Event: Grant and GiftAlfred 8.gifts to Asser 1 of monasteries of Congresbury and Banwell, etc.
Scholarly Info
| Description |
Alfred 8 presented Asser 1 with Congresbury and Banwell. |
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Primary Source Info
| Date from Source |
Christmas eve at daybreak. |
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Notes:
*On the inventories see @Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 264 n. 191 and on the monasteries, @Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 264 n. 192.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Alfred 8
(the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899) : At daybreak on Christmas eve Alfred 8 presented Asser 1 with inventories of the monasteries of Congresbury and Banwell. On the same day he presented him with these two monasteries and their contents, as well as a silk cloak.
- Recipient:
Asser 1
(Bishop of Sherborne, 890x900-909)
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