Wigheard 11 (Male) Witness to Worcs. charters, fl. 892-904
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Factoid List

Recorded Name (3)

Wigheard (3)

 S1416   
 S1442   
 S1446   

Event (5)

Bequeathing/will-making (1)

 S1442 - settlement between Winchcombe 1 and Worcester 1: Cenwulf 3, king, left charters converying his inheritance. The charters stated that after him, no heir should have the power to give or convey the inheritance, which belongs to Winchcombe 1, to any man for a longer term than one life. In 897, Æthelwulf 21 read the charters and found that 5 manentes at (Upton) Bockley were in the possession of Wullaf 5 who claimed that Cynethryth 4 had given the land to his father [Anonymous 689] for 3 lives and that Ælfflæd 8 had added 3 more. It was adjudged by Æthelred 1 that Cenwulf 3's original ruling must stand. Wullaf 5 gave over the charters to Æthelwulf 21, dux, on the understanding that he would hold the land in his lifetime and that it would then pass to Worcester 1.: S1442    (897)

Charter-witnessing (5)

 S1281 - Wærfrith 6 leasing land to Wulfsige 20: Wærfrith 6, bishop, with the Worcester 1 community, to Wulfsige 20, his reeve; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide at Aston Magna, Gloucs., just as Herred 4 held it: S1281    (904)
 S1283 - Wærfrith 6 leasing land to Cyneswith 4: Wærfrith 6, bishop, to Cyneswith 4, his kinswoman; lease, for three lives, of 3 hides at Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucs., with reversion to Bishop's Cleeve, for the bishopric. The other 2 hides at Elmstone Hardwicke, of the 5 hides leased by the community to Bishop Wærfrith 6 (cf. S 1415), are to belong to Prestbury for as long as the lease runs.: S1283    (899 x 904)
 S1416 - Wærfrith 6 leases land to himself: Bishop Wærfrith 6, with the agreement of the familia at Worcester 1, arranges for himself the lease, for four lives, of 3 hides (manentes) at South Hethfeld and of land at Hreodhalh: S1416    (892)
 S1442 - settlement between Winchcombe 1 and Worcester 1: Cenwulf 3, king, left charters converying his inheritance. The charters stated that after him, no heir should have the power to give or convey the inheritance, which belongs to Winchcombe 1, to any man for a longer term than one life. In 897, Æthelwulf 21 read the charters and found that 5 manentes at (Upton) Bockley were in the possession of Wullaf 5 who claimed that Cynethryth 4 had given the land to his father [Anonymous 689] for 3 lives and that Ælfflæd 8 had added 3 more. It was adjudged by Æthelred 1 that Cenwulf 3's original ruling must stand. Wullaf 5 gave over the charters to Æthelwulf 21, dux, on the understanding that he would hold the land in his lifetime and that it would then pass to Worcester 1.: S1442    (897)
 S1446 - Wærfrith 6-Eadnoth 4 settling dispute: Settlement of a dispute between Wærfrith 6, bishop, and Eadnoth 4, concerning land at Sodbury, Gloucs. : S1446    (903)

Disputing/dispute-settling (2)

 S1442 - settlement between Winchcombe 1 and Worcester 1: Cenwulf 3, king, left charters converying his inheritance. The charters stated that after him, no heir should have the power to give or convey the inheritance, which belongs to Winchcombe 1, to any man for a longer term than one life. In 897, Æthelwulf 21 read the charters and found that 5 manentes at (Upton) Bockley were in the possession of Wullaf 5 who claimed that Cynethryth 4 had given the land to his father [Anonymous 689] for 3 lives and that Ælfflæd 8 had added 3 more. It was adjudged by Æthelred 1 that Cenwulf 3's original ruling must stand. Wullaf 5 gave over the charters to Æthelwulf 21, dux, on the understanding that he would hold the land in his lifetime and that it would then pass to Worcester 1.: S1442    (897)
 S1446 - Wærfrith 6-Eadnoth 4 settling dispute: Settlement of a dispute between Wærfrith 6, bishop, and Eadnoth 4, concerning land at Sodbury, Gloucs. : S1446    (903)

Law-making/legislation (1)

 S1442 - settlement between Winchcombe 1 and Worcester 1: Cenwulf 3, king, left charters converying his inheritance. The charters stated that after him, no heir should have the power to give or convey the inheritance, which belongs to Winchcombe 1, to any man for a longer term than one life. In 897, Æthelwulf 21 read the charters and found that 5 manentes at (Upton) Bockley were in the possession of Wullaf 5 who claimed that Cynethryth 4 had given the land to his father [Anonymous 689] for 3 lives and that Ælfflæd 8 had added 3 more. It was adjudged by Æthelred 1 that Cenwulf 3's original ruling must stand. Wullaf 5 gave over the charters to Æthelwulf 21, dux, on the understanding that he would hold the land in his lifetime and that it would then pass to Worcester 1.: S1442    (897)

Lease (3)

 S1281 - Wærfrith 6 leasing land to Wulfsige 20: Wærfrith 6, bishop, with the Worcester 1 community, to Wulfsige 20, his reeve; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide at Aston Magna, Gloucs., just as Herred 4 held it: S1281    (904)
 S1283 - Wærfrith 6 leasing land to Cyneswith 4: Wærfrith 6, bishop, to Cyneswith 4, his kinswoman; lease, for three lives, of 3 hides at Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucs., with reversion to Bishop's Cleeve, for the bishopric. The other 2 hides at Elmstone Hardwicke, of the 5 hides leased by the community to Bishop Wærfrith 6 (cf. S 1415), are to belong to Prestbury for as long as the lease runs.: S1283    (899 x 904)
 S1416 - Wærfrith 6 leases land to himself: Bishop Wærfrith 6, with the agreement of the familia at Worcester 1, arranges for himself the lease, for four lives, of 3 hides (manentes) at South Hethfeld and of land at Hreodhalh: S1416    (892)

Property-transacting (1)

 S1442 - settlement between Winchcombe 1 and Worcester 1: Cenwulf 3, king, left charters converying his inheritance. The charters stated that after him, no heir should have the power to give or convey the inheritance, which belongs to Winchcombe 1, to any man for a longer term than one life. In 897, Æthelwulf 21 read the charters and found that 5 manentes at (Upton) Bockley were in the possession of Wullaf 5 who claimed that Cynethryth 4 had given the land to his father [Anonymous 689] for 3 lives and that Ælfflæd 8 had added 3 more. It was adjudged by Æthelred 1 that Cenwulf 3's original ruling must stand. Wullaf 5 gave over the charters to Æthelwulf 21, dux, on the understanding that he would hold the land in his lifetime and that it would then pass to Worcester 1.: S1442    (897)