Source: CharterS895

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King Æthelred to Wulfsige, bishop, and Sherborne Abbey; permission to convert the community to the Benedictine Rule, and confirmation of land at Stockland in Sherborne, Dorset; 9 hides (cassati) at Holcombe Rogus, Devon; 15 at Halstock, 7 at Thornford, 10 at Bradford Abbas, 5 at Oborne, 8 at Stalbridge Weston, 20 in Stalbridge, all in Dorset; 10 at Wulfheardigstoke; 8 at (Nether and Over) Compton, Dorset; 2 in Osanstoke; and 1 hide (mansa) at Lyme, Dorset.

Charter information
Sawyer 895
Birch ---
Kemble 701
British Academy O'Donovan, Sherborne No. 11
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Sherborne
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 998
Scholarly Source Dating 998

Notes

*Ekwall 1936, p. 20, identifies Wulfheardigstoke and Osanstoke with Stoke Abbot, Dorset; Robertson, Charters, p. 448, on identification of Holcombe; Harmer, Writs, p. 485, spurious; Finberg, ECDC, no. 45; Finberg, ECW, no. 614, authentic basis; HRH, p. 232, subscriptions are consistent, otherwise dubious; Keynes 1980, p. 256, authentic; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xviii-xx, xxii, 41-4, border-line authenticity, possibly acceptable; PN Dorset, iii. 280, 283, 294, 324, 370-1; Lapidge 1993, p. 290, authentic; Hooke 1994, p. 116, cited; Faith 1997, pp. 19-22, on background

Factoid List

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Transaction S895    King Æthelred 32 to Wulfsige 36, bishop, and Sherborne 1 Abbey; permission to convert the community to the Benedictine Rule, and confirmation of land at Stockland in Sherborne 1, Dorset; 9 hides (cassati) at Holcombe Rogus, Devon; 15 at Halstock, 7 at Thornford, 10 at Bradford Abbas, 5 at Oborne, 8 at Stalbridge Weston, 20 in Stalbridge, all in Dorset; 10 at Wulfheardigstoke; 8 at (Nether and Over) Compton, Dorset; 2 in Osanstoke; and 1 hide (mansa) at Lyme, Dorset
Office S895    Wulfnoth 13 held office of Minister
Office S895    Beorhtric 21 held office of Minister
Office S895    Leofwine 52 held office of Minister
Office S895    Beorhtmær 8 held office of Minister
Office S895    Wulfgeat 9 held office of Minister
Office S895    Ordwulf 4 held office of Minister
Office S895    Æthelmær 22 held office of Minister
Office S895    Godwine 31 held office of Abbot
Office S895    Wulfgar 31 held office of Abbot
Office S895    Leofric 36 held office of Abbot
Office S895    Ælfric 87 held office of Dux
Office S895    Ælfsige 81 held office of Abbot
Office S895    Ælfwine 31 held office of Bishop
Office S895    Æthelweard 34 held office of Dux
Office S895    Ælfheah 44 held office of Bishop
Office S895    Wulfstan 41 held office of Bishop
Office S895    Ealdwulf 18 held office of Archbishop
Office S895    Ælfric 46 held office of Archbishop
Office S895    Wulfsige 36 held office of Bishop
Office S895    Æthelred 32 held office of Basileus
Office S895    Æthelred 32 held office of King (king of the English)
Event S895    King Æthelred 32 to Wulfsige 36, bishop, and Sherborne 1 Abbey; permission to convert the community to the Benedictine Rule, and confirmation of land at Stockland in Sherborne, Dorset; 9 hides (cassati) at Holcombe Rogus, Devon; 15 at Halstock, 7 at Thornford, 10 at Bradford Abbas, 5 at Oborne, 8 at Stalbridge Weston, 20 in Stalbridge, all in Dorset; 10 at Wulfheardigstoke; 8 at (Nether and Over) Compton, Dorset; 2 in Osanstoke; and 1 hide (mansa) at Lyme, Dorset