Source: CharterS882

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King Æthelred to Æscwig, bishop (of Dorchester); confirmation of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. The land had been sold to Æscwig by Sigeric, archbishop of Canterbury, for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the Danes threatening Canterbury.

Charter information
Sawyer 882
Birch ---
Kemble 689
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 995
Scholarly Source Dating 994

Notes

*Sisam 1953, p. 158 n. 3, obviously untrustworthy; Whitelock, EHD, p. 569, authentic, incarnation year probably miscopied, indiction and witnesses point to 994; Gelling, ECTV, no. 155, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 124, 251-2, authentic, identical witness-list and dating error in S 1379, discusses Bishop Æscwig's contribution in the drafting of these two texts; Baines 1981/1, pp. 91-2; Brooks 1984, pp. 283, 384 n. 80; Lawson 1984, p. 728, on background; cf. S 1378

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
  EHD     569-70 (no. 117)

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S882    Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); sale of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold. Sigeric 9 sold the land in order to raise money to pay off the pagans threatening Canterbury.
Transaction S882    Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); sale of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold. Sigeric 9 sold the land in order to raise money to pay off the pagans threatening Canterbury.
Transaction S882    King Æthelred 32 to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); confirmation of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. The land had been sold to Æscwig 3 by Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the pagans threatening Canterbury.
RecordedNames S882    Wulfheah 13 (Wolfeby)
RecordedNames S882    Wulfgeat 9 (Wolfryð)
RecordedNames S882    Ælfstan 39 (Æðelstanus)
RecordedNames S882    Ælfstan 40 (Æðelstanus)
Office S882    Wulfric 52 held office of Minister
Office S882    Fræna 4 held office of Minister
Office S882    Ælfsige 75 held office of Minister
Office S882    Wulfheah 13 held office of Minister
Office S882    Wulfgeat 9 held office of Minister
Office S882    Ordwulf 4 held office of Minister
Office S882    Æthelmær 22 held office of Minister
Office S882    Beorhtmær 7 held office of Abbot
Office S882    Leofric 36 held office of Abbot
Office S882    Leofwine 49 held office of Dux
Office S882    Ælfsige 81 held office of Abbot
Office S882    Leofsige 17 held office of Dux
Office S882    Ælfric 87 held office of Dux
Office S882    Æthelweard 34 held office of Dux
Office S882    Ælfric 46 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Ramsbury)
Office S882    Sigegar 1 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Wells)
Office S882    Ordberht 4 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Selsey)
Office S882    Ælfstan 39 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Rochester)
Office S882    Æscwig 3 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Dorchester)
Office S882    Ælfstan 40 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of London)
Office S882    Ælfheah 44 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Winchester)
Office S882    Sigeric 9 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Office S882    Æthelred 32 held office of King
Office S882    Æthelred 32 held office of Gubernator
Office S882    Æthelred 32 held office of Rector
Event S882    King Æthelred 32 to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); confirmation of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. The land had been sold to Æscwig 3 by Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the Danes threatening Canterbury.