Source: CharterS882
Description
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 |
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| Kemble |
689 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Kemble |
| Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
995 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
994 |
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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)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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EHD
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569-70 (no. 117) |
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Factoid List
| View |
Factoid Type |
Source Ref |
Primary Person |
Short Description |
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Transaction |
S882 |
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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. |
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Transaction |
S882 |
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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. |
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Transaction |
S882 |
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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. |
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RecordedNames |
S882 |
Wulfheah 13 |
(Wolfeby) |
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RecordedNames |
S882 |
Wulfgeat 9 |
(Wolfryð) |
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RecordedNames |
S882 |
Ælfstan 39 |
(Æðelstanus) |
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RecordedNames |
S882 |
Ælfstan 40 |
(Æðelstanus) |
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Office |
S882 |
Wulfric 52 |
held office of Minister |
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Office |
S882 |
Fræna 4 |
held office of Minister |
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Office |
S882 |
Ælfsige 75 |
held office of Minister |
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Office |
S882 |
Wulfheah 13 |
held office of Minister |
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Office |
S882 |
Wulfgeat 9 |
held office of Minister |
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Office |
S882 |
Ordwulf 4 |
held office of Minister |
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Office |
S882 |
Æthelmær 22 |
held office of Minister |
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Office |
S882 |
Beorhtmær 7 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S882 |
Leofric 36 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S882 |
Leofwine 49 |
held office of Dux |
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Office |
S882 |
Ælfsige 81 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
S882 |
Leofsige 17 |
held office of Dux |
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Office |
S882 |
Ælfric 87 |
held office of Dux |
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Office |
S882 |
Æthelweard 34 |
held office of Dux |
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Office |
S882 |
Ælfric 46 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Ramsbury) |
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Office |
S882 |
Sigegar 1 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Wells) |
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Office |
S882 |
Ordberht 4 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Selsey) |
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Office |
S882 |
Ælfstan 39 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Rochester) |
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Office |
S882 |
Æscwig 3 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Dorchester) |
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Office |
S882 |
Ælfstan 40 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of London) |
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Office |
S882 |
Ælfheah 44 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Winchester) |
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Office |
S882 |
Sigeric 9 |
held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury) |
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Office |
S882 |
Æthelred 32 |
held office of King |
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Office |
S882 |
Æthelred 32 |
held office of Gubernator |
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Office |
S882 |
Æthelred 32 |
held office of Rector |
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Event |
S882 |
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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. |
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