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feasted on the crops. The people ceased to go to church on
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496:. They did so, although at that time the marshy district was almost impenetrable. This event probably took place in 1003. The priory of Neotsbury, that is St Neots, was destroyed by the Danes in 1010. They were pagans and had no scruples about destroying religious relics. It is not known whether the Danes attempted the destruction of the first priory, but Young says that if they did so, the buildings were either repaired or rebuilt, since it is recorded that the bones of St Neot had been restored to the priory by 1020.
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essential to add prestige and status to their new priory; the objective was to attract pilgrims, and their money. This meant selecting a notable holy person as their patron, and Neot was their choice. The commercial possibilities would be even greater if some physical relics could be acquired, and legend has it that
Leofric and Leofleda decided to acquire those of Neot. Legend continues that Neot's bones were stolen from Cornwall, and brought to Eynesbury where they were placed in a shrine at the priory.
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for some time prostrate in prayer, imploring freedom from some severe disease with which he was afflicted. When he left, it was not long before the King was free of the illness. This was believed to be as a result of the holiness of the place in which his prayers had been offered. Neot seems not to have been in residence at the time of this visit by Alfred, and
Whitaker says that the cure of Alfred's illness prompted Neot's adoption of the place as his residence.
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liked to pray there, unobserved by others. He may have spoken his prayers while standing in the pond and washing himself. One day he was doing so, when he heard the approach of some horsemen; to avoid making contact with them, he hastened away to the dwelling where he lived, to complete his prayers. In his hurry to avoid the horsemen, he shed a sandal, and now he sent Barius to find it.
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carelessness, and with indignation at the infidelity of their servant. Having armed themselves with such weapons as they could procure, they sought the fugitive among the neighbouring woods, hills and valleys. After much waste of time and fruitless labor, having obtained information respecting the road by which he had fled, a party of the principal inhabitants traced him to
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called a feretory. Anselm found all of Neot's bones inside, with the exception of one arm, which may have been pilfered by the Monks of
Croyland. The bones were once again enclosed in the feretory, with the exception of one minor part, probably Neot's jawbone, which Anselm took with him on his return to Bec. The feretory was locked, and Anselm took the key with him as well.
324:, to seek instructions about his future. He evidently intended to withdraw further from the world, but the Pope dissuaded him from that course, and told him to return to Cornwall and to "scatter the word of God among the people". Neot returned to where he had been living and founded a monastery there, and gathered together some religious men, over whom he was made Abbot.
507:"In 1215 these pretended relics of Neot were removed by the Abbot Henry Longchamp, and were placed by an altar erected to his honor... As a proof of the futility of these claims, in 1295 Oliver Bp. of Lincoln issued a second Attestation, reciting the Testimonial of Abp. Anselm." The bones were not those of Neot, he affirmed, and Neot's remains were at St Neots.
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later years that Neot's remains were still at
Croyland. The issue became so contentious that in 1078 or 1079 Bishop Anselm (soon afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury) visited the priory at St Neots and inspected the remains, and announced that they were indeed present there. Nevertheless the Abbot of Croyland continued to claim that his Abbey held them.
484:, and the remains lodged there, were secure. However after a few years a Danish attack on the area was anticipated, and for safety the relics, that is the remains of Neot, were transferred for safety to a place thought to be less susceptible to Danish attack. Lewina, a lady of Eynesbury and the sister of Osketul, the Abbot of Croyland (now
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The Church of St Neot stands in the village of St Neot, Cornwall. The church was built between 1425 and 1530, on a site where there had previously been an earlier church. It has a series of magnificent stained-glass windows depicting religious themes. One of them shows representations of the miracles
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An angel, who loved to hover in hallowed places, and to breathe an atmosphere which was sanctified by the devotions of God's Saints, was present there invisibly and saw this thing, and he would not that such an one as St Neot should be molested even in so small a matter, so that he had sent the sleep
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Later Neot fell very ill, and in despair his servant Barius decided to take two fishes out of the pond, and prepared them for Neot to eat. He boiled one and broiled (grilled) the other. When he took the cooked fish to Neot, he was alarmed, and told Barius to return them to the water instantly. He did
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He is thus distressed exceedingly, when at last, wonderful to be seen! the lock descends from its height to the level of his monastic sash... the lock remained thus low during a long time afterwards, for a witness to the mighty "miracle", being lowered assuredly in consequence of St. Neot's distress,
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Although he had been a hermit, Neot farmed land at the monastery, and he used oxen to pull the plough. One night some thieves came and stole the oxen. There was a great herd of stags near the place and Neot ordered them to be yoked to the plough like oxen, to pull the plough. At the Saint's command,
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Neot was alarmed, and anxiously inquired whence the two fishes came. Barius told his simple tale. "What hast thou done?" said the Hermit: "Lo! the favor of God deserts us; go instantly and restore these fishes to their element." While Barius was absent at the pool, Neot prostrated himself in earnest
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Neot had a wealthy neighbour, and one day his agricultural workers were bringing in the harvest on wagons. A strong wind developed, and it was so powerful that it drove the wagons and the oxen and men back to the field from which the corn had been taken. The harvest was unloaded for safety. As soon
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The thieves heard of this miracle and went to Neot and asked for forgiveness, which he promptly granted to them. Realising that their life of crime was wicked, they asked to be admitted as monks, and they spent the rest of their lives in prayer. As the oxen had been returned to Neot by the thieves,
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The writer Leland saw two non-bodily relics at St Neots in 1538: Neot's "interior vest" made of hair-cloth, "in the Irish manner", and a comb used by Neot, "made of a little bone of two fingers' breadth, into which were inserted small fishes' teeth, the whole having the appearance of a pike's jaw."
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A century later, the subsequent Abbot of
Croyland continued to claim that the remains were with him there, but widespread doubts were expressed and the chest which was claimed to contain Neot's remains was opened. It was found to contain a skull, the collar bones, the shoulder blades, some bones of
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He is likely to have been given an Anglo-Saxon name by his parents, but this is not recorded. The word neophyte was commonly used at the time for individuals who had newly undertaken religious vows, and Gorham speculates that he might have been called "Neophytus", the Latin form of neophyte, at the
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Once a great multitude of crows began to eat the crops and everything they could from the fields, damaging them greatly. People watched over their fields from Monday to
Saturday and scared the crows away. However on Sunday the people went to church and the crows took advantage of their absence and
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One day Neot was singing the psalms at the spring, when a doe was being chased by a huntsman's dogs. She came in terror to Neot and lay down at his feet, and by her anxious paintings implored his aid. The pursuing dogs wished to tear her into pieces, and approaching, they showed the signs of their
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There is a natural spring a short distance to the west of the church in the Cornish village of St Neot. It is likely that this was the spring habitually used by Neot himself. It formed a small pond at the time, and Neot seems to have bathed in the pond. At the time it was a secluded spot, and Neot
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Once again doubts surfaced about whether Neot's bones were indeed at St Neots Priory, and in 1078 or 1079 the Abbot of Bec came to St Neots to verify the matter. This was in fact Anselm, who had been appointed to the post of Abbot in 1078. Anselm examined the shrine, which was a portable container
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The chapel at the Priory was soon consecrated in the presence of Ethelwolde, Bishop of Winchester, Æscwin, Bishop of Lincoln, Brithnod, Abbot of Ely, Earl Ægelwin, Ædric Pope, Ædelm Polga and many others. Earl Alric and Lady Ethelfleda entreated Abbot Brithnod and Bishop Æscwin that the foundation
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The official Warden of Neot's shrine secretly decamped from Cornwall with the treasure with which he had been entrusted. He left Neot-Stoke on St Andrew's day, 30 November, he reached Eynesbury on 7 December. Neot's remains were kept in the residence of Earl Alric at Eynesbury for a short time, as
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Whitaker had written that "When Neot died he was buried at the monastery. About sixty years after his death, about the year 936, his remains were taken inside, at first to a side-chapel, and then to the nave, while much of the monastery and the accompanying church were demolished and rebuilt." but
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is said to have been a frequent visitor to Hamstoke (or Neotstoke) where Neot had withdrawn from his celebrity status at Glastonbury. In the year 867, Alfred was on a hunting expedition in the area; he turned aside to the Church at Ham-Stoke, where St Guerir was in residence. Alfred remained there
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Contemporary records of Neot's life are scarce, and in many cases vague and self-contradictory. There are four surviving manuscripts which purport to describe his life, and writers in the last few centuries have arrived at different conclusions from them. The writer Asser was contemporaneous with
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When peace was restored and Danish incursions were no longer expected, Neot's remains were transferred back to St Neots, where some rebuilding had taken place. The fame and attraction provided by possession of the remains of a saint were so powerful that the monks of Croyland falsely insisted in
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Having refreshed his spirit by a participation of the emblems of his Saviour's death, like a faithful shepherd he addressed his own little flock. He exhorted them to live in peace, and spoke much of the means by which the salvation of the soul might be promoted. He then committed his soul to the
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While Neot was absent from the spring, a fox was passing and discovered the lost shoe, and picked it up and ran off with it. "In order that the Saint might not be scandalized by so mean a thing, the fox was miraculously cast into a deep sleep, and died, having the thongs of the shoe in his vile
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The figure depicted on the jewel was believed to be Saint Neot, and for that reason was adopted as the emblem for the Cambridgeshire town of St Neots. Neot is thought to have carried a palm before King Alfred's soldiers as they went into battle, and the figure seems to be holding a palm. Later
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In the meantime, the inhabitants of Neot-Stoke, having understood that the Warden was missing, and having suspected the fraud, flocked to the Shrine of their Saint to inspect the sacred Chest. On finding that their invaluable treasure was gone, they were filled with self-reproach at their own
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About the year 975 a priory was founded in Eynesbury, close to the River Great Ouse in what is now Huntingdonshire. A nobleman and landowner named Leofric (alternatively Earl Alric) and his wife Leofleda (alternatively Countess Ethelfleda) were the creators of the priory on their land. It was
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wish to avoid public attention, the tiny community of Hamstoke became known as Neotstoke or Neot-stow during this time. He lived as if he was a novice in religion; he macerated his body by fastings, by watchings, by prayers, because he had not lived hitherto in any hermitical strictness.
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were in local control, and sent word to the Abbey of Bec, in Normandy, for monks to be sent; St Neots Priory became subject to the French Abbey. This took place about 1080 and was a most important step, for Bec was one of the leading intellectual and cultural centres of northern Europe.
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He was buried in the Church which he himself had built, upon the site of the more ancient Chapel dedicated to St Guerir. Seven years later, a larger and more appropriate building had been made by the monks of Neotstoke, and Neot's body was reinterred at the north side of the altar.
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prayer, till his servant returned with the intelligence that the fishes were disporting in the water as usual. He again went to the well (continues this fabulous narrative), and took only one fish; which the Hermit had no sooner tasted, than he was restored to perfect health!
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With the monasteries being dissolved, and the Roman Catholic observances now being disparaged, the remains of Neot seem to have lost their significance. The Priory of St Neots was already in a poor physical condition, and when its associated lands were given by Henry VIII to
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Neot but his work on Alfred the Great and available in translation throws only limited light on Neot. A so-called "interpolation" is associated with Asser's work; this was written by a different, anonymous writer, and this too is of limited value. The work entitled
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as the rich man heard of the event, he considered it as a warning, sent for his sin. He hastened to the saint and begged pardon, and made a perpetual donation of money to the tenants of the saint, apparently liberating them from further obligation to work for him.
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took place and the priory and monastery at St Neots were probably destroyed. No further report is made of the location of Neot's remains to this day. He is remembered by the names of the town of St Neots and the Cornish village of St Neot; the parish church of
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would have their protection, and that they would furnish it with monks. This was agreed to, and a Benedictine foundation was created, monks being sent from Ely and Thorney. Some land was given to the foundation, most of which was at Waresley and Gamlingay.
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the Priory had not yet been constructed. The year of this event seems not to have been recorded, but must have been several years after Neot's death in 877 AD and well before the presumed destruction of the Eynesbury priory by the Danes in 1010 AD.
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the stags all left their pasture and came to bow their necks under the yoke. They were yoked to the plough and pulled it every day. They returned to their usual pastures in the evening, but came back every morning for another day of ploughing.
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After his journey to Rome and his return to Neotstoke, Neot now remained there for the rest of his life. In the year 877 he became ill with a progressive illness described as "langour" and sensing the approach of death, he took the
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A derivative of this fable developed later: there is supposed to be a stone opposite the south porch; Neot stood on it and threw the key towards the door; the key found its way into the keyhole and opened the door for him.
531:. This huge change of governance was accompanied by changes in religious authority, and the Priory of St Neots was seized by Gilbert Earl of Owe. The local monks were ejected and French monks installed. The son of Gilbert,
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he commanded the stags to return to their natural life, but their progeny bore a mark recording the event, "a ring of white like a yoke about their necks, and on that part of the neck which used to bear the yoke."
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fury in the loudness of their barking. However, when they saw the doe at the feet of St Neot, they ran away, as if they had been struck with a stick or a spear, and Neot commanded the doe to depart in safety.
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St Neot's well is located a short distance to the west of the church at St Neot, Cornwall. Hope, writing in 1893, sais that "It was arched over by General Carlyon, having fallen in many years ago."
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and monastery became known as St Neots: that is the name of the chief town there now. Controversy arose later as to whether Neot's remains were truly at the Priory, but this was confirmed by
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studies suggested that it depicts Christ, or alternatively the abstract idea of insight, inspired by the reading of religious works. The jewel is now part of the collection in the
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581:(or Suppression of the Monasteries), in which the lands and property of monasteries were appropriated to the state. There were about 900 religious houses in England at the time.
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Whitaker asserts that in reality, Neot fetched an iron stool, enabling him to reach the lock, and left it there for later use. This is how the lock "lowered" for Neot to reach.
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from all parts of the country, who went to Glastonbury to receive the benefit of his wisdom.
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the building was demolished entirely. No trace of it remains, nor is the location known.
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Guerir's name is spelt in many different ways by different writers, including Gueryr.
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In this Knowledge article, archaic spellings have been retained in quoted passages.
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in Cornwall was also dedicated to him until 1970. The parish church in St Neot has a
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Usually referred to as a "cell" but this usage is unfamiliar to many modern readers.
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This article is about the ninth century monk. For the village in Cornwall, see
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Descriptive Sketch of the windows of St. Neot Church in Cornwall as Restored
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Tebbutt calls them Leofric and Leoflaed, and the settlement Ernulph's Bury.
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Abbey, about the middle of the ninth century. He was extremely studious.
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9. A thief driving away the saint's oxen from before the monastery...
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of the Abbey. The fame of his scholarship and devotion attracted many
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The Life of Saint Neot, the Oldest of All the Brothers to King Alfred
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7. Barius bringing the two fishes on a dish to his master in bed...
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Various writers have spelt this Fidulf, Eldulf, Edulph and Adulph.
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took place in 1066, and England became subject to the rule of
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The chapel and monastery were located on the east bank of the
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blessings who wears the papal crown and robes, and holds the
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Eynesbury Priory founded and Neot's remains transferred there
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https://www.chct.info/histories/poundstock-st-winwaloe/
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Both wells may be seen by a simple search on Youtube.
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When seven years had passed, Neot visited the Pope in
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The Annals of St Neots with Vita Primi Sancti Neoti
1264:, Simkin, Marsahll & Co, London, 1888, page 187
392:Gorham, writing later, decidedly contradicts that.
1832:The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Collaborative Edition
680:continuing lowered long after St. Neot was gone...
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1296:St. Neots: the History of a Huntingdonshire Town
1741:The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England
1702:, in Orthodox Christianity, 13 August 2015, at
336:Alfred the Great as imagined by George S Stuart
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377:31 July is widely quoted as his Saint's Day.
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1319:, Phillimore & Co Ltd, Chichester, 1996,
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23:. For the town in Cambridgeshire, see
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1531:The Alfred Jewel: an Historical Essay
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16:9th-century Christian monk and saint
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238:window depicting the miracles. His
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1604:, Bossiney Books, St Teath, 1984,
1249:The Place-Names of Huntingdonshire
148:(died 31 July 877) was an English
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421:Returning to events at the time:
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2568:Æbbe "the Younger" of Coldingham
887:St Winwaloe's Church, Poundstock
881:St Winwaloe's Church, Poundstock
504:the thorax, and the leg bones.
476:View of St Neot Church, Cornwall
3111:Hwita of Whitchurch Canonicorum
1785:, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1904
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1235:Catholic Saints Info: Neot at
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579:Dissolution of the Monasteries
561:Dissolution of the Monasteries
555:Dissolution of the monasteries
227:Dissolution of the Monasteries
164:, near the village now called
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1868:Saints of Anglo-Saxon England
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840:12. Neot kneeling to receive
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3230:9th-century Christian saints
2286:Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet
1752:Discover Christian England:
194:(in what is now the town of
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2251:Æbbe of Thanet (Domne Eafe)
1410:Whitaker, pages 280 and 281
1178:Histoire de l'Abbaye du Bec
917:Chronicon Fani Sancti Neoti
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3240:Burials in Huntingdonshire
2854:Florentius of Peterborough
2673:Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth
1700:Venerable Neot of Cornwall
1164:Whitaker, pages 123 to 125
755:Hunting dogs were repelled
742:The deer pulled the plough
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206:, the Prior of the French
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1988:Æthelburh of Faremoutiers
1983:Æthelberht of East Anglia
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1564:Whitaker, pages 42 to 46.
1073:Formerly Huntingdonshire.
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2648:Billfrith of Lindisfarne
2603:Æthelwold of Lindisfarne
2512:Regenhere of Northampton
2073:Sigeberht of East Anglia
2028:Cuthbald of Peterborough
1686:Whitaker, pages 64 to 66
1650:Whitaker, pages 51 to 54
1602:100 Years on Bodmin Moor
1591:Whitaker, pages 47 to 50
1180:, Évreux, 1901, page 453
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571:Act of Supremacy of 1534
374:He died on 31 July 877.
289:, and later he was made
208:Abbey of our Lady of Bec
3220:Medieval Cornish saints
3167:Urith of Chittlehampton
3121:Margaret of Dunfermline
3016:Beornstan of Winchester
3001:Benignus of Glastonbury
2991:Æthelwold of Winchester
2981:Æthelnoth of Canterbury
2839:Firmin of North Crawley
2834:Augustine of Canterbury
2723:Eardwulf of Northumbria
2703:Eadfrith of Lindisfarne
2693:Eadberht of Lindisfarne
2678:Ceolwulf of Northumbria
2588:Æthelgyth of Coldingham
2427:Eadweard of Maugersbury
2281:Deusdedit of Canterbury
2276:Berhtwald of Canterbury
1677:Gorham, pages 35 and 36
1659:Gorham, pages 36 and 37
1629:Gorham, pages 34 and 35
1620:Gorham, pages 32 and 33
1383:Gorham, pages 53 and 54
1365:, St Neots Museum, 2018
1349:Gorham, pages 52 and 53
1192:Gorham, pages 37 and 38
1118:Gorham, pages 31 and 32
1109:Gorham, pages 27 and 28
857:Eastern Orthodox Church
720:A fox stole Neot's shoe
91:Eastern Orthodox Church
3157:Juthwara of Sherbourne
3126:Swithhun of Winchester
3066:Eadweard the Confessor
2976:Æthelgar of Canterbury
2956:Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
2899:Theodore of Canterbury
2884:Mellitus of Canterbury
2879:Laurence of Canterbury
2864:Honorius of Canterbury
2708:Eadwine of Northumbria
2698:Eadfrith of Leominster
2578:Ælfwald of Northumbria
2462:Frithuwold of Chertsey
2397:Cynehelm of Winchcombe
2392:Cyneburh of Gloucester
2367:Beorhthelm of Stafford
2342:Æthelmod of Leominster
2306:Nothhelm of Canterbury
2291:Eanswith of Folkestone
2230:Indract of Glastonbury
2053:Hiurmine of Blythburgh
2033:Eadmund of East Anglia
1952:Patrick of Glastonbury
1582:Gorham, pages 30 to 32
1508:Gorham, pages 89 to 92
1469:Gorham, pages 63 to 68
1437:Gorham, pages 61 to 63
1428:Gorham, pages 56 to 58
1361:Liz Davies (curator),
1285:Gorham, pages 48 to 52
1260:W H Bernard Saunders,
1130:Gorham, pages 28 to 30
906:The Annals of St Neots
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3046:Eadburh of Winchester
3041:Dunstan of Canterbury
2986:Æthelwine of Athelney
2966:Ælfheah of Winchester
2961:Ælfheah of Canterbury
2925:Lewina of Bishopstone
2915:Cuthflæd of Lyminster
2859:Hadrian of Canterbury
2844:Birinus of Dorchester
2783:Oswine of Northumbria
2778:Oswald of Northumbria
2623:Balthere of Tyningham
2608:Alchhild of Middleham
2583:Æthelburh of Hackness
2517:Rumbold of Buckingham
2457:Frithuswith of Oxford
2432:Ealdgyth of Stortford
2417:Eadburh of Southwell
2337:Æthelberht of Bedford
2332:Ælfthryth of Crowland
2271:Albinus of Canterbury
2235:Maildub of Malmesbury
2179:Grimbald of St Bertin
1907:Congar of Congresbury
1897:Branwalator of Milton
1770:King Alfred the Great
1247:Professor W W Skeat,
1002:Edgar died in 975 AD.
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790:connected with Neot.
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83:Roman Catholic Church
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3106:Humbert of Stokenham
3036:Cwenburh of Wimborne
3021:Beornwald of Bampton
2996:Aldhelm of Sherborne
2920:Cuthmann of Steyning
2874:Justus of Canterbury
2688:Dryhthelm of Melrose
2643:Bercthun of Beverley
2452:Frithuric of Breedon
2437:Earconwald of London
2422:Eadgyth of Aylesbury
2352:Æthelwynn of Sodbury
2296:Eormengyth of Thanet
2210:Aidan of Lindisfarne
2129:Hildelith of Barking
2124:Æthelburh of Barking
2048:Herefrith of Thorney
2003:Æthelwine of Lindsey
1937:Melorius of Amesbury
595:Sir Richard Williams
533:Richard fitz Gilbert
328:King Alfred's visits
139:Patron saint of Fish
3235:Burials in Cornwall
3215:Angelic visionaries
3101:Hædde of Winchester
3071:Eadweard the Martyr
3031:Cuthburh of Wimborn
2971:Æthelflæd of Romsey
2894:Peter of Canterbury
2773:Osthryth of Bardney
2663:Ceadda of Lichfield
2542:Wulfhild of Barking
2527:Werburgh of Chester
2502:Oswald of Worcester
2492:Milred of Worcester
2477:Mildburh of Wenlock
2467:Hæmma of Leominster
2412:Eadburh of Pershore
2407:Eadburh of Bicester
2194:Wulfram of Grantham
2184:Monegunda of Watton
2093:Walstan of Bawburgh
2083:Torthred of Thorney
2043:Guthlac of Crowland
1993:Æthelflæd of Ramsey
1932:Judoc of Winchester
1922:Elfin of Warrington
1892:Brannoc of Braunton
3162:Rumbold of Mechlin
3026:Centwine of Wessex
3006:Beocca of Chertsey
2808:Wilfrith of Hexham
2803:Wihtberht of Ripon
2713:Ealdberht of Ripon
2683:Cuthbert of Durham
2613:Alchmund of Hexham
2598:Æthelwold of Farne
2593:Æthelsige of Ripon
2507:Osburh of Coventry
2487:Mildrith of Thanet
2447:Freomund of Mercia
2387:Cyneburh of Castor
2372:Coenwulf of Mercia
2347:Æthelred of Mercia
2311:Sigeburh of Thanet
2301:Mildrith of Thanet
2261:Æthelburh of Kent
2256:Æthelberht of Kent
2203:Irish and Scottish
2159:Balthild of Romsey
2078:Tancred of Thorney
2018:Botwulf of Thorney
2008:Athwulf of Thorney
1998:Æthelthryth of Ely
1967:Sativola of Exeter
1957:Rumon of Tavistock
1942:Nectan of Hartland
1917:Decuman of Watchet
1815:Stevenson, page 98
1714:Rev Henry Grylls,
1392:Whitaker, page 278
1273:Whitaker, page 208
1201:Whitaker, page 274
1155:Whitaker, page 112
1013:Henry de Longchamp
913:Annals of St Neots
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867:Gregorian calendar
667:The high door lock
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87:Anglican Communion
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3116:Mærwynn of Romsey
3061:Eadgyth of Wilton
3051:Eadgar of England
2951:Ælfgifu of Exeter
2946:Ælfgar of Selwood
2798:Tatberht of Ripon
2733:Ecgberht of Ripon
2668:Cedd of Lichfield
2573:Ælfflæd of Whitby
2537:Wigstan of Repton
2497:Oda of Canterbury
2382:Credan of Evesham
2362:Beonna of Breedon
2215:Boisil of Melrose
2189:Odwulf of Evesham
2038:Eadnoth of Ramsey
2023:Cissa of Crowland
1912:Dachuna of Bodmin
1887:Barloc of Norbury
1743:, Cambridge, 1893
767:The powerful wind
588:Relics of St Neot
575:Church of England
304:Becoming a hermit
158:Glastonbury Abbey
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106:St Neot, Cornwall
79:Venerated in
21:St Neot, Cornwall
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3086:Edor of Chertsey
3076:Eadwold of Cerne
2941:Æbbe of Abingdon
2889:Paulinus of York
2869:James the Deacon
2818:Wilgils of Ripon
2788:Sicgred of Ripon
2763:John of Beverley
2658:Botwine of Ripon
2633:Bega of Copeland
2618:Alkmund of Derby
2442:Egwin of Evesham
2377:Cotta of Breedon
2327:Ælfnoth of Stowe
2266:Æthelred of Kent
2225:Ultan the Scribe
2174:Helier of Jersey
2108:Wulfric of Holme
2013:Blida of Martham
1947:Neot of Cornwall
1902:Credan of Bodmin
1882:Aldate of Oxford
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3176:
3171:
3140:
2929:
2903:
2822:
2768:Osana of Howden
2748:Hilda of Whitby
2638:Benedict Biscop
2546:
2522:Tibba of Ryhall
2315:
2239:
2198:
2169:Felix of Dommoc
2151:
2149:
2143:
2139:Sæbbi of London
2112:
2103:Wihtburh of Ely
2088:Tova of Thorney
2068:Seaxburh of Ely
2063:Pega of Peakirk
2058:Huna of Thorney
1971:
1875:British / Welsh
1870:
1865:
1825:
1823:Further reading
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1793:
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1781:W H Stevenson,
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1460:Tebbutt, page 9
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55:
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40:
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28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3253:
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2758:Iwig of Wilton
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2695:
2690:
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1081:References
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567:Henry VIII
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