who willed the foundation of a chantry.
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