Source: CharterS1291
Description
Beorhthelm, bishop, records the restoration to the bishopric and minster of Selsey by King Eadwig of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige. The lands recovered comprise 42 hides (tributarii) at Selsey, Wittering, Itchenor, Birdham, Egesawyda, Brinfast and Sidlesham, 7 hides (cassati) at Aldingbourne and Lidsey, 8 at [Amberley and] Houghton, 4 at Coldwaltham and 9 at (North) Mundham, all in Sussex.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1291 |
| Birch |
997 |
| Kemble |
464 |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Selsey No. 20 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Selsey |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
957 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
957 |
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Notes
*Barker 1949, pp. 86-8; Whitelock 1973, p. 235, cannot be accepted as it stands; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134, on detail of formulation; Brooks 1984, pp. 240-1, p. 376 n. 113; Kelly, Selsey, pp. lxix-lxxiii, 88-91, some authentic basis but details of transation may reflect later tampering and revisions, reference to Amberley a later interpolation; cf. S 232
Event/Transaction List
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Source Reference |
Short Description |
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Event |
S1291 |
Beorhthelm 20, bishop, records the restoration to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1 by King Eadwig 4 of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45. The lands recovered comprise 42 hides (tributarii) at Selsey, Wittering, Itchenor, Birdham, Egesawyda, Brinfast and Sidlesham, 7 hides (cassati) at Aldingbourne and Lidsey, 8 at [Amberley and] Houghton, 4 at Coldwaltham and 9 at (North) Mundham, all in Sussex |
| 2 |
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Transaction |
S1291 |
King Eadwig 4 to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1; restoration of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45 in return for a grant by Bishop Beorhthelm 20 of 100 mancuses of pure gold |
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Transaction |
S1291 |
Ælfsige 45 from to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1; seizure of
42 hides (tributarii) at Selsey, Wittering, Itchenor, Birdham, Egesawyda, Brinfast and Sidlesham, 7 hides (cassati) at Aldingbourne and Lidsey, 8 at [Amberley and] Houghton, 4 at Coldwaltham and 9 at (North) Mundham, all in Sussex |
| 4 |
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Transaction |
S1291 |
King Eadwig 4 to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1; restoration of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45 in return for a grant by Bishop Beorhthelm 20 of 100 mancuses of pure gold |
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