 An estate at Minety was granted to Malmesbury Abbey by Æthelwulf in the 830s.This, together with the rectory estate, passed to Salisbury diocese in 1270 and financed the Archdeacon of Wiltshire.Apart from this, land around Minety was part of the royal manor of Cirencester in the 11th century, and the manor was given to Cirencester Abbey in the early 12th century.