Mortgage by Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton to Beorhtnoth
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Bishop Eadnoth of Crediton (1011×1015–1019×1027) mortgages a yardland by the river Creedy, Devon (? Creedy Barton in Newton St Cyres) to Beorhtnoth; 1016 × 1020, probably 1018, in English and Latin, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1387).
History of the estate of Wouldam, Kent, in English, from the time of King Æthelberht II of Kent (d. 762) to Archbishop Dunstan (d. 988), with details of Dunstan’s acquisition of six sulungs on behalf of St Andrew’s, Rochester, and the history of estates at Erith, Cray and Eynesford, Kent; dated ...
Will of Wynflæd concerning land at Ebbesborne, Wiltshire; Charlton (probably Horethorne, Somerset); Coleshill, Berkshire; Inggeneshamme (perhaps Inglesham, Wiltshire); Faccombe, Hampshire; Adderbury, Oxfordshire; and at Chinnock, Somerset; the beneficiaries including Shaftesbury and Wilton; text...
Grant of King Æthelwulf of Wessex (d. 858) to himself
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King Æthelwulf of Wessex grants of 20 hides (cassati) om Homme (at South Hams, Devon) to himself; dated 26 December 847 [= 846], Dorchester, Dorset, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 298) Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘to hamme.’
Confirmation of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) for Old Minster, Winchester
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King Edward confirms a grant of land at Wargrave, Berkshire, by Ælfgifu Emma, his mother, to Old Minster, Winchester; 1042 × 1065, spurious (Sawyer, no. 1062). Endorsed in a 13th-century hand, ‘Carta sancti edwardi de weregraues.’
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) for Westminster Abbey
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Writ of King Edward declaring that the monks of Westminster Abbey are to have the land at Chalkhill, Middlesex, given by Thurstan, his housecarl; 1044 × 1051 (Sawyer, no. 1121). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Ceakhylle’.
Grant of King Æthelberht of Wessex (d. 865) to his minister Dryhtwald
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King Æthelberht of Wessex grants 10 sulungs (aratra) at Bromley, Kent, to his minister Dryhtwald; dated 862, Willherestrio, with bounds in English (Sawyer, no. 331). Endorsed in a 15th-century hand, ‘Bromlegh Ethelberth rex.’
Grant of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester
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King Edward grants of seven hides (cassati) at Millbrook, Hampshire, to Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester; dated 1045, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1008). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is þæra .vii. hyda landboc to mylebroce þe Eadƿeard cing gebocade Ælfƿine b’. on ece yrfe.’; in an 11...
Confirmation of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–939) for Bishop Frithestan of Winchester (d. 932/3)
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King Æthelstan confirms privileges for Bishop Frithestan of Winchester and a grant to Taunton of four hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, and three at Cearn (? Charmouth, Dorset); dated 938, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 443). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is seo boc þe æþe...
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Westminster Abbey
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Writ of King Edward declaring that he has given to Westminster Abbey, Windsor, Berkshire, and Staines, Middlesex; 1042 × 1066 (Sawyer, no. 1141). Endorsed in a ?12th-century hand, illegible.