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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Name Ædered, Archbishop of Canterbury Level [40] File

1. Stowe Ch 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 19
Title:
Grant of King Alfred of the West Saxons (r. 871–899) and Archbishop Æthelred of Canterbury (d. 888) to Liaba
Scope & Content:
[King Alfred of the West Saxons and] Archbishop Æthelred, with the familia of Christ Church, Canterbury, grant land at Ileden, Kent, to Liaba, son of Birgwine, in return for 25 mancuses of gold; with an English note, dated 873 (Sawyer, no. 344). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ ðis is sia bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
873
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2. Stowe Ch 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 20
Title:
Will of Ealdorman Alfred
Scope & Content:
Will of Ealdorman Alfred; 871 × 889 (Sawyer, no. 1508). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Þis is ęlfredes ęrfe geƿrit.’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Testamentum elfredi ducis.’ and ‘.anglice.’
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
871-889
Extent:

Parchment leaf

3. Stowe Ch 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 21
Title:
Grant of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons (d. 858) to Eadred
Scope & Content:
King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons and of the men of Kent grants land at Horton (near Canterbury), Kent, to Eadred; dated 874 for 839 × 844, perhaps 844 (Sawyer, no. 319). With additional material about the subsequent descent of the estate, and a notice of the purchase of a portion of the land b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century-2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf