Monument record 0672800000 - Quarrendon

According to hagiographic tradition St Osyth, possibly a daughter of the sub-king Frithuwold was supposedly born at his residence or villa regalis at Quarrendon in the mid-7th century. John Leland transcribed a 12th century source reporting that the site of the royal hall was still identified by local peasants as a piece of ground on which nothing would grow and which was never used for secular purposes. The location of a royal residence at Quarrendon may have become confused with Aylesbury, which has a good claim to be identified as a royal tun at both earlier and later dates, but Everson suggests that a 7th century palace may have lain within sight of a minster at Aylesbury rather than necessarily within Aylesbury itself (B1). NGR approximate only.