Transaction: Commemoration of the dead, Conspiracy/intent to murder, Forfeiture, Grant and GiftÆthelstan 18 granting land to Malmesbury 1
Scholarly Info
| Description |
King Æthelstan 18 to the familia and church of Malmesbury 1, for the souls of his cousins Æthelwine 13 and Ælfwine 9; grant of 10 hides at Wootton, 60 at Bremhill, 5 at Norton, 5 at Somerford, and 5 at Ewen,, forfeited by Alfred 33 for conspiracy. |
| Year |
937 |
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Notes:
S436, a conflation of S415 and S434-5; all forgeries.
Possessions associated with this Transaction:
Persons associated with this Transaction:
- Agent:
Æthelstan 18
(King of the Anglo-Saxons, 924x925-927 and of the English, 927-939)
- Recipient:
Malmesbury 1
()
- Charter Witness:
Hywel 2
(Dda ap Cadell, king of Deheubarth)
- Charter Witness:
Morgan ab Owain 1
(of Glywysing and Gwent)
- Charter Witness:
Idwal Foel ab Anarawd 1
(King of Greater Gwynedd, d.942)
- Charter Witness:
Eogan mac Domnaill 1
(King of Strathclyde, fl. 931-937)
- Charter Witness:
Wulfhelm 16
(Archbishop of Canterbury, c.926-941; bishop of Wells, 923x925-926x928)
- Charter Witness:
Wulfstan 14
(I, archbishop of York, 931-956)
- Charter Witness:
Burgric 1
(Bishop of Rochester, 933x934-946x964)
- Charter Witness:
Theodred 3
(Bishop of London, 909x926-951x953; and of Elmham)
- Charter Witness:
Ealhfrith 4
(Bishop of Winchester, 862x867-871x877)
- Charter Witness:
Alfred 43
(Bishop of Sherborne, 932x934-939x943; see also Alfred 39)
- Charter Witness:
Wulfhelm 16
(Archbishop of Canterbury, c.926-941; bishop of Wells, 923x925-926x928)
- Charter Witness:
Æthelgar 4
(Bishop of Crediton, 934-952x953)
- Charter Witness:
Oda 1
(Bishop of Ramsbury, c.927-941; Archbishop of Canterbury, 941-958)
- Charter Witness:
Eadhelm 13
(Bishop of Selsey, 956x963-979x980)
- Charter Witness:
Seaxhelm 2
(Bishop, fl. 934-937)
- Charter Witness:
Tidhelm 2
(Bishop of Hereford, 930x931-937)
- Charter Witness:
Ælfwine 10
('Bishop of Worcester' in spurious charter, '937')
- Charter Witness:
Wynnsige 17
(Bishop of Leicester in spurious charter, '937')
- Charter Witness:
Cynesige 2
(Bishop of Lichfield, 946x949–963x964)
- Charter Witness:
Æthelgar 4
(Bishop of Crediton, 934-952x953) : This time mentioned as bishop "of the East Angles".
Locations associated with this Transaction:
- :
( ),
now Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire (Possession Location)
- :
( ),
now Bremhill, Wiltshire (Possession Location)
- :
( ),
now Little Somerford, Wiltshire (Possession Location)
- :
( ),
now Norton, Wiltshire (Possession Location)
- :
( ),
now Ewen, Gloucestershire (Possession Location)