Source: CharterS798
Description
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 |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Ramsey |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
28 December 974 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
974 |
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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
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Factoid Type |
Source Ref |
Primary Person |
Short Description |
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Transaction |
S798 |
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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. |
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Personal Relationship |
S798 |
Æthelred 32 |
was Brother of Edward 12 |
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Personal Relationship |
S798 |
Edward 12 |
was Son of Edgar 11 |
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Personal Relationship |
S798 |
Edgar 11 |
was Propinquus of Æthelwine 2 |
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Office |
S798 |
Sidemann 5 |
held office of Priest |
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Office |
S798 |
Wulfhere 15 |
held office of Priest |
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Office |
S798 |
Æthelsige 21 |
held office of Priest |
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Office |
S798 |
Thured 1 |
held office of Priest |
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Office |
S798 |
Leofa 3 |
held office of Priest |
 |
Office |
S798 |
Wulfstan 35 |
held office of Priest |
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Office |
S798 |
Æthelweard 21 |
held office of Dux |
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Office |
S798 |
Byrhtnoth 1 |
held office of Dux |
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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 |
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Office |
S798 |
Æthelstan 31 |
held office of Dux |
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Office |
S798 |
Germann 3 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S798 |
Foldberht 2 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S798 |
Ælfheah 32 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S798 |
Æthelgar 8 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S798 |
Æscwig 4 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S798 |
Ælfric 48 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S798 |
Osgar 1 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S798 |
Ælfgar 25 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of Ramsbury) |
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Office |
S798 |
Ælfnoth 18 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Dorchester) |
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Office |
S798 |
Ælfstan 39 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of Rochester) |
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Office |
S798 |
Æthelwold 1 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of Winchester) |
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Office |
S798 |
Ælfstan 40 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of London) |
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Office |
S798 |
Oswald 8 |
held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of York) |
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Office |
S798 |
Dunstan 1 |
held office of Archbishop (archbishop of Canterbury) |
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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) |
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Event |
S798 |
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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. |
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