Evesham which was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, with only Abbot Lichfield's Bell Tower remaining. During the 13th century, one of the two main battles of England's Second Barons' War took place near the town, marking the victory of Prince Edward who later became King Edward I. Evesham is derived from the Old English "homme" or "ham", and "Eof", the name of a swineherd in the service of Egwin, third bishop of Worcester. It was originally named "Homme" or "Haum" and recorded as "Eveshomme" in 709 and "Evesham" in 1086. The second part of the name ("homme" or "ham")
Dominic of Evesham Knowles felt that the account of Abbot Æthelwig's death that is contained in the "Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham" was written by Dominic, not by the main author of the chronicle, Thomas of Marlborough. Another possible work was a "Vita Sancti Wistani" (or "Life of Saint Wistan"), about St Wistan, a Mercian saint whose relics rested at Evesham. The main manuscripts containing Dominic's works are Bodely MS Rawlinson A.287, Hereford Cathedral Chained Library MS P.7.vi, Balliol MS 240. The Dublin manuscript only has the first book, while the Hereford manuscript contains both books. The account of the death of Æthelwig along