Source: CharterS1511
Description
Will of Beorhtric and Ælfswith, his wife, including bequests of 2 sulungs at Denton and 2 at Longfield, with renders from Hæslholt, Wateringbury, Birling and Harrietsham, all in Kent, to St Andrew's. Rochester; of land at Meopham, Kent, to Christ Church (Canterbury); and of land at Darenth to Beorhtwaru for life with reversion to St Andrew's; of land at Birling to Wulfheah; at Wateringbury to Wulfsige; at Hæslholt to Sired; at Harrietsham to Wulfheah and Ælfheah; at Walkingstead (in Godstone, Surrey) to Wulfstan Ucca; at Stratton in Godstone, Surrey, to Walkingstead minster; and at Titsey, Surrey, to Wulfsige; also confirmation of earlier bequests of land at Fawkham, Bromley and Snodland, all in Kent, to St Andrew's (Rochester).
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1511 |
| Birch |
1132 |
| Kemble |
492 |
| British Academy |
Campbell, Rochester No. 36 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Rochester |
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Source Information
| Language |
Old English |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
975 x 987 |
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Notes
Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 56; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 292-5, on place-names; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 128-92; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xx-xxii, xxv, genuine; Barker 1977, on background; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot; Gelling, ECTV, no. 339, authentic; Brooks 1984, pp. 221, 371 n. 45, on Meopham; Wormald 1986, pp. 157-9, on background; Kennedy 1995, p. 166, on legal background; Flight 1996; cf. S 1457.