Source: Textual EditionBates221

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King William notifies Archbishop Lanfranc and all his sheriffs and officials of England that he has granted sake and soke, toll and team, infangetheof and wreck at Ringstead and Brancaster to the abbey of Ramnsey and Abbot Æthelsige, with all customs that the king can have there. The abbey is to have its customs as freely as the king has his, wherever it holds land. Abbot Æthelsige is to hold the abbey as completely as King Edward gave it to abbot Ælfwine, and if anyone has taken anything from the abbey since William’s coronation, it is to be restored, if he has been unable to plead through the chapter.

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Scholarly Source Dating 1080 x 1083

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Event Bates221    King William 1 notifies Archbishop Lanfranc 1 and all his sheriffs and officials of England that he has granted sake and soke, toll and team, infangetheof and wreck at Ringstead and Brancaster to the abbey of Ramnsey and Abbot Æthelsige 43, with all customs that the king can have there. The abbey is to have its customs as freely as the king has his, wherever it holds land. Abbot Æthelsige 43 is to hold the abbey as completely as King Edward 15 gave it to Abbot Ælfwine 55, and if anyone has taken anything from the abbey since William 1’s coronation, it is to be restored, if he has been unable to plead through the chapter.
RecordedNames Bates221    Ælfwine 55 (Alfwinus)
Office Bates221    Ælfwine 55 held office of Abbot
RecordedNames Bates221    Æthelsige 43 (Ailsi)
Office Bates221    Æthelsige 43 held office of Abbot
Transaction Bates221    King William 1 grants the monsatery of Ramsey to Abbot Æthelsige 43.
Transaction Bates221    King Edward 15 granted the monastery of Ramsey to Abbot Ælfwine 55.