Source: CharterS798

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King Edgar to Ramsey Abbey; confirmation and grant of privileges and of land at Ramsey, Upwood with Raveley, Hemingford, Sawtry, Stukeley, Brington and Old Weston, Hunts.; Hilgay and Walsoken, Norfolk; fish from Wells, Norfolk; land at Brancaster, Norfolk; at Warboys, Wistow with Raveley and Bury, and at Slepam (St Ives), Hunts.; at Chatteris and Elsworth, Cambs.; at Whiston and Isham, Northants.; at Houghton, Wyton, Ripton, Ellington, Bythorn, Hunts.; at Graveley, Cambs.; and at Dillington, Great Staughton and Yelling, Hunts.

Charter information
Sawyer 798
Birch 1310
Kemble 581
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Ramsey
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 28 December 974
Scholarly Source Dating 974

Notes

*Napier and Stevenson, p. 82, suspicious; Plummer 1899, p. 176, spurious; PN Hunts., p. 228; Harmer 1950, p. 346 n. 1, spurious; Drögereit 1952, p. 69, spurious; Chaplais 1962, pp. 92-5, forged by Osbert de Clare (= 1981 XV, pp. 92-5); Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 419, may list all the benefactions of Æthelwine's family, regardless of their date; Hart, ECEE, no. 18, spurious in present form; John 1966, p. 108, forged; Hart, ECNE, no. 9, spurious; Barlow 1979, p. 102 n. 1, incorporates details on abbatial election from Regularis Concordia; Hart 1992, p. 132 n. 51; Barrow 1992, pp. 67-8; Wormald 1995, p. 128, bogus; Wormald 1996, p. 123, spurious

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S798    King Edgar 11 to Ramsey 1 Abbey; confirmation and grant of privileges and of land at Ramsey 1, Upwood with Raveley, Hemingford, Sawtry, Stukeley, Brington and Old Weston, Hunts.; Hilgay and Walsoken, Norfolk; fish from Wells, Norfolk; land at Brancaster, Norfolk; at Warboys, Wistow with Raveley and Bury, and at Slepam (St Ives), Hunts.; at Chatteris and Elsworth, Cambs.; at Whiston and Isham, Northants.; at Houghton, Wyton, Ripton, Ellington, Bythorn, Hunts.; at Graveley, Cambs.; and at Dillington, Great Staughton and Yelling, Hunts.
Personal Relationship S798    Æthelred 32 was Brother of Edward 12
Personal Relationship S798    Edward 12 was Son of Edgar 11
Personal Relationship S798    Edgar 11 was Propinquus of Æthelwine 2
Office S798    Sidemann 5 held office of Priest
Office S798    Wulfhere 15 held office of Priest
Office S798    Æthelsige 21 held office of Priest
Office S798    Thured 1 held office of Priest
Office S798    Leofa 3 held office of Priest
Office S798    Wulfstan 35 held office of Priest
Office S798    Æthelweard 21 held office of Dux
Office S798    Byrhtnoth 1 held office of Dux
Office S798    Oslac 7 held office of Dux
Office S798    Ælfhere 10 held office of Dux
Office S798    Ælfwald 44 held office of Dux
Office S798    Æthelwine 2 held office of Ealdorman
Office S798    Æthelstan 31 held office of Dux
Office S798    Germann 3 held office of Abbot
Office S798    Foldberht 2 held office of Abbot
Office S798    Ælfheah 32 held office of Abbot
Office S798    Æthelgar 8 held office of Abbot
Office S798    Æscwig 4 held office of Abbot
Office S798    Ælfric 48 held office of Abbot
Office S798    Osgar 1 held office of Abbot
Office S798    Ælfgar 25 held office of Bishop (bishop of Ramsbury)
Office S798    Ælfnoth 18 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Dorchester)
Office S798    Ælfstan 39 held office of Bishop (bishop of Rochester)
Office S798    Æthelwold 1 held office of Bishop (bishop of Winchester)
Office S798    Ælfstan 40 held office of Bishop (bishop of London)
Office S798    Oswald 8 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of York)
Office S798    Dunstan 1 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of Canterbury)
Office S798    Edgar 11 held office of Emperor (emperor of the English)
Office S798    Edgar 11 held office of King (ruling all of the English)
Event S798    King Edgar 11 to Ramsey 1 Abbey; confirmation and grant of privileges and of land at Ramsey, Upwood with Raveley, Hemingford, Sawtry, Stukeley, Brington and Old Weston, Hunts.; Hilgay and Walsoken, Norfolk; fish from Wells, Norfolk; land at Brancaster, Norfolk; at Warboys, Wistow with Raveley and Bury, and at Slepam (St Ives), Hunts.; at Chatteris and Elsworth, Cambs.; at Whiston and Isham, Northants.; at Houghton, Wyton, Ripton, Ellington, Bythorn, Hunts.; at Graveley, Cambs.; and at Dillington, Great Staughton and Yelling, Hunts.