Source: CharterS1117

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Writ of King Edward declaring that the burh at Wennington, Essex, with the 4 hides belonging to it and the church and land æt thære lea, is to belong to Westminster Abbey as fully and completely as ever Ætsere Swearte and his wife Ælfgyth owned them and gave them to the abbey with his consent.

Charter information
Sawyer 1117
Birch ---
Kemble 870
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Westminster
Source Information
Scholarly Source Dating 1061 x 1065

Notes

Madox 1792, p. 36 n., refers to a red wax seal, three inches wide; Harmer, Writs, pp. 301, 492-4, probably not fully authentic in present form, may be of late 11th-century date; Hart, ECE, no. 50, authentic basis, the land æt thære lea may lie in Aveley, Essex, the adjacent parish; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, dubious; Harvey 1977, p. 344.

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Event S1117    Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the burh at Wennington, Essex, with the 4 hides belonging to it and the church and land æt thære lea, is to belong to Westminster Abbey as fully and completely as ever Atsere 3 Swearte and his wife Ælfgyth 8 owned them and gave them to the abbey with his consent.
Transaction S1117    Atsere 3 Swearte and his wife, Ælfgyth 8, granted the burh at Wennington, Essex, with the 4 hides belonging to it and the church and land æt thære lea, with King Edward 15's permission.
Office S1117    Edward 15 held office of King
RecordedNames S1117    Edward 15 (Eadward)
RecordedNames S1117    Ælfweard 35 (Ælfward)
Office S1117    Ælfweard 35 held office of Bishop
Office S1117    Leofcild 3 held office of Sheriff
RecordedNames S1117    Leofcild 3 (Leofcild)
RecordedNames S1117    Atsere 3 (Ætsere Swearte)
RecordedNames S1117    Ælfgyth 8 (Ælfið)
Personal Relationship S1117    Ælfgyth 8 was Wife of Atsere 3