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

1. Stowe Ch 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 22
Title:
Renewal of King Edward of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924), with Æthelred (d. 911) and Æthelflæd (d. 918), rulers of the Mercians, for Æthelferth, dux
Scope & Content:
King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd of the Mercians, renews for Æthelferth, dux, the charter destroyed by fire by which Athulf had granted 30 hides (cassati) at Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire, to Æthelgyth, his daughter; dated 903, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 367). Endorsed in a 10...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2. Stowe Ch 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 23
Title:
Grant of Archbishop Plegmund (d. 914) to Byrhtræd
Scope & Content:
Archbishop Plegmund grants a three-year lease of 80 acres (iugera) at Wæfincg mersc, Kent, to Byrhtræd, in return for a payment of 385 pence; dated 924, for 905 or 920, probably 905 (Sawyer, no. 1288). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Plegmundus archiepiscopus dedit byrhtrede .lxxx. iugera ƿef...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf