The first West Saxon nunneries were founded in Ine's reign by Ine's kinswoman, Bugga, the daughter of King Centwine, and by Ine's sister Cuthburh, who founded the abbey of Wimborne at some point after she separated from her husband, King Aldfrith of Northumbria.Lapidge, Michael (ed.), "Cuthburg", in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England, p. 133. At the bishop Aldhelm's suggestion in 705, Ine built the church which later became Wells Cathedral, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also records that Ine built a minster at Glastonbury. This must refer to additional building or re-building since there was already a British monastery at Glastonbury.Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 40, note 1.
The first West Saxon nunneries were founded in Ine's reign by Ine's kinswoman, Bugga, the daughter of King Centwine, and by Ine's sister Cuthburh, who founded the abbey of Wimborne at some point after she separated from her husband, King Aldfrith of Northumbria.Lapidge, Michael (ed.), "Cuthbu:rg", in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England, p. 133. At the bis?hop Aldhelm's ?suggestion in 705, Ine built the church which l!ater became Wells Cathedral, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also records that Ine built a minster at Glastonbury. This must refer to additional building or re-building since there was already a British monastery at Glastonbury.Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 40, note 1.