Ælfric 87 (Male) Ealdorman of Hampshire, ?x992-1016
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Notes: BDDAB, pp. 10-11; Harmer, Writs, p. 549; Hart, ECNE, pp. 266-7; Ann Williams, ‘Ælfric (d. 1016)’, ODNB.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (9)

Alfric (1)

 ASC (C-F)  992 F(Lat.)

Alfricus (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1003 F(Lat.)

Ealfric (1)

 ASC (C-F)  992 E

[Alfricu]s (1)

 ASC (C-F)  992 F(Lat.)

Ælfric (5)

 ASC (C-F)  992 CDEF(OE)
 ASC (C-F)  993 CDE
 ASC (C-F)  1003 CDEF(OE)
 ASC (C-F)  1016 CDEF(OE)
 S1420   

Personal Information (1)

moral (1)

 ASC (C-F)  1003 CDEF(OE) (He [sc Ælfric 87] displayed his old wiles.)

Office (84)

Dux (74)

 ASC (C-F)  992 F(Lat.)
 ASC (C-F)  1003 F(Lat.)
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Ealdorman (10)

 ASC (C-F)  992 CDEF(OE)
 ASC (C-F)  993 CDE
 ASC (C-F)  1003 CDEF(OE)
 ASC (C-F)  1016 CDEF(OE)
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 S946   
 S1420   
 Æthelred.Laws   

Status (1)

Comes (1)

 S869   

Personal Relationship (1)

~ Son (Consanguineal kinship) of Ælfric 87 (1)

 Ælfgar 6: of Ælfric 87: ASC (C-F)  993 CDE

Event (90)

Adultery (1)

 S901 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfric 46: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfric 46, archbishop; grant of 24 hides (mansae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., including land comprising 17 hides to the west of the river Isbourne (i.e. at Dumbleton), 2 hides in the common land at Aston Somerville, Gloucs., and 5 hides of woodland at Fleferth (? Kington near Flyford Flavell, Worcs.), in return for 50 talents. The land had been forfeited by a woman [Anonymous 927] for adultery.: S901    (1002)

Advice/counsel (2)

 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)
 Æthelred 32.infringing upon the liberty of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32, in his youth, was persuaded by Bishop Wulfgar 28 and Ealdorman Ælfric 87 to infringe upon the liberty of Abingdon 1 by accepting money from Ælfric 87 in return for his appointment of Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, as abbot of the house. : S876    (978 x 993)

Alms-giving (2)

 S884 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Muchelney 1: King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær 18: S884    (995)
 Æthelred 32.writ concerning Chilcomb S946: King Æthelred 32 to Ealdorman Ælfric 87, Wulfmær 19, Æthelweard 41, and all the thegns in Hampshire, informing them that he had received a land book relating to the estate at Chilcomb which had been read in front of him. The alms which his forefathers gave to the holy place at the start of Christianity and which the wise King Alfred 8 afterwards renewed was read out in front of him. He commands that Chilcomb be assessed at 1 hide.: S946    (984 x 1001)

Assembly (1)

 S877 - seizure of Wulfbald 3's property and it donation to the king: Charter from a great moot at London detailing and condemning the crimes of Wulfbald 3. The judgement is embedded in a grant by Æthelred 32 to his mother, Ælfthryth 8, of land forfeited by Wulfbald 3.: S877    (989)

Assistance (1)

 S926 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Godwine 23: King Æthelred 32 to Godwine 23, bishop of Rochester; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Fen Stanton and Hilton, Hunts., previously fofeited by Æthelflæd 20 for helping her exiled brother, Ealdorman Leofsige 17: S926    (1012)

Battle (1)

 Anonymi 2193.capture of ship: They [sc. Anonymi 2193] took the ship, completed armed and equipped on which the ealdorman [sc. Ælfric 87] was.: ASC (C-F)  992 CDE (992)

Bequeathing/will-making (3)

 S889 - Æthelred 32 restoring land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster; restoration of a messuage (haga) in Winchester with a fishery at Bræge (Brentford, Middx.). Ælfswith 9, matrona, had promised the Winchester haga to Old Minster after her death, but the bequest had been blocked.: S889    (996)
 S906 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges and lands of Burton 1: King Æthelred 32 to Burton 1 Abbey; confirmation of privileges and lands granted by Wulfric 52 as in his will (S 1536): S906    (1004)
 S911 - Æthelred 32 confirming foundation endowment of Eynsham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Eynsham 1 Abbey; confirmation of the foundation by Æthelmær 22, the endowment including (a) 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Eynsham 1 [acquired from his father Æthelweard 23 in exchange for 3 hides at Upottery, Devon; 10 at Little Compton, Warwicks.; 10 at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; and 13 at Scildforda]; (b) 5 hides at Shipton-on-Cherwell and the vill at Shifford, Oxon [granted by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, dux, and bequeathed by Leofwine 32 to Æthelmær 22]; (c) Mickleton, Gloucs. [granted by charter by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, and bequeathed by Byrhtnoth 1 to Æthelmær 22]; (d) 5 hides at Burton [given to Æthelmær 22 by Æthelweard 23]; (e) 1.5 hides at Marlcliff in Bidford-on-Avon and 2 at Bentley in Holt, Worcs. [among lands forfeited by Leofflæd 3, for which Æthelmær 22 gave 30 pounds to King Edgar 11]; (f) 10 hides at Yarnton, Oxon. [acquired from Godwine 34, in exchange for 5 hides at Studley, Warwicks. or Oxon., and 10 at Chesterton, Warwicks. or Oxon.]; (g) 20 hides at Esher, Surrey [granted by Beorhthelm 29, bishop, to Æthelweard, and bequeathed by Æthelweard 23 to his son, Æthelmær 22]; (h) land at Thames Ditton, Surrey (cf. S 847); and (i) Rameslege (lost, corresponds with Brede, Sussex) [bequeathed to Eynsham by Wulfin (Wulfwynn 5), Æthelmær 22's kinswoman]: S911    (1005)

Book circulating/making/reading/translating/writing (1)

 Æthelred 32.writ concerning Chilcomb S946: King Æthelred 32 to Ealdorman Ælfric 87, Wulfmær 19, Æthelweard 41, and all the thegns in Hampshire, informing them that he had received a land book relating to the estate at Chilcomb which had been read in front of him. The alms which his forefathers gave to the holy place at the start of Christianity and which the wise King Alfred 8 afterwards renewed was read out in front of him. He commands that Chilcomb be assessed at 1 hide.: S946    (984 x 1001)

Charter-witnessing (76)

 S1378 - Æscwig 3 returning land to Ælfric 46: Æscwig 3, bishop of Dorchester, to Ælfric 46, archbishop, and Christ Church, Canterbury; return of land at Monks Risborough, Bucks., mortgaged to him by Archbishop Sigeric 9: S1378    (995)
 S1379 - Æscwig 3 granting land to Ælfstan 63: Æscwig 3, bishop of Dorchester, to Ælfstan 63, his man; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Cuxham, Oxon.: S1379    (994)
 S1380 - Sigeric 9 confirming grant of Wulfrun 8 to Wolverhampton: Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, confirms a grant by Wulfrun 8 for the monastery at Wolverhampton 1 of land at Upper Arley, Worcs.; Eswich (? Ashwood), Bilston, Willenhall, Wednesfield, Pelsall, Ogley, Hilton near Wall, Hatherton, Kinvaston, Hilton near Wolverhampton, and Featherstone, all in Staffs.: S1380    (994)
 S1420 - Ælfsige 81 granting land to Wulfmær 20: Ælfsige 81, abbot, and the community of New Minster, Winchester, to Wulfmær 20; lease, for his life and his wife's [Anonymous 931], of one hide at Barton Stacey, with reversion of this and a further hide at Drayton, Hants., to the minster.: S1420    (995 x 1005)
 S843 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Abingdon, St Mary's: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon, St Mary's; grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Arncott, Oxon.: S843    (983)
 S844 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfnoth 19: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfnoth 19, his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) at Westwuda (? Westwood, Wilts.), previously held by Sealemudda 1 (cf. rubric): S844    (983)
 S845 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelgar 8: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelgar 8, bishop (of Selsey); grant of a meadow (Hyde Moors) in the northern part of Winchester, Hants.: S845    (983)
 S846 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelmær 13: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelmær 13, dux; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Clyffe Pypard, Wilts.: S846    (983)
 S848 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelwine 6: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelwine 6, his minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Clyffe Pypard, Wilts.: S848    (983)
 S850 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Shaftesbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Shaftesbury 1 Abbey; confirmation of 20 hides (mansae) at Tisbury, Wilts., and woodland at Sfgcnyllebar (? Sedgehill bær): S850    (984)
 S851 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfgar 32: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfgar 32, his man; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Drayton and 1.5 at Sutton, Berks.: S851    (983)
 S852 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfheah 43: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfheah 43, his minister; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Osanlea: S852    (984)
 S855 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Beorhtric 14: King Æthelred 32 to Beorhtric 14, his minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) on the river Kennet (at Leverton near Hungerford, Berks.), previously held by Æthelric 31, rusticus: S855    (984)
 S856 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelric 33: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelric 33, his minister; grant of 17 hides (cassati) at Harwell, Berks.: S856    (985)
 S857 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Alfred 50: King Æthelred 32 to Alfred 50, his amicus; grant of 11 hides (mansae) at Michelmersh, Hants.: S857    (985)
 S858 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofwine 52: King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 52, his minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Wootton, Berks.: S858    (985)
 S860 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfrun 7: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfrun 7; grant of 10 hides (cassati), comprising 9 at Wolverhampton and 1 (manens) at Trescott, Staffs.: S860    (985)
 S861 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfgar 27: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfgar 27, his minister; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Ebbesborne, Wilts.: S861    (986)
 S862 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wenoth 1: King Æthelred 32 to Wenoth 1, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Littleton on Severn, Gloucs.: S862    (986)
 S864 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelsige 24: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelsige 24, his minister; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at Bromley, Kent: S864    (987)
 S865 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelwald 60: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelwald 60; grant of 10 hides (manentia) at Manningford Abbots, Wilts.: S865    (987)
 S867 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofwine 27: King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 27, his venator; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Westwood, Wilts., and 3 perticae in the common land at Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset: S867    (987)
 S868 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfgar 27: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfgar 27 , his minister, or, according to the rubric, bishop; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Wylye, Wilts., previously held by Æthelwald 53 and his brother, Ælfhelm 12: S868    (988)
 S869 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelgar 8: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelgar 8, bishop (of Selsey); grant of 7 hides (manentia) at South Heighton, Sussex, granted to Æthelgar 8 by Ælfric 87, comes, in exchange for land at Lamburna: S869    (988)
 S870 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelnoth 39: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelnoth 39, his faithful minister; grant of a messuage (curtis) in Wilton, Wilts., associated with St Benedict's church: S870    (988)
 S872 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofstan 16: King Æthelred 32 to Leofstan 16, his minister; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Colworth in Oving, Sussex, and a messuage (haga) in Chichester: S872    (988)
 S874 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelweard 31: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelweard 31, his minister; grant of 15 hides (tributaria) at Wootton St Lawrence, Hants., with nine messuages (hagan) in Winchester, a meadow at Basingstoke and a mill at Hines clifæ: S874    (990)
 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)
 S877 - seizure of Wulfbald 3's property and it donation to the king: Charter from a great moot at London detailing and condemning the crimes of Wulfbald 3. The judgement is embedded in a grant by Æthelred 32 to his mother, Ælfthryth 8, of land forfeited by Wulfbald 3.: S877    (989)
 S878 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52, his minister; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Abbots Bromley, Staffs.: S878    (996)
 S879 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52, his minister: grant of land at Pillaton, near Penkridge, Staffs.: S879    (996)
 S880 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ealdred 42: King Æthelred 32 to Ealdred 42, bishop of Cornwall; grant of privileges: S880    (994)
 S881 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wilton: King Æthelred 32 to Wilton, St Mary's Church; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Fovant, Wilts.: S881    (994)
 S882 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Æscwig 3: King Æthelred 32 to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); confirmation of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. The land had been sold to Æscwig 3 by Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the Danes threatening Canterbury.: S882    (995)
 S883 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelwig 3: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelwig 3, his miles; grant of 5 hides (mansi) at Ardley, Oxon., forfeited by three brothers [Ælfnoth 20, Ælfric 77, Æthelwine 22]: S883    (995)
 S884 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Muchelney 1: King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær 18: S884    (995)
 S885 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Rochester 1: King Æthelred 32 to the bishopric of Rochester 1; restoration of 6 hides or sulungs (mansae or sulunga) at Wouldham and 1 hide (mansa) at Littlebrook, Kent, with swine-pastures in the Weald: S885    (995)
 S886 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52 Spot: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52 (Spot), his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) in the common land at Dumbleton, Gloucs., forfeited by Æthelsige 25 for theft, granted by the king to Hawase 1, his man, and now exchanged by Hawase 1 for other land belonging to Wulfric 52.: S886    (995)
 S887 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Eadric 35, Eadwig 14 and Ealdred 39: King Æthelred 32 to Eadric 35, Eadwig 14 and Ealdred 39, brothers; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Bynsingtun land (? Benson, Oxon.): S887    (996)
 S888 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans Abbey; grant of 8 hides (mansae) in St Albans, comprising 4 at Burston in St Stephens and 4 at Wincelfelda (lost, also in St Stephens), and also 9 haga in the town, and 8 iugera at Westwick in St Michaels, Herts.: S888    (996)
 S889 - Æthelred 32 restoring land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster; restoration of a messuage (haga) in Winchester with a fishery at Bræge (Brentford, Middx.). Ælfswith 9, matrona, had promised the Winchester haga to Old Minster after her death, but the bequest had been blocked.: S889    (996)
 S890 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfwald 55: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfwald 55, bishop; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Sandford, Devon: S890    (997)
 S891 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster 1; restoration of 100 hides (mansae), comprising 55 at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. The land had been granted by King Cenwealh 2 (cf. S 229), confirmed (?) by King Cynewulf 4, restored by King Ecgberht 10 (cf. S 275) and again by King Eadred 16 (cf. S 540) and King Edgar 11 (cf. S 819, 821).: S891    (997)
 S892 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofwine 49: King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 49, dux: grant of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks. The land had been forfeited by Wistan 4 for murder.: S892    (998)
 S895 - Æthelred 32 confirming lands of Wulfsige 36 and Sherborne 1: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfsige 36, bishop, and Sherborne 1 Abbey; permission to convert the community to the Benedictine Rule, and confirmation of land at Stockland in Sherborne, Dorset; 9 hides (cassati) at Holcombe Rogus, Devon; 15 at Halstock, 7 at Thornford, 10 at Bradford Abbas, 5 at Oborne, 8 at Stalbridge Weston, 20 in Stalbridge, all in Dorset; 10 at Wulfheardigstoke; 8 at (Nether and Over) Compton, Dorset; 2 in Osanstoke; and 1 hide (mansa) at Lyme, Dorset: S895    (998)
 S896 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Abingdon, St Mary's: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon, St Mary's; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at South Cerney, Gloucs.: S896    (999)
 S897 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Abingdon 1 and Wulfgar 31: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon 1 Abbey and Abbot Wulfgar 31; grant of 5 hides (mansorum culturae), comprising 3 at Drayton and 2 at Sutton Courtenay, Berks, formerly belonging to Wulfgar 32, the king's pincerna: S897    (1000)
 S898 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Clofi 1: King Æthelred 32 to Clofi 1; grant of 25 hides (mansi) at Long Itchington and Arley, Warwicks.: S898    (1001)
 S899 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Shaftesbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Shaftesbury 1 Abbey; grant of the cenobium of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts., with land at Bradford: S899    (1001)
 S900 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfhelm 8: (a) King Æthelred 32 to Ælfhelm 8, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Codicote, Herts., in return for 152 mancuses of gold. (b) Ælfhelm grants the land to St Albans: S900    (1002)
 S901 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfric 46: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfric 46, archbishop; grant of 24 hides (mansae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., including land comprising 17 hides to the west of the river Isbourne (i.e. at Dumbleton), 2 hides in the common land at Aston Somerville, Gloucs., and 5 hides of woodland at Fleferth (? Kington near Flyford Flavell, Worcs.), in return for 50 talents. The land had been forfeited by a woman [Anonymous 927] for adultery.: S901    (1002)
 S902 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Godwine 34: King Æthelred 32 to Godwine 34, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Little Haseley, Oxon., in return for 30 mancuses of gold: S902    (1002)
 S903 - Æthelred 32 exchanging with Westminster 1: King Æthelred 32 to Westminster 1 Abbey; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Berewican, near Tyburn, Middx, in return for 100 mancuses of gold: S903    (1002)
 S904 - Æthelred 32 granting privileges to Wherwell 1 and Heanflæd 1: King Æthelred 32 to Abbess Heanflæd 1 and Wherwell 1 Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of 70 hides (mansae) in the vicinity of the abbey, and grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Æthelingadene (East and West Dean, Sussex), previously belonging to Queen Ælfthryth 8. With note, dated 1008, confirming 29 messuages in Winchester to the abbey and granting 10 hides (mansae) at Bullington, Hants.: S904    (1002)
 S905 - Æthelred 32 leasing land to Æthelred 35: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelred 35, his faithful man; lease, for the lives of himself and his wife [Anonymous 949], of land in Canterbury and of 6 agri outside the city, in return for 7 pounds, with reversion to Canterbury, Christ Church: S905    (1002)
 S906 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges and lands of Burton 1: King Æthelred 32 to Burton 1 Abbey; confirmation of privileges and lands granted by Wulfric 52 as in his will (S 1536): S906    (1004)
 S907 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ely 1: King Æthelred 32 to Ely 1 Abbey; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Littlebury, Essex: S907    (1004)
 S909 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Oxford, St Frideswide's: King Æthelred 32 to Oxford, St Frideswide's 1 Abbey; confirmation of 10 hides at Upper Winchendon, Bucks., and 3 at Whitehill in Tackley, 3 at Cowley, 3 at Cutslow, and land at Headington, all Oxon.: S909    (1004)
 S911 - Æthelred 32 confirming foundation endowment of Eynsham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Eynsham 1 Abbey; confirmation of the foundation by Æthelmær 22, the endowment including (a) 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Eynsham 1 [acquired from his father Æthelweard 23 in exchange for 3 hides at Upottery, Devon; 10 at Little Compton, Warwicks.; 10 at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; and 13 at Scildforda]; (b) 5 hides at Shipton-on-Cherwell and the vill at Shifford, Oxon [granted by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, dux, and bequeathed by Leofwine 32 to Æthelmær 22]; (c) Mickleton, Gloucs. [granted by charter by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, and bequeathed by Byrhtnoth 1 to Æthelmær 22]; (d) 5 hides at Burton [given to Æthelmær 22 by Æthelweard 23]; (e) 1.5 hides at Marlcliff in Bidford-on-Avon and 2 at Bentley in Holt, Worcs. [among lands forfeited by Leofflæd 3, for which Æthelmær 22 gave 30 pounds to King Edgar 11]; (f) 10 hides at Yarnton, Oxon. [acquired from Godwine 34, in exchange for 5 hides at Studley, Warwicks. or Oxon., and 10 at Chesterton, Warwicks. or Oxon.]; (g) 20 hides at Esher, Surrey [granted by Beorhthelm 29, bishop, to Æthelweard, and bequeathed by Æthelweard 23 to his son, Æthelmær 22]; (h) land at Thames Ditton, Surrey (cf. S 847); and (i) Rameslege (lost, corresponds with Brede, Sussex) [bequeathed to Eynsham by Wulfin (Wulfwynn 5), Æthelmær 22's kinswoman]: S911    (1005)
 S912 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of 1 hide (cassata) at Flamstead and 5 at St Albans, Herts., with renewal of extensive liberties granted by King Offa 7. Abbot Leofric 37 had given 200 pounds of gold and silver to the king to pay off the Danes [Anonymi 2653], receiving in exchange these 6 hides and 55 hides at Eadulfinctun; but now he has returned Eadulfinctun: S912    (1005)
 S914 - Æthelred 32 refounding Canterbury, Christ Church: King Æthelred 32 to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; refoundation of the monastic community and confirmation of land at Eastry, Ickham, Bossington, Adisham, Appledore, Swarling, Preston, Graveney, Westwell, Chart and Farleigh, Kent; at Patching, Sussex; at Meopham and Cooling in West Kent; at Walworth, Surrey; at Risborough, Bucks.; at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; at Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; and in Thanet: S914    (1002)
 S915 - Æthelred 32 exchanging with Ælfgar 32: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfgar 32, his prepositus; grant of 8 hides (mansi) at Waltham St Lawrence, Berks., in return for 300 mancuses of gold and silver: S915    (1007)
 S916 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa 7 but subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Æthelred 32 by Leofsige 17, dux, and purchased for St Albans 1 by Archbishop Ælfric 46 and Abbot Leofric 30: S916    (1007)
 S918 - Æthelred 32 restoring land to Abingdon, St Mary's: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon, St Mary's 1; restitution of 20 hides (mansi) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts., and grant of a prediolum at Cricklade, Wilts.: S918    (1008)
 S921 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Athelney 1: King Æthelred 32 to Athelney 1 Abbey; grant of 3 perticae at Hamp, near Bridgewater, Somerset: S921    (1009)
 S922 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Morcar 2: King Æthelred 32 to Morcar 2, his minister; grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Weston upon Trent, 1 at Marley, 1 at Smalley and Kidsley, 1 at Crich, and 1 at Ingleby, Derbys.: S922    (1009)
 S926 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Godwine 23: King Æthelred 32 to Godwine 23, bishop of Rochester; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Fen Stanton and Hilton, Hunts., previously fofeited by Æthelflæd 20 for helping her exiled brother, Ealdorman Leofsige 17: S926    (1012)
 S927 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofric 37: King Æthelred 32 to Leofric 37, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Whitchurch, Oxon., forfeited by a different Leofric 38: S927    (1012 x 1013)
 S931 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Northman 5: King Æthelred 32 to Northman 5, miles; grant of 3.5 hides (cassati) at Twywell, Northants.: S931    (1013)
 S931a - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sigered 11: King Æthelred 32 to Sigered 11; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Hatfield, Essex: S931a    (1013)
 S931b - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sigered 11: King Æthelred 32 to Sigered 11, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at (East or West) Horndon, Essex: S931b    (1014)
 S933 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Æthelred 32 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 13 or 16 hides (mansiunculae) at Corscombe, Dorset. The estate had belonged to Sherborne 1 in Edgar 11's reign, been leased out for two lives and then sold to Ealdorman [dux] Eadric 35, and later bought back by Wulfgar 33, famulus of Sherborne 1.: S933    (1014)
 S935 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Evesham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Evesham 1 Abbey; restitution of 1 hide (mansa) at Maugersbury, Gloucs., seized by Wulfric 84 Ripa: S935    (1016)
 S942 - Æthelred 32 granting land to South Stoneham: King Æthelred 32 to the church of South Stoneham, St Peter and All Saints; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Hinton Ampner, Hants.: S942    (990)
 S944 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Anonymous 971: King Æthelred 32 to ? [Anonymous 971]; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Weston in South Stoneham, Hants.: S944    (990)
 Various.confirming exchange between Wynnflæd 5 and Ælfric 81 S1454: Wynnflæd 5 produced her witnesses at Woolmer before King Æthelred 32 to bear witness that Ælfric 81 gave her land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berks., in return for land at Datchet, Bucks.. The king then sent to Leofwine 34 by the archbishop and those who acted as witnesses along with him, and informed him of this but he would not agree, unless the matter were referred to the shire court.: S1454    (990 x 992)

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (1)

 S914 - Æthelred 32 refounding Canterbury, Christ Church: King Æthelred 32 to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; refoundation of the monastic community and confirmation of land at Eastry, Ickham, Bossington, Adisham, Appledore, Swarling, Preston, Graveney, Westwell, Chart and Farleigh, Kent; at Patching, Sussex; at Meopham and Cooling in West Kent; at Walworth, Surrey; at Risborough, Bucks.; at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; at Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; and in Thanet: S914    (1002)

Confirmation of land/privileges (13)

 S1380 - Sigeric 9 confirming grant of Wulfrun 8 to Wolverhampton: Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, confirms a grant by Wulfrun 8 for the monastery at Wolverhampton 1 of land at Upper Arley, Worcs.; Eswich (? Ashwood), Bilston, Willenhall, Wednesfield, Pelsall, Ogley, Hilton near Wall, Hatherton, Kinvaston, Hilton near Wolverhampton, and Featherstone, all in Staffs.: S1380    (994)
 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)
 S882 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Æscwig 3: King Æthelred 32 to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); confirmation of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. The land had been sold to Æscwig 3 by Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the Danes threatening Canterbury.: S882    (995)
 S884 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Muchelney 1: King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær 18: S884    (995)
 S891 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster 1; restoration of 100 hides (mansae), comprising 55 at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. The land had been granted by King Cenwealh 2 (cf. S 229), confirmed (?) by King Cynewulf 4, restored by King Ecgberht 10 (cf. S 275) and again by King Eadred 16 (cf. S 540) and King Edgar 11 (cf. S 819, 821).: S891    (997)
 S895 - Æthelred 32 confirming lands of Wulfsige 36 and Sherborne 1: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfsige 36, bishop, and Sherborne 1 Abbey; permission to convert the community to the Benedictine Rule, and confirmation of land at Stockland in Sherborne, Dorset; 9 hides (cassati) at Holcombe Rogus, Devon; 15 at Halstock, 7 at Thornford, 10 at Bradford Abbas, 5 at Oborne, 8 at Stalbridge Weston, 20 in Stalbridge, all in Dorset; 10 at Wulfheardigstoke; 8 at (Nether and Over) Compton, Dorset; 2 in Osanstoke; and 1 hide (mansa) at Lyme, Dorset: S895    (998)
 S904 - Æthelred 32 granting privileges to Wherwell 1 and Heanflæd 1: King Æthelred 32 to Abbess Heanflæd 1 and Wherwell 1 Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of 70 hides (mansae) in the vicinity of the abbey, and grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Æthelingadene (East and West Dean, Sussex), previously belonging to Queen Ælfthryth 8. With note, dated 1008, confirming 29 messuages in Winchester to the abbey and granting 10 hides (mansae) at Bullington, Hants.: S904    (1002)
 S906 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges and lands of Burton 1: King Æthelred 32 to Burton 1 Abbey; confirmation of privileges and lands granted by Wulfric 52 as in his will (S 1536): S906    (1004)
 S909 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Oxford, St Frideswide's: King Æthelred 32 to Oxford, St Frideswide's 1 Abbey; confirmation of 10 hides at Upper Winchendon, Bucks., and 3 at Whitehill in Tackley, 3 at Cowley, 3 at Cutslow, and land at Headington, all Oxon.: S909    (1004)
 S911 - Æthelred 32 confirming foundation endowment of Eynsham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Eynsham 1 Abbey; confirmation of the foundation by Æthelmær 22, the endowment including (a) 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Eynsham 1 [acquired from his father Æthelweard 23 in exchange for 3 hides at Upottery, Devon; 10 at Little Compton, Warwicks.; 10 at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; and 13 at Scildforda]; (b) 5 hides at Shipton-on-Cherwell and the vill at Shifford, Oxon [granted by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, dux, and bequeathed by Leofwine 32 to Æthelmær 22]; (c) Mickleton, Gloucs. [granted by charter by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, and bequeathed by Byrhtnoth 1 to Æthelmær 22]; (d) 5 hides at Burton [given to Æthelmær 22 by Æthelweard 23]; (e) 1.5 hides at Marlcliff in Bidford-on-Avon and 2 at Bentley in Holt, Worcs. [among lands forfeited by Leofflæd 3, for which Æthelmær 22 gave 30 pounds to King Edgar 11]; (f) 10 hides at Yarnton, Oxon. [acquired from Godwine 34, in exchange for 5 hides at Studley, Warwicks. or Oxon., and 10 at Chesterton, Warwicks. or Oxon.]; (g) 20 hides at Esher, Surrey [granted by Beorhthelm 29, bishop, to Æthelweard, and bequeathed by Æthelweard 23 to his son, Æthelmær 22]; (h) land at Thames Ditton, Surrey (cf. S 847); and (i) Rameslege (lost, corresponds with Brede, Sussex) [bequeathed to Eynsham by Wulfin (Wulfwynn 5), Æthelmær 22's kinswoman]: S911    (1005)
 S912 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of 1 hide (cassata) at Flamstead and 5 at St Albans, Herts., with renewal of extensive liberties granted by King Offa 7. Abbot Leofric 37 had given 200 pounds of gold and silver to the king to pay off the Danes [Anonymi 2653], receiving in exchange these 6 hides and 55 hides at Eadulfinctun; but now he has returned Eadulfinctun: S912    (1005)
 S914 - Æthelred 32 refounding Canterbury, Christ Church: King Æthelred 32 to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; refoundation of the monastic community and confirmation of land at Eastry, Ickham, Bossington, Adisham, Appledore, Swarling, Preston, Graveney, Westwell, Chart and Farleigh, Kent; at Patching, Sussex; at Meopham and Cooling in West Kent; at Walworth, Surrey; at Risborough, Bucks.; at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; at Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; and in Thanet: S914    (1002)
 Æthelred 32.writ concerning Chilcomb S946: King Æthelred 32 to Ealdorman Ælfric 87, Wulfmær 19, Æthelweard 41, and all the thegns in Hampshire, informing them that he had received a land book relating to the estate at Chilcomb which had been read in front of him. The alms which his forefathers gave to the holy place at the start of Christianity and which the wise King Alfred 8 afterwards renewed was read out in front of him. He commands that Chilcomb be assessed at 1 hide.: S946    (984 x 1001)

Council-meeting, ecclesiastical (1)

 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)

Crime (2)

 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)
 S877 - seizure of Wulfbald 3's property and it donation to the king: Charter from a great moot at London detailing and condemning the crimes of Wulfbald 3. The judgement is embedded in a grant by Æthelred 32 to his mother, Ælfthryth 8, of land forfeited by Wulfbald 3.: S877    (989)

Death/dying (1)

 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)

Desertion, military (1)

 Ælfric 87.desertion of fierd (Anonymi 2192): Ælfric 87 deserted from the fierd (Anonymi 2192) on the night before he should have done battle.: ASC (C-F)  992 CDEF(OE and Lat.) (992)

Disputing/dispute-settling (1)

 Various.confirming exchange between Wynnflæd 5 and Ælfric 81 S1454: Wynnflæd 5 produced her witnesses at Woolmer before King Æthelred 32 to bear witness that Ælfric 81 gave her land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berks., in return for land at Datchet, Bucks.. The king then sent to Leofwine 34 by the archbishop and those who acted as witnesses along with him, and informed him of this but he would not agree, unless the matter were referred to the shire court.: S1454    (990 x 992)

Exile (1)

 S926 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Godwine 23: King Æthelred 32 to Godwine 23, bishop of Rochester; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Fen Stanton and Hilton, Hunts., previously fofeited by Æthelflæd 20 for helping her exiled brother, Ealdorman Leofsige 17: S926    (1012)

Forfeiture (9)

 S877 - seizure of Wulfbald 3's property and it donation to the king: Charter from a great moot at London detailing and condemning the crimes of Wulfbald 3. The judgement is embedded in a grant by Æthelred 32 to his mother, Ælfthryth 8, of land forfeited by Wulfbald 3.: S877    (989)
 S883 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelwig 3: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelwig 3, his miles; grant of 5 hides (mansi) at Ardley, Oxon., forfeited by three brothers [Ælfnoth 20, Ælfric 77, Æthelwine 22]: S883    (995)
 S886 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52 Spot: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52 (Spot), his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) in the common land at Dumbleton, Gloucs., forfeited by Æthelsige 25 for theft, granted by the king to Hawase 1, his man, and now exchanged by Hawase 1 for other land belonging to Wulfric 52.: S886    (995)
 S892 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofwine 49: King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 49, dux: grant of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks. The land had been forfeited by Wistan 4 for murder.: S892    (998)
 S901 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfric 46: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfric 46, archbishop; grant of 24 hides (mansae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., including land comprising 17 hides to the west of the river Isbourne (i.e. at Dumbleton), 2 hides in the common land at Aston Somerville, Gloucs., and 5 hides of woodland at Fleferth (? Kington near Flyford Flavell, Worcs.), in return for 50 talents. The land had been forfeited by a woman [Anonymous 927] for adultery.: S901    (1002)
 S911 - Æthelred 32 confirming foundation endowment of Eynsham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Eynsham 1 Abbey; confirmation of the foundation by Æthelmær 22, the endowment including (a) 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Eynsham 1 [acquired from his father Æthelweard 23 in exchange for 3 hides at Upottery, Devon; 10 at Little Compton, Warwicks.; 10 at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; and 13 at Scildforda]; (b) 5 hides at Shipton-on-Cherwell and the vill at Shifford, Oxon [granted by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, dux, and bequeathed by Leofwine 32 to Æthelmær 22]; (c) Mickleton, Gloucs. [granted by charter by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, and bequeathed by Byrhtnoth 1 to Æthelmær 22]; (d) 5 hides at Burton [given to Æthelmær 22 by Æthelweard 23]; (e) 1.5 hides at Marlcliff in Bidford-on-Avon and 2 at Bentley in Holt, Worcs. [among lands forfeited by Leofflæd 3, for which Æthelmær 22 gave 30 pounds to King Edgar 11]; (f) 10 hides at Yarnton, Oxon. [acquired from Godwine 34, in exchange for 5 hides at Studley, Warwicks. or Oxon., and 10 at Chesterton, Warwicks. or Oxon.]; (g) 20 hides at Esher, Surrey [granted by Beorhthelm 29, bishop, to Æthelweard, and bequeathed by Æthelweard 23 to his son, Æthelmær 22]; (h) land at Thames Ditton, Surrey (cf. S 847); and (i) Rameslege (lost, corresponds with Brede, Sussex) [bequeathed to Eynsham by Wulfin (Wulfwynn 5), Æthelmær 22's kinswoman]: S911    (1005)
 S916 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa 7 but subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Æthelred 32 by Leofsige 17, dux, and purchased for St Albans 1 by Archbishop Ælfric 46 and Abbot Leofric 30: S916    (1007)
 S926 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Godwine 23: King Æthelred 32 to Godwine 23, bishop of Rochester; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Fen Stanton and Hilton, Hunts., previously fofeited by Æthelflæd 20 for helping her exiled brother, Ealdorman Leofsige 17: S926    (1012)
 S927 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofric 37: King Æthelred 32 to Leofric 37, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Whitchurch, Oxon., forfeited by a different Leofric 38: S927    (1012 x 1013)

Gafol payment (2)

 S882 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Æscwig 3: King Æthelred 32 to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); confirmation of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. The land had been sold to Æscwig 3 by Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the Danes threatening Canterbury.: S882    (995)
 S912 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of 1 hide (cassata) at Flamstead and 5 at St Albans, Herts., with renewal of extensive liberties granted by King Offa 7. Abbot Leofric 37 had given 200 pounds of gold and silver to the king to pay off the Danes [Anonymi 2653], receiving in exchange these 6 hides and 55 hides at Eadulfinctun; but now he has returned Eadulfinctun: S912    (1005)

Grant and Gift (64)

 S1379 - Æscwig 3 granting land to Ælfstan 63: Æscwig 3, bishop of Dorchester, to Ælfstan 63, his man; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Cuxham, Oxon.: S1379    (994)
 S843 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Abingdon, St Mary's: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon, St Mary's; grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Arncott, Oxon.: S843    (983)
 S844 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfnoth 19: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfnoth 19, his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) at Westwuda (? Westwood, Wilts.), previously held by Sealemudda 1 (cf. rubric): S844    (983)
 S845 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelgar 8: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelgar 8, bishop (of Selsey); grant of a meadow (Hyde Moors) in the northern part of Winchester, Hants.: S845    (983)
 S846 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelmær 13: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelmær 13, dux; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Clyffe Pypard, Wilts.: S846    (983)
 S848 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelwine 6: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelwine 6, his minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Clyffe Pypard, Wilts.: S848    (983)
 S850 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Shaftesbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Shaftesbury 1 Abbey; confirmation of 20 hides (mansae) at Tisbury, Wilts., and woodland at Sfgcnyllebar (? Sedgehill bær): S850    (984)
 S851 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfgar 32: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfgar 32, his man; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Drayton and 1.5 at Sutton, Berks.: S851    (983)
 S852 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfheah 43: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfheah 43, his minister; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Osanlea: S852    (984)
 S855 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Beorhtric 14: King Æthelred 32 to Beorhtric 14, his minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) on the river Kennet (at Leverton near Hungerford, Berks.), previously held by Æthelric 31, rusticus: S855    (984)
 S856 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelric 33: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelric 33, his minister; grant of 17 hides (cassati) at Harwell, Berks.: S856    (985)
 S857 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Alfred 50: King Æthelred 32 to Alfred 50, his amicus; grant of 11 hides (mansae) at Michelmersh, Hants.: S857    (985)
 S858 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofwine 52: King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 52, his minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Wootton, Berks.: S858    (985)
 S860 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfrun 7: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfrun 7; grant of 10 hides (cassati), comprising 9 at Wolverhampton and 1 (manens) at Trescott, Staffs.: S860    (985)
 S861 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfgar 27: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfgar 27, his minister; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Ebbesborne, Wilts.: S861    (986)
 S862 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wenoth 1: King Æthelred 32 to Wenoth 1, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Littleton on Severn, Gloucs.: S862    (986)
 S864 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelsige 24: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelsige 24, his minister; grant of 10 sulungs (aratra) at Bromley, Kent: S864    (987)
 S865 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelwald 60: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelwald 60; grant of 10 hides (manentia) at Manningford Abbots, Wilts.: S865    (987)
 S867 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofwine 27: King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 27, his venator; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Westwood, Wilts., and 3 perticae in the common land at Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset: S867    (987)
 S868 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfgar 27: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfgar 27 , his minister, or, according to the rubric, bishop; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Wylye, Wilts., previously held by Æthelwald 53 and his brother, Ælfhelm 12: S868    (988)
 S869 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelgar 8: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelgar 8, bishop (of Selsey); grant of 7 hides (manentia) at South Heighton, Sussex, granted to Æthelgar 8 by Ælfric 87, comes, in exchange for land at Lamburna: S869    (988)
 S870 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelnoth 39: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelnoth 39, his faithful minister; grant of a messuage (curtis) in Wilton, Wilts., associated with St Benedict's church: S870    (988)
 S872 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofstan 16: King Æthelred 32 to Leofstan 16, his minister; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Colworth in Oving, Sussex, and a messuage (haga) in Chichester: S872    (988)
 S874 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelweard 31: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelweard 31, his minister; grant of 15 hides (tributaria) at Wootton St Lawrence, Hants., with nine messuages (hagan) in Winchester, a meadow at Basingstoke and a mill at Hines clifæ: S874    (990)
 S877 - seizure of Wulfbald 3's property and it donation to the king: Charter from a great moot at London detailing and condemning the crimes of Wulfbald 3. The judgement is embedded in a grant by Æthelred 32 to his mother, Ælfthryth 8, of land forfeited by Wulfbald 3.: S877    (989)
 S878 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52, his minister; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Abbots Bromley, Staffs.: S878    (996)
 S879 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52, his minister: grant of land at Pillaton, near Penkridge, Staffs.: S879    (996)
 S880 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ealdred 42: King Æthelred 32 to Ealdred 42, bishop of Cornwall; grant of privileges: S880    (994)
 S881 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wilton: King Æthelred 32 to Wilton, St Mary's Church; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Fovant, Wilts.: S881    (994)
 S883 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelwig 3: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelwig 3, his miles; grant of 5 hides (mansi) at Ardley, Oxon., forfeited by three brothers [Ælfnoth 20, Ælfric 77, Æthelwine 22]: S883    (995)
 S884 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Muchelney 1: King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær 18: S884    (995)
 S886 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52 Spot: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52 (Spot), his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) in the common land at Dumbleton, Gloucs., forfeited by Æthelsige 25 for theft, granted by the king to Hawase 1, his man, and now exchanged by Hawase 1 for other land belonging to Wulfric 52.: S886    (995)
 S887 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Eadric 35, Eadwig 14 and Ealdred 39: King Æthelred 32 to Eadric 35, Eadwig 14 and Ealdred 39, brothers; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Bynsingtun land (? Benson, Oxon.): S887    (996)
 S888 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans Abbey; grant of 8 hides (mansae) in St Albans, comprising 4 at Burston in St Stephens and 4 at Wincelfelda (lost, also in St Stephens), and also 9 haga in the town, and 8 iugera at Westwick in St Michaels, Herts.: S888    (996)
 S890 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfwald 55: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfwald 55, bishop; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Sandford, Devon: S890    (997)
 S891 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster 1; restoration of 100 hides (mansae), comprising 55 at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. The land had been granted by King Cenwealh 2 (cf. S 229), confirmed (?) by King Cynewulf 4, restored by King Ecgberht 10 (cf. S 275) and again by King Eadred 16 (cf. S 540) and King Edgar 11 (cf. S 819, 821).: S891    (997)
 S892 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofwine 49: King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 49, dux: grant of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks. The land had been forfeited by Wistan 4 for murder.: S892    (998)
 S896 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Abingdon, St Mary's: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon, St Mary's; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at South Cerney, Gloucs.: S896    (999)
 S897 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Abingdon 1 and Wulfgar 31: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon 1 Abbey and Abbot Wulfgar 31; grant of 5 hides (mansorum culturae), comprising 3 at Drayton and 2 at Sutton Courtenay, Berks, formerly belonging to Wulfgar 32, the king's pincerna: S897    (1000)
 S898 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Clofi 1: King Æthelred 32 to Clofi 1; grant of 25 hides (mansi) at Long Itchington and Arley, Warwicks.: S898    (1001)
 S899 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Shaftesbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Shaftesbury 1 Abbey; grant of the cenobium of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts., with land at Bradford: S899    (1001)
 S900 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfhelm 8: (a) King Æthelred 32 to Ælfhelm 8, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Codicote, Herts., in return for 152 mancuses of gold. (b) Ælfhelm grants the land to St Albans: S900    (1002)
 S901 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfric 46: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfric 46, archbishop; grant of 24 hides (mansae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., including land comprising 17 hides to the west of the river Isbourne (i.e. at Dumbleton), 2 hides in the common land at Aston Somerville, Gloucs., and 5 hides of woodland at Fleferth (? Kington near Flyford Flavell, Worcs.), in return for 50 talents. The land had been forfeited by a woman [Anonymous 927] for adultery.: S901    (1002)
 S902 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Godwine 34: King Æthelred 32 to Godwine 34, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Little Haseley, Oxon., in return for 30 mancuses of gold: S902    (1002)
 S903 - Æthelred 32 exchanging with Westminster 1: King Æthelred 32 to Westminster 1 Abbey; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Berewican, near Tyburn, Middx, in return for 100 mancuses of gold: S903    (1002)
 S904 - Æthelred 32 granting privileges to Wherwell 1 and Heanflæd 1: King Æthelred 32 to Abbess Heanflæd 1 and Wherwell 1 Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of 70 hides (mansae) in the vicinity of the abbey, and grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Æthelingadene (East and West Dean, Sussex), previously belonging to Queen Ælfthryth 8. With note, dated 1008, confirming 29 messuages in Winchester to the abbey and granting 10 hides (mansae) at Bullington, Hants.: S904    (1002)
 S907 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ely 1: King Æthelred 32 to Ely 1 Abbey; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Littlebury, Essex: S907    (1004)
 S911 - Æthelred 32 confirming foundation endowment of Eynsham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Eynsham 1 Abbey; confirmation of the foundation by Æthelmær 22, the endowment including (a) 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Eynsham 1 [acquired from his father Æthelweard 23 in exchange for 3 hides at Upottery, Devon; 10 at Little Compton, Warwicks.; 10 at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; and 13 at Scildforda]; (b) 5 hides at Shipton-on-Cherwell and the vill at Shifford, Oxon [granted by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, dux, and bequeathed by Leofwine 32 to Æthelmær 22]; (c) Mickleton, Gloucs. [granted by charter by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, and bequeathed by Byrhtnoth 1 to Æthelmær 22]; (d) 5 hides at Burton [given to Æthelmær 22 by Æthelweard 23]; (e) 1.5 hides at Marlcliff in Bidford-on-Avon and 2 at Bentley in Holt, Worcs. [among lands forfeited by Leofflæd 3, for which Æthelmær 22 gave 30 pounds to King Edgar 11]; (f) 10 hides at Yarnton, Oxon. [acquired from Godwine 34, in exchange for 5 hides at Studley, Warwicks. or Oxon., and 10 at Chesterton, Warwicks. or Oxon.]; (g) 20 hides at Esher, Surrey [granted by Beorhthelm 29, bishop, to Æthelweard, and bequeathed by Æthelweard 23 to his son, Æthelmær 22]; (h) land at Thames Ditton, Surrey (cf. S 847); and (i) Rameslege (lost, corresponds with Brede, Sussex) [bequeathed to Eynsham by Wulfin (Wulfwynn 5), Æthelmær 22's kinswoman]: S911    (1005)
 S912 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of 1 hide (cassata) at Flamstead and 5 at St Albans, Herts., with renewal of extensive liberties granted by King Offa 7. Abbot Leofric 37 had given 200 pounds of gold and silver to the king to pay off the Danes [Anonymi 2653], receiving in exchange these 6 hides and 55 hides at Eadulfinctun; but now he has returned Eadulfinctun: S912    (1005)
 S915 - Æthelred 32 exchanging with Ælfgar 32: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfgar 32, his prepositus; grant of 8 hides (mansi) at Waltham St Lawrence, Berks., in return for 300 mancuses of gold and silver: S915    (1007)
 S916 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa 7 but subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Æthelred 32 by Leofsige 17, dux, and purchased for St Albans 1 by Archbishop Ælfric 46 and Abbot Leofric 30: S916    (1007)
 S918 - Æthelred 32 restoring land to Abingdon, St Mary's: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon, St Mary's 1; restitution of 20 hides (mansi) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts., and grant of a prediolum at Cricklade, Wilts.: S918    (1008)
 S921 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Athelney 1: King Æthelred 32 to Athelney 1 Abbey; grant of 3 perticae at Hamp, near Bridgewater, Somerset: S921    (1009)
 S922 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Morcar 2: King Æthelred 32 to Morcar 2, his minister; grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Weston upon Trent, 1 at Marley, 1 at Smalley and Kidsley, 1 at Crich, and 1 at Ingleby, Derbys.: S922    (1009)
 S926 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Godwine 23: King Æthelred 32 to Godwine 23, bishop of Rochester; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Fen Stanton and Hilton, Hunts., previously fofeited by Æthelflæd 20 for helping her exiled brother, Ealdorman Leofsige 17: S926    (1012)
 S927 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofric 37: King Æthelred 32 to Leofric 37, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Whitchurch, Oxon., forfeited by a different Leofric 38: S927    (1012 x 1013)
 S931 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Northman 5: King Æthelred 32 to Northman 5, miles; grant of 3.5 hides (cassati) at Twywell, Northants.: S931    (1013)
 S931a - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sigered 11: King Æthelred 32 to Sigered 11; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Hatfield, Essex: S931a    (1013)
 S931b - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sigered 11: King Æthelred 32 to Sigered 11, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at (East or West) Horndon, Essex: S931b    (1014)
 S933 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Æthelred 32 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 13 or 16 hides (mansiunculae) at Corscombe, Dorset. The estate had belonged to Sherborne 1 in Edgar 11's reign, been leased out for two lives and then sold to Ealdorman [dux] Eadric 35, and later bought back by Wulfgar 33, famulus of Sherborne 1.: S933    (1014)
 S942 - Æthelred 32 granting land to South Stoneham: King Æthelred 32 to the church of South Stoneham, St Peter and All Saints; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Hinton Ampner, Hants.: S942    (990)
 S944 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Anonymous 971: King Æthelred 32 to ? [Anonymous 971]; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Weston in South Stoneham, Hants.: S944    (990)
 Ælfric 87.S869 exchanging land with Æthelgar 8: Ælfric 87, comes, to Æthelgar 8, bishop (of Selsey); grant of 7 hides (manentia) at South Heighton, Sussex in exchange for land at Lamburna: S869    ( x 988)
 Ælfric 87.buying the abbacy of Abingdon 1 from Æthelred 32: Ealdorman Ælfric 87 to King Æthelred 32; grant of money in return for his brother's, Edwin 15's, appointment as abbot of Abingdon.: S876    ( x 993)

Journey (1)

 Swein 1.leading of here (Anonymi 2224) to Wilton: Swein 1 led the here (Anonymi 2224) into Wilton.: ASC (C-F)  1003 CDEF(OE and Lat.)

Judicial decision/review (2)

 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)
 S877 - seizure of Wulfbald 3's property and it donation to the king: Charter from a great moot at London detailing and condemning the crimes of Wulfbald 3. The judgement is embedded in a grant by Æthelred 32 to his mother, Ælfthryth 8, of land forfeited by Wulfbald 3.: S877    (989)

Killing/murder (2)

 Eadnoth 11.killing with others at Ashingdon: Eadnoth 11 and various other named persons and the duguth of all England (Anonymi 2318) were slain there [sc. at Ashingdon].: ASC (C-F)  1016 CDEF(OE) (1016)
 S892 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Leofwine 49: King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 49, dux: grant of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks. The land had been forfeited by Wistan 4 for murder.: S892    (998)

Lease (4)

 S1420 - Ælfsige 81 granting land to Wulfmær 20: Ælfsige 81, abbot, and the community of New Minster, Winchester, to Wulfmær 20; lease, for his life and his wife's [Anonymous 931], of one hide at Barton Stacey, with reversion of this and a further hide at Drayton, Hants., to the minster.: S1420    (995 x 1005)
 S884 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Muchelney 1: King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær 18: S884    (995)
 S905 - Æthelred 32 leasing land to Æthelred 35: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelred 35, his faithful man; lease, for the lives of himself and his wife [Anonymous 949], of land in Canterbury and of 6 agri outside the city, in return for 7 pounds, with reversion to Canterbury, Christ Church: S905    (1002)
 S933 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Æthelred 32 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 13 or 16 hides (mansiunculae) at Corscombe, Dorset. The estate had belonged to Sherborne 1 in Edgar 11's reign, been leased out for two lives and then sold to Ealdorman [dux] Eadric 35, and later bought back by Wulfgar 33, famulus of Sherborne 1.: S933    (1014)

Liturgical celebration (1)

 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)

Meeting (1)

 Various.confirming exchange between Wynnflæd 5 and Ælfric 81 S1454: Wynnflæd 5 produced her witnesses at Woolmer before King Æthelred 32 to bear witness that Ælfric 81 gave her land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berks., in return for land at Datchet, Bucks.. The king then sent to Leofwine 34 by the archbishop and those who acted as witnesses along with him, and informed him of this but he would not agree, unless the matter were referred to the shire court.: S1454    (990 x 992)

Message-sending (1)

 Ælfric 87.warning to here (Anonymi 2193): Then Ælfric 87 sent and ordered that the here (Anonymi 2193) be warned.: ASC (C-F)  992 CDEF(OE and Lat.) (992)

Military strategy (1)

 Anonymi 2225.advance towards Anonymi 2224: [The fierd] (Anonymi 2225) very single-mindedly advanced towards the here (Anonymi 2224).: ASC (C-F)  1003 CDE

Monastery, violation of (2)

 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)
 Æthelred 32.infringing upon the liberty of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32, in his youth, was persuaded by Bishop Wulfgar 28 and Ealdorman Ælfric 87 to infringe upon the liberty of Abingdon 1 by accepting money from Ælfric 87 in return for his appointment of Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, as abbot of the house. : S876    (978 x 993)

Monastic reform (1)

 S895 - Æthelred 32 confirming lands of Wulfsige 36 and Sherborne 1: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfsige 36, bishop, and Sherborne 1 Abbey; permission to convert the community to the Benedictine Rule, and confirmation of land at Stockland in Sherborne, Dorset; 9 hides (cassati) at Holcombe Rogus, Devon; 15 at Halstock, 7 at Thornford, 10 at Bradford Abbas, 5 at Oborne, 8 at Stalbridge Weston, 20 in Stalbridge, all in Dorset; 10 at Wulfheardigstoke; 8 at (Nether and Over) Compton, Dorset; 2 in Osanstoke; and 1 hide (mansa) at Lyme, Dorset: S895    (998)

Peace agreement (1)

 Æthelred 32.law making II: These are the terms of the truce and the agreement which King Æthelred 32 and all his councillors have made with the fleet led by Olaf 5 [Anlaf] and Justin 1 [Iustin] and Guthmund 3 the son of Stegita 1. In the first place, a general truce shall be established between King Æthelred 32 and all his subjects and the whole fleet to which the king has paid tribute, in accordance with the terms which Archbishop Sigeric 9 and Ealdorman Æthelweard 2 and Ealdorman Ælfric 87 made, when they obtained the king's permission to purchase peace for the districts which subject to him, they ruled over.: Æthelred.Laws   

Penance (1)

 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)

Policy decision (1)

 Æthelred 32.assigning of leaders of fierd (Anonymi 2192): The king [sc. Æthelred 32] then entrusted the leadership of the fierd (Anonymi 2192) to various named persons.: ASC (C-F)  992 CDE (992)

Property-buying/purchasing (4)

 S884 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Muchelney 1: King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær 18: S884    (995)
 S912 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of 1 hide (cassata) at Flamstead and 5 at St Albans, Herts., with renewal of extensive liberties granted by King Offa 7. Abbot Leofric 37 had given 200 pounds of gold and silver to the king to pay off the Danes [Anonymi 2653], receiving in exchange these 6 hides and 55 hides at Eadulfinctun; but now he has returned Eadulfinctun: S912    (1005)
 S916 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa 7 but subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Æthelred 32 by Leofsige 17, dux, and purchased for St Albans 1 by Archbishop Ælfric 46 and Abbot Leofric 30: S916    (1007)
 S933 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Æthelred 32 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 13 or 16 hides (mansiunculae) at Corscombe, Dorset. The estate had belonged to Sherborne 1 in Edgar 11's reign, been leased out for two lives and then sold to Ealdorman [dux] Eadric 35, and later bought back by Wulfgar 33, famulus of Sherborne 1.: S933    (1014)

Property-exchanging (6)

 S869 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Æthelgar 8: King Æthelred 32 to Æthelgar 8, bishop (of Selsey); grant of 7 hides (manentia) at South Heighton, Sussex, granted to Æthelgar 8 by Ælfric 87, comes, in exchange for land at Lamburna: S869    (988)
 S886 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52 Spot: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52 (Spot), his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) in the common land at Dumbleton, Gloucs., forfeited by Æthelsige 25 for theft, granted by the king to Hawase 1, his man, and now exchanged by Hawase 1 for other land belonging to Wulfric 52.: S886    (995)
 S911 - Æthelred 32 confirming foundation endowment of Eynsham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Eynsham 1 Abbey; confirmation of the foundation by Æthelmær 22, the endowment including (a) 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Eynsham 1 [acquired from his father Æthelweard 23 in exchange for 3 hides at Upottery, Devon; 10 at Little Compton, Warwicks.; 10 at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; and 13 at Scildforda]; (b) 5 hides at Shipton-on-Cherwell and the vill at Shifford, Oxon [granted by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, dux, and bequeathed by Leofwine 32 to Æthelmær 22]; (c) Mickleton, Gloucs. [granted by charter by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, and bequeathed by Byrhtnoth 1 to Æthelmær 22]; (d) 5 hides at Burton [given to Æthelmær 22 by Æthelweard 23]; (e) 1.5 hides at Marlcliff in Bidford-on-Avon and 2 at Bentley in Holt, Worcs. [among lands forfeited by Leofflæd 3, for which Æthelmær 22 gave 30 pounds to King Edgar 11]; (f) 10 hides at Yarnton, Oxon. [acquired from Godwine 34, in exchange for 5 hides at Studley, Warwicks. or Oxon., and 10 at Chesterton, Warwicks. or Oxon.]; (g) 20 hides at Esher, Surrey [granted by Beorhthelm 29, bishop, to Æthelweard, and bequeathed by Æthelweard 23 to his son, Æthelmær 22]; (h) land at Thames Ditton, Surrey (cf. S 847); and (i) Rameslege (lost, corresponds with Brede, Sussex) [bequeathed to Eynsham by Wulfin (Wulfwynn 5), Æthelmær 22's kinswoman]: S911    (1005)
 S912 - Æthelred 32 granting land to St Albans: King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of 1 hide (cassata) at Flamstead and 5 at St Albans, Herts., with renewal of extensive liberties granted by King Offa 7. Abbot Leofric 37 had given 200 pounds of gold and silver to the king to pay off the Danes [Anonymi 2653], receiving in exchange these 6 hides and 55 hides at Eadulfinctun; but now he has returned Eadulfinctun: S912    (1005)
 Various.confirming exchange between Wynnflæd 5 and Ælfric 81 S1454: Wynnflæd 5 produced her witnesses at Woolmer before King Æthelred 32 to bear witness that Ælfric 81 gave her land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berks., in return for land at Datchet, Bucks.. The king then sent to Leofwine 34 by the archbishop and those who acted as witnesses along with him, and informed him of this but he would not agree, unless the matter were referred to the shire court.: S1454    (990 x 992)
 Ælfric 87.S869 exchanging land with Æthelgar 8: Ælfric 87, comes, to Æthelgar 8, bishop (of Selsey); grant of 7 hides (manentia) at South Heighton, Sussex in exchange for land at Lamburna: S869    ( x 988)

Property-giving/selling (8)

 S882 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Æscwig 3: King Æthelred 32 to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); confirmation of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. The land had been sold to Æscwig 3 by Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the Danes threatening Canterbury.: S882    (995)
 S900 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfhelm 8: (a) King Æthelred 32 to Ælfhelm 8, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Codicote, Herts., in return for 152 mancuses of gold. (b) Ælfhelm grants the land to St Albans: S900    (1002)
 S901 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Ælfric 46: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfric 46, archbishop; grant of 24 hides (mansae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., including land comprising 17 hides to the west of the river Isbourne (i.e. at Dumbleton), 2 hides in the common land at Aston Somerville, Gloucs., and 5 hides of woodland at Fleferth (? Kington near Flyford Flavell, Worcs.), in return for 50 talents. The land had been forfeited by a woman [Anonymous 927] for adultery.: S901    (1002)
 S902 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Godwine 34: King Æthelred 32 to Godwine 34, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Little Haseley, Oxon., in return for 30 mancuses of gold: S902    (1002)
 S903 - Æthelred 32 exchanging with Westminster 1: King Æthelred 32 to Westminster 1 Abbey; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Berewican, near Tyburn, Middx, in return for 100 mancuses of gold: S903    (1002)
 S911 - Æthelred 32 confirming foundation endowment of Eynsham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Eynsham 1 Abbey; confirmation of the foundation by Æthelmær 22, the endowment including (a) 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Eynsham 1 [acquired from his father Æthelweard 23 in exchange for 3 hides at Upottery, Devon; 10 at Little Compton, Warwicks.; 10 at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; and 13 at Scildforda]; (b) 5 hides at Shipton-on-Cherwell and the vill at Shifford, Oxon [granted by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, dux, and bequeathed by Leofwine 32 to Æthelmær 22]; (c) Mickleton, Gloucs. [granted by charter by King Edgar 11 to Byrhtnoth 1, and bequeathed by Byrhtnoth 1 to Æthelmær 22]; (d) 5 hides at Burton [given to Æthelmær 22 by Æthelweard 23]; (e) 1.5 hides at Marlcliff in Bidford-on-Avon and 2 at Bentley in Holt, Worcs. [among lands forfeited by Leofflæd 3, for which Æthelmær 22 gave 30 pounds to King Edgar 11]; (f) 10 hides at Yarnton, Oxon. [acquired from Godwine 34, in exchange for 5 hides at Studley, Warwicks. or Oxon., and 10 at Chesterton, Warwicks. or Oxon.]; (g) 20 hides at Esher, Surrey [granted by Beorhthelm 29, bishop, to Æthelweard, and bequeathed by Æthelweard 23 to his son, Æthelmær 22]; (h) land at Thames Ditton, Surrey (cf. S 847); and (i) Rameslege (lost, corresponds with Brede, Sussex) [bequeathed to Eynsham by Wulfin (Wulfwynn 5), Æthelmær 22's kinswoman]: S911    (1005)
 S915 - Æthelred 32 exchanging with Ælfgar 32: King Æthelred 32 to Ælfgar 32, his prepositus; grant of 8 hides (mansi) at Waltham St Lawrence, Berks., in return for 300 mancuses of gold and silver: S915    (1007)
 S933 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Æthelred 32 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 13 or 16 hides (mansiunculae) at Corscombe, Dorset. The estate had belonged to Sherborne 1 in Edgar 11's reign, been leased out for two lives and then sold to Ealdorman [dux] Eadric 35, and later bought back by Wulfgar 33, famulus of Sherborne 1.: S933    (1014)

Property-transacting (1)

 S1378 - Æscwig 3 returning land to Ælfric 46: Æscwig 3, bishop of Dorchester, to Ælfric 46, archbishop, and Christ Church, Canterbury; return of land at Monks Risborough, Bucks., mortgaged to him by Archbishop Sigeric 9: S1378    (995)

Restoration of land/property (7)

 S1378 - Æscwig 3 returning land to Ælfric 46: Æscwig 3, bishop of Dorchester, to Ælfric 46, archbishop, and Christ Church, Canterbury; return of land at Monks Risborough, Bucks., mortgaged to him by Archbishop Sigeric 9: S1378    (995)
 S876 - Æthelred 32 confirming privileges of Abingdon 1: King Æthelred 32 mentioned the [unspecified ] difficulties which he and his kingdom had faced since the death of his mentor, Æthelwold 1. The king was penitent for the decisions taken in his youth with the counsel of greedy men - Bishop Wulfgar 28, Ealdorman Ælfric 87 - and for being persuaded to infringe on the liberty of Abingdon 1 in return for money. This liberty Æthelwold had acquired for the monastery from the kings Eadred 16, Eadwig 4, and Edgar 11. A synod was conveyed in Winchester at Pentecost to renew / restore the lost liberty. Æthelred 32 here renounces the payment he accepted from Ælfric 87 in return for awarding Edwin 15, Ælfric 87's brother, the abbacy. The confirmation of the synod's conclusions was made in the oratory at Gillingham after the celebration of mass in the presence of the king, Abbot Ælfsige 81, Æthelmær 22, and Ordwulf 4, the king's uncle. Æthelred 32 gave lordship of Abingdon to Abbot Wulfgar 28; his successor was to be chosen by the brethren in accordance with : S876    (993)
 S885 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Rochester 1: King Æthelred 32 to the bishopric of Rochester 1; restoration of 6 hides or sulungs (mansae or sulunga) at Wouldham and 1 hide (mansa) at Littlebrook, Kent, with swine-pastures in the Weald: S885    (995)
 S889 - Æthelred 32 restoring land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster; restoration of a messuage (haga) in Winchester with a fishery at Bræge (Brentford, Middx.). Ælfswith 9, matrona, had promised the Winchester haga to Old Minster after her death, but the bequest had been blocked.: S889    (996)
 S891 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Winchester, Old Minster: King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster 1; restoration of 100 hides (mansae), comprising 55 at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. The land had been granted by King Cenwealh 2 (cf. S 229), confirmed (?) by King Cynewulf 4, restored by King Ecgberht 10 (cf. S 275) and again by King Eadred 16 (cf. S 540) and King Edgar 11 (cf. S 819, 821).: S891    (997)
 S918 - Æthelred 32 restoring land to Abingdon, St Mary's: King Æthelred 32 to Abingdon, St Mary's 1; restitution of 20 hides (mansi) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts., and grant of a prediolum at Cricklade, Wilts.: S918    (1008)
 S935 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Evesham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Evesham 1 Abbey; restitution of 1 hide (mansa) at Maugersbury, Gloucs., seized by Wulfric 84 Ripa: S935    (1016)

Seizure of land (1)

 S935 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Evesham 1: King Æthelred 32 to Evesham 1 Abbey; restitution of 1 hide (mansa) at Maugersbury, Gloucs., seized by Wulfric 84 Ripa: S935    (1016)

Theft/attempted theft (1)

 S886 - Æthelred 32 granting land to Wulfric 52 Spot: King Æthelred 32 to Wulfric 52 (Spot), his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) in the common land at Dumbleton, Gloucs., forfeited by Æthelsige 25 for theft, granted by the king to Hawase 1, his man, and now exchanged by Hawase 1 for other land belonging to Wulfric 52.: S886    (995)

Treaty (1)

 Æthelred 32.law making II: These are the terms of the truce and the agreement which King Æthelred 32 and all his councillors have made with the fleet led by Olaf 5 [Anlaf] and Justin 1 [Iustin] and Guthmund 3 the son of Stegita 1. In the first place, a general truce shall be established between King Æthelred 32 and all his subjects and the whole fleet to which the king has paid tribute, in accordance with the terms which Archbishop Sigeric 9 and Ealdorman Æthelweard 2 and Ealdorman Ælfric 87 made, when they obtained the king's permission to purchase peace for the districts which subject to him, they ruled over.: Æthelred.Laws   

Writ-issuing/sending (1)

 Æthelred 32.writ concerning Chilcomb S946: King Æthelred 32 to Ealdorman Ælfric 87, Wulfmær 19, Æthelweard 41, and all the thegns in Hampshire, informing them that he had received a land book relating to the estate at Chilcomb which had been read in front of him. The alms which his forefathers gave to the holy place at the start of Christianity and which the wise King Alfred 8 afterwards renewed was read out in front of him. He commands that Chilcomb be assessed at 1 hide.: S946    (984 x 1001)