Will of Æthelflæd, including a bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berkshire, to the king; at Damerham, Hampshire, to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Brihtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary’s, Barking; at Hadh...
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman
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King Edgar grants of ten hides (cassatae) at Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman; dated 966, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 738). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is ðara ·X· hida land boc æt niƿanham þe eadgar cyning gebocode aelfgife his magan on ece yrfe’; and in ...
King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester (d. 984)
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King Edgar grants of three hides (mansae) at Madeley, Staffordshire, to Bishop Æthelwold; dated 975, probably for 974 (Sawyer, no. 801). Endorsed by the main scribe, ‘+ Þis is þara ·iii· hida boc þe eadgar cing gebocode aþelƿolde bisceope on ece yrfe æt madan liege : ⁊’; in a 12th-century hand,...
Grant of Bishop Æscwig of Dorchester (975×979–1002) to Ælfstan
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Bishop Æscwig of Dorchester grants five hides (mansae) at Cuxham, Oxfordshire to his man Ælfstan; dated 995 (for 994), with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 1379). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Æthelredus rex’, ‘Cuceshamme’, and ‘Ælfstano’.
Grant of King Harthacnut of England and Denmark (r. 1040–1042) to Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester (d. 1047)
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King Harthacnut grants one hide (mansa) at Seolescumb (probably Coomb in East Meon, Hampshire) to to Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester; dated 1042, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 994). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ þis is þare hide boc to seoles cumbe.’; and in a 16th-century hand [?].
Grant of King Edward the Confessor (d. 1042–1066) to Old Minster, Winchester
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King Edward grants land at Bransbury, Hampshire, and at Forde and Hertone saci to Old Minster, Winchester; Latin.; dated 1046, spurious (Sawyer, no. 1016). Endorsed in a 15th century hand, ‘Brandesbury‘, and in a 16th-century hand.
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821), to Swithnoth, comes
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King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants one sulung (aratrum) near Chart Sutton, Kent, with swine-pastures, to Swithnoth, comes; dated 814 (Sawyer, no. 173). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ be cert Suiðnoðes boec.’; and in a later hand, ‘tunes boec’.
Will of Wulfgeat of Donington, Shropshire, including bequests of land at Tardebigge, Worcestershire, as burial-fee (possibly to Donington church); also land at Kilsall, in Shropshire, Evenlode in Gloucestershire, and at Roden, Shropshire, to his wife; land at Donington and Thornbury, Herefordshi...