Abbey of St Mary at Abingdon. After a period of remission, Godfrey de Vere died in 1106 aged about 19.

The de Vere family's gratitude to the abbey for their son's care was recognised by its bequest of 270 acre of land. In 1262 the abbey founded a church and parish in Kensington, dedicated to St Mary. The epithet of Abbots is deemed to derive from its link with