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Ingulf ( la, Ingulphus; died 16 November 1109) was the
Richard III Society's transcription of the continuation of 'Ingulph' from 1453 onwards
{{Authority control 11th-century births 1109 deaths Abbots of Crowland
Ingulf ( la, Ingulphus; died 16 November 1109) was the Benedictine
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abbot of Crowland from 1087.
Life
Ingulf was an Englishman who, having travelled to England on diplomatic business as secretary ofWilliam, Duke of Normandy
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 10 ...
, in 1051, was made Abbot of Crowland in 1087 (Chambers and DNB say 1086) at Duke William's instigation after he had become king of England and the abbacy had fallen vacant. 1087 was in the last year of William's reign.
In the meantime, Ingulf had made a pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...
to Jerusalem and entered Fontenelle Abbey at Caudebec-en-Caux
Caudebec-en-Caux (, literally ''Caudebec in Caux'') is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine.
Geography
Caudebec-en- ...
in Normandy
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, where after a time, he was appointed prior. He was appointed abbot there in 1080.
As his life as Abbot of Crowland progressed, Ingulf suffered the usual events: gout and the work of rebuilding after a destructive fire in the abbey. However, he was able to obtain an arm of Saint Wulfram; and in 1092 he received the body of Earl Waltheof of Northumbria, an Anglo-Saxon who had been executed per William's orders and who was considered a hero and martyr in popular thought. These relics brought in the pilgrims and eased his money problems.
Works
For several centuries, he was credited with the original authorship of a history of Crowland Abbey, ''Historia Monasterii Croylandensis'', the Croyland Chronicle, a manuscript which has since been shown to have been fabricated well after his time, probably in the 13th or 14th century. The chronicle, which for many years was referred to as 'Ingulf' and is now called the Pseudo-Ingulf, was probably written in order to support claims to property around Crowland, particularly in regard to incursions from Spalding. Crowland was on a small gravel ridge in wetfen
A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich Groundwater, ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as ...
. All of the Abbey's arable lands listed in Domesday Book
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were in other parishes, such as Spalding.
References
*Thorne, J.O. ''Chambers Biographical dictionary'' (1969) SBN 550-16001-9 () *''Dictionary of National Biography'' (1921-22 reprint) *Morris, J. ed. ''Domesday Book (Lincolnshire)'' (1086) hillimore (1986)External links
* *Richard III Society's transcription of the continuation of 'Ingulph' from 1453 onwards
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