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Author Hemming of Worcester
Source Title Codicellus Possessionum [Wigorniensis] Ecclesie...
Date of composition 1062-1095
Scholarly Source Dating shortly before 1095

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Go to Hemingi Chartularium Ecclesiæ Wigorniensis, 2 vols T. Hearne Hemingi Chartularium Ecclesiæ Wigorniensis, 2 vols Oxford 1723 248-316

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1 Event Hemming.Codicellus  248 In the time of King Æthelred 32 that part of England [i. e. West Midlands] had to pay great and unbearable tribute to Swein 1, king of the Danes, so that even church utensils, of silver and gold, had to be melted down and sold.
2 Event Hemming.Codicellus  249 Cnut 3 put even greater unbearable levy on West Midlands [than in the time of his father Swein 1], and so did Cnut 3's son Harthacnut 1, who also depopulated the area with sword and fire.
3 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  249-250 Northman 10 granted Pendock to Worcester 1, his son Anonymous 10097 becoming a monk there at the same time, when Wulfstan 55 was deacon.
4 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  250-1 Land in Acton Beachamp was held by Ordwig 2 from Worcester 1, but taken from it, on his death, by abbot Æthelwig 15 and later taken from him by Urse 1 who gave the land to his daughter [Emmeline 1] as her dowry.
5 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  251 Simund 2 held land in Shelsley from Worcester 1 until he was deprived of it on the arrival of the Normans.
6 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  251-2 During the reign of Æthelred 32 the church of Worcester 1 lost land to the Danes: earl Hákon 1 seized Clifton on Theme, Homme Castle, Eastham with 'Bastwood', Tenbury Wells and Kyre. After his death, his widow Gunnhildr 2 made various gifts to Worcester 1, including a golden image of the Virgin, but kept the land.
7 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  252-3 Laugherne was held by Anonymi 10051 and then by their son Cyneweard 7 from Worcester 1. the land returned to the monastery on his death, but soon was seized by Robert 20 Dispenser, brother of Urse 1.
8 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  253-4 Ælfgeard 2, husband of Matilda 6, held land from Worcester 1. The land was later acquired by Urse 1 who ceased all service from it.
9 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  254 Cotheridge was held by Earnwig 2 and his brother Spirites 1 from Worcester 1. Spirites 1 was loved by both Harold 5 and Harthacnut 1. After expulsion of Spirites 1 from England the land was seized by Richard 13.
10 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  255 Beorhtheah 2 granted land at Alton and Lower Sapey to his sister's [Anonymous 10098] husband [Anonymous 10099]. On their deaths Richard 13 seized Lower Sapey. Alton was acquired by Æthelric 80, brother of Beorhtheah 2, and given to his son Godric 45.
11 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  256-7 Bishop Ealdred 37 and Wulfstan 55, at that time prior, leased Little Witley to Earnwig 5, a priest of Eadric 48 called Silvaticus (the Wild).
12 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  259-60 Land in Salwarpe was restored to Worcester 1 by Godwine 65, brother of earl Leofric 49, on his death bed, when Wulfstan 55, that time monk and deacon, and Wulfstan 60, later abbot of Gloucester, came to anoint him. After his death, however, his son Æthelwine 55, who, as a hostage, was deprived of hands by the Danes, despised his father's will and, aided by his uncle the said Leofric 49, removed the land from the monastery. For this he perished miserably in the hut of an oxherd and was buried by two of his servants.
13 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  260-1 Wulfstan 55 was unable to recover Hampton Lovett, which had been a possession of Worcester 1 from Earngeat 1 son of Grim 12, who was supported by Earl Leofric 49. Wulfstan 55 made it a condition of Earngeat 1's son [Anonymous 10100] becoming a monk that the monastery should recover the land, or at least that part called Thiccanapeltreo, but he refused, and after his death the land fell into other hands.
14 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  261 Waresley belonged to the monastery of Worcester 1 when Ælfstan 80 was prior and Witheric 1 was provost. Later, under Wulfstan 55, it was leased to Ælfwine 78 son of Beorhtmær 21. After his death all his lands were seized by Urse 1.
15 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  261-2 Earl Leofric 49 son of Leofwine 49 held a number of lands from Worcester 1. He returned Wolverley and Blackwell, which he had long held illegally, and at the end of his life promised to return others: Chaddesley Corbett, Bell Hall, Belbroughton and Fairfield. His widow Godgifu 2 made various gifts to the monastery and arranged for annual payment from his lands, but they were seized from her by Earls Edwin 33 and Morcar 3, inspired by the devil. As a result Edwin 33 perished, abandoned by his friends, and Morcar 3 died in captivity.
16 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  262-4 Beorhtwine 18 offered Harzor, lying east of Droitwich, to Worcester 1 at the same time as he made his grandson Edwin 46 a monk. Beorhtwine 18's son Beorhtmær 22 gave it to the monastery. Later the land was lost to the Normans.
17 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  264 Godwine 66, deacon of Worcester 1, leased one hide of land to Cynethegn 1 a clerk, in return for 5s a year. The agreement was not honoured by his heirs who withdrew the land from the monastery.
18 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  264-5 Simund 3 a Dane and soldier of Leofric 49 already held a part of Crowle and set about impoverishing the monastery's portion. Later Æthelwine 56, prior of the monastery of Worcester 1, granted the other part to him for his lifetime on condition that he served the monastery on naval and military expeditions.
19 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  265-6 Oswald 8 leased land at Bredicot to Goding 2 a priest, in exchange for writing duties. He produced many books for the monastery of Worcester 1. The land was held by him and his heirs until the Normans seized it.
20 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  266 Bishop Beorhtheah 2 coming from Berkshire had little land in Worcestershire, but granted certain members of Hallow, namely Himbleton, Spetchley, and Wolverton, and one hide in Whittington to Æthelric 80 his brother. William 3 seized them from him.
21 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  267 Beorhtheah 2 granted to a retainer Herluin 1, who had accompanied him and Gunnhild 1 daughter of Cnut 3 to Saxony to marry the Emperor Conrad 2 [actually Henry 2, his son] 1/2 hide in Lyppard on condition that he gave 1s to the church of Worcester 1 on the feast of the Assumption. The church thus lacks the land.
22 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  267 Beorhtheah 2 granted to Beorhtwine 19 his kinsman Ravenshill, which later was seized by Urse 1.
23 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  267-8 Bishop Beorhtheah 2 granted Elmley Castle to his thegn [Anonymous 10101]. The land was then recovered for the monastery by bishop Lyfing 15 and granted to his man-at-arms Æthelric 81 Kiu. It was returned to the monastery of Worcester 1 after his death and then held by Witheric 1 the provost, but seized by Robert 20.
24 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  268-9 Half of Charlton belongs to the monastery of Worcester 1, the other half, 7 hides, is alienated. The latter was acquired by a certain wealthy man [Anonymous 10102] for the lives of three men. It was held by him and his son [Anonymous 10103], and then by Godric 34 Finc. it was recovered by Wulfstan 55, claimed by the Normans, but the bishop obtained a writ (breve) from the King [William 1], putting him in possession. Later, Robert 20, brother of Urse 1, supported by the Queen [Matilda 2], seized it.
25 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  269 Beorhtheah 2 granted 5 hides at Bengeworth to Atsere 8, his kinsman and chamberlain. Thence it was acquired by Urse 1.
26 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  269-70 A part of Bengeworth was held by Arngrim 1, who transferred service from Worcester 1 to Æthelwig 15 abbot of Evesham, who encouraged him to do so. He was subsequently expelled from the land which passed fully to Evesham.
27 Event Hemming.Codicellus  270-3 Wulfstan 55 and Æthelwig 15 had a long conflict over the following lands, lost by Worcester 1: Acton Beauchamp, Eastbury, Bengeworth; Milcot and Weston in Warwickshire; and Evenlode and Daylesford.
28 Event Hemming.Codicellus  274 Edmund 24 waged war against Cnut 3, dividing England.
29 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  274 Ranig 1 and his miles seized the following lands of Worcester 1 in Herefordshire: Pencofan, Cowarne, Upleadon, Ocle Pychard and Rochford, with everything that belonged to them, partly because of the incompetence of those in charge of them, partly because of burdensome taxation and other misfortunes.
30 Event Hemming.Codicellus  275 Swein 3 gave himself out to be the kin of Cnut 3 and bore testimony that he was his father. His mother [Gytha 1], appalled by his arrogance and vanity, gathered together many noble West Saxon ladies [Anonymi 10052], and proved by their testimony and great oaths that se was his mother and Godwine 51 his father. Swein 3, however, continued to maintain that he did not spring from that kindred.
31 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  275-6 Swein 3, driven by the lusts of the flesh, abducted [Eadgifu 17], abbess of Leominster, whom he kept as his wife for a whole year, until threatened with excommunication by Eadsige 12, archbishop of Canterbury, and Lyfing 15, bishop of Worcester. In revenge he seized three of the church of Worcester 1's estates in Shropshire: Maesbrook, Hopton Wafers and Cleobury North.
32 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  276-7 According to Wulfstan 55, Kingswinford, Clent and Tardebigge formerly belonged to Worcester 1 church. They were purchased by the deacon Æthelsige 46, one of the King's counsellors, from Æthelred 32. Æthelsige 46 died during the turbulent period following the death of Æthelred 32, during the war between his son Edmund 24 and Cnut 3, and Ævic 1, Sheriff of Staffordshire, seized the lands.
33 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  278-9 Wychbold, Bickmarsh and lands in Shropshire were seized from the church of Worcester 1 by Edwin 28, brother of Leofric 49; for this he perished miserably in the war against Gruffudd 1, king of the Welsh. After his death Wulfstan 55 and Wulfstan 60 came to Alritune, seeking the lands of the monastery, but could only recover a meadow at Marnanclive.
34 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  277-8 During the reign of Cnut 3 the monastery of Worcester 1 lost the following lands because of the unbearable levy: Luddington, Drayton, three hides at Loxley, Lyppard, and half of Milcote.
35 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  279-80 Half of Milcote was seized from the monastery of Worcester 1 and its bishop Wulfstan 55 by abbot Æthelwig 15. After his death the land passed to bishop Odo 3, brother of the king [William 1].
36 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  280 King Offa 7 granted Heythrop and Kidlington to Worcester 1; these lands were later lost ot the Danes.
37 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  280-1 Eadric 35, called Streona, who in the times of kings Æthelred 32 and Cnut 3 acquired great power in Wilts. and Gloucs., as if he were a sub-king, seized three villas from the monastery of Worcester 1 by force in the time when Leofsige 25 became bishop. The places are Batsford, Eiley, and Kingham.
38 Event Hemming.Codicellus  281 Eadric 35 was the destroyer of many monasteries and the oppressor of almost all. When he died, his body was shamefully thrown over the walls of London and refused burial, as had been commanded by Cnut 3.
39 Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  289-91 These houses are in the monks' [of Worcester 1] demesne and pertain to Hallow and Teddington, and they have sac and soc in them, nor may the king's reeve enter into any of them. Wulfgeat 17 holds one, for which he renders nothing except services; same do Ælfwine 79, Ræfwine 1, Æthelric 82, Eouerlin 1, Ælfric 148, Ældred 3 and Regenbald 2. Eadric 68 renders for his house 16d [to the king], Warner 1 - 16d, Anna 3 - 6d, Thurburne 1 - 24d, Lifgife 1 - 24d, Edwine 1 - 24d, Ælfric 149 - 24d, Ræfwine 2 - 12d, Eadgife 1 - 24d, and Ordwig 1 - 12d. The houses of the following are beyond the Severn: Theodric 3 renders for his house 10d [to the king], Ælfwine 80 - 14d, Ældred 4 - 10d; two sailors [Anonymi 10053] hold two houses and render 24d. The churches: St Andrew's is held by Uhtred 12, cleric; St Helen's with four adjacent houses is held by Frederic 2; St Martin's is held by Colebrand 1, priest. The following houses the monks hold in the king's borough: Æilfig 1 holds one and renders 1 1/2d and one year of services to the king, and 6d to the monks; Hemming 2 - 1d and same services to the king, and 5d to the monks; Burewald 1 - 1d and same service to the king, and 8d to the monks; Serlo 3 - 15d and same services [to the king], and nothing but services to the monks; Godwine 67 - 1d and same services; Tovi 4 - 3/4d and services; Edwin 47 - 2d and services, and nothing to the monks; Spilemon 1 - 1d and same services, and 20d to the monks; Hathowulf 2 - 1d and the services, and 12d to the monks; Edwine 2, priest, gave (sic) one and rendered for it 2d and services, and it is waste; Æthelwine 57 - 2d and services, and nothing to the monks; Leofric 72 gave (sic) one and rendered 7 1/2d.
40 Event Hemming.Codicellus  291-2 Survey of the Liberty of the Hundred of Oswaldslow, taken during the reign of William 1 upon the oath of the whole shire of Worcester. Jurors on behalf of the bishop [Wulfstan 55]: Reoland Trokenmardtune; Adam de Lent; Normannus 1, bishop's butler. On behalf of the prior [Thomas 3]: William Rupe; Rodbert le Parler; Richard de Grimelei. Witnesses: Algar 2, canon of Lantona and steward of the bishop, who took the oath instead of bishop John 3; Thomas, abbot of Pershore; Godefrid, archdeacon; Laurence, prior of Coventry; Gilbert, prior of Æstlei (Eastleigh?); William de Bellocampo; Randulf de Lent and his brothers, Walter and Alfred; Nicholas de Muttuine; Adam de Cromb and his sons, Thomas and Simd'; William de Edmundscote and his son Simd'; Walter de Dovervile; Garm. de Circhulle; William le Brun; Walter de Ribesford; Fulc, son of Edwin; Peter de Uptun; Ivo, chaplain of the bishop; Ebrond deacon; Rodbert priest; Nicholas Blace; William de Lei; Hugo puher; Alfred 65 de la berte, and his sons, Robert 40 and Osbern 12; Edric 1 de Timberhangel; Morice de Ambreslei; Jordanus de Rinhale; William de Cherewalle; William son of Albert; Osbern de Abetot; William son of Beornard; Osbern 13 son of Edwin 48 the White; Hugo son of Lithegrim, and Peter his son; Alaard 1 son of Wulfric 78 the reeve (provost?); Thurben le bedel; Richard de Pimplintun, reeve of the same hundred. Monks: Richard the cantor; Andreas; Gervasius; Nicholas; Walter; Wakelin of Evesham; Robert of Wotton; Rodbert de Cint; Rand[ulf] priest of Lei (Leigh), and Maurice his son.