Event: Charter-witnessing, Grant and Gift, Law-making/legislationS223 - Æthelred 1 & Æthelflæd 4 granting rights to Worcester

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Description Æthelred 1, ealdorman, and Æthelflæd 4, with the witness of King Alfred 8, to the church of Worcester, St Peter's; grant of legal and trading rights at Worcester: land-rent, the fine for fighting, or theft, or dishonest trading, and damages to the borough-wall, and all the [fines for] offences which admit of compensation, are to belong half to the lord of the church, for the sake of God and St Peter, exactly as it has been laid done as regards this market-place and the streets; outside the market-place, the bishop is to be entitled to his lands and all his rights.
Year 884 x 889
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