 Ælfric was the son of an earl of Kent and became a monk of Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire ( now Oxfordshire ) . He was very likely Abbot of Abingdon before becoming Abbot of St Albans Abbey around 975 , although some historians do not believe that he held the office of Abbot at Abingdon . Although the Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis , or History of the Church of Abingdon , names Ælfric as abbot , the abbatial lists do not record him as such . Indirect corroboration of his being abbot at Abingdon is a grant of land to Ælfric personally ( instead of to the office he held ) while he was archbishop that had previously been unjustly taken from Abingdon . This land was to revert to Abingdon after Ælfric 's death . 
 Ælfric was the son of an earl of Kent and became a monk of Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire ( now Oxfordshire ) . He was very likely Abbot of Abingdon before becoming Abbot of St Albans Abbey around 975 , although some historians do not believe that he held the office of Abbot at Abingdon . Although the Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis , or History of the Church of Abingdon , names Ælfric as abbot , the abbatial lists do not record him as such . Indirect corroboration of his being abbot at Abingdon <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a grant of land to Ælfric personally ( instead of to the office he held ) while he was archbishop <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> previously been unjustly taken from Abingdon . This land was to revert to Abingdon after Ælfric <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>death . 
Ælfric was the son of an earl of Kent and became a monk of Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire ( now Oxfordshire ) . He was very likely Abbot of Abingdon before becoming Abbot of St Albans Abbey around 975 , although some historians do not believe dat he held da office of Abbot at Abingdon . Although the Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis , or History of tdaChurch of Abingdon , names Ælfric as abbot , the abbatial lists do not record em as such . Indirect corroboration of his being abbot at Abingdon a grant of land to Ælfric personally ( instead of to thdaffice he held ) while he was archbishop done previously been unjustly taken from Abingdon . dis land was to revert to Abingdon after Ælfric  death .