Source: CharterS916
Description
King Æthelred to St Albans Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa but subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Æthelred by Leofsige, dux, and purchased for St Albans by Archbishop Ælfric and Abbot Leofric.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
916 |
| Birch |
--- |
| Kemble |
1304 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
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| Archive(s) |
St Alban's |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
1007 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
1007 |
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Notes
*Napier and Stevenson, pp. 133-5, authentic; Price 1897; Andrews 1912; PN Herts., pp. 106, 114, on bounds; Stenton 1955, pp. 78-9; Bishop 1971, p. 15 (no. 17), original, probably written at St Albans; Gelling, ECTV, no. 177, MS 1 original; Keynes 1980, pp. 122-3, 262, original, may have been drawn up at St Albans; Doggett 1984, on bounds; Wormald 1988, no. 71; BA Facs., p. 6; Heslop 1992, p. 308 n. 33, on red initials in MS 1; Dumville 1993, p. 135, on script; Keynes 1993, pp. 265-6, 270, 273, on MSS 2, 3
Edition(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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Napier, A.S. and Stevenson, W.H.
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The Crawford Collection of Early Charters and Documents
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Oxford
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1895 |
24-7 (no. 11) |
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Event/Transaction List
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Factoid Type |
Source Reference |
Short Description |
| 1 |
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Transaction |
S916 |
King Æthelred 32 from Leofsige 17, dux; seizure of 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts. |
| 2 |
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Transaction |
S916 |
Offa 7, king of the Mercians, to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts.. The land was later lost. |
| 3 |
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Transaction |
S916 |
King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa 7 but subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Æthelred 32 by Leofsige 17, dux, and purchased for St Albans 1 by Archbishop Ælfric 46 and Abbot Leofric 30 |
| 4 |
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Event |
S916 |
King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa 7 but subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Æthelred 32 by Leofsige 17, dux, and purchased for St Albans 1 by Archbishop Ælfric 46 and Abbot Leofric 30 |
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