Edward the Confessor and abbacies. However, his appointments were generally respectable. When Odda of Deerhurst died without heirs in 1056, Edward seized lands which Odda had granted to Pershore Abbey and gave them to his Westminster foundation; the historian Ann Williams observes that "the Confessor did not in the 11th century have the saintly reputation which he later enjoyed, largely through the efforts of the Westminster monks themselves". After 1066 there was a subdued cult of Edward as a saint, possibly discouraged by the early Norman abbots of Westminster, which gradually increased in the early 12th century . Osbert of Clare, the prior
Frank King (English cricketer) bowling average of 27.95, with best figures of 6/64. These figures, which were one of two five wicket hauls he took, came against Worcestershire in 1934. In 1937, King made his debut for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played for Dorset after World War II, making a total of 49 Minor Counties Championship appearances from 1937 to 1954. He died at Sherborne, Dorset on 1 November 1996. Frank King (English cricketer) Frank King (6 April 1911 – 1 November 1996) was an English cricketer. King was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born