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(a) Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, with the consent of King Alfred and the whole Mercian witan, to Berkeley Abbey; grant of privileges in exchange for 12 hides at Stoke Bishop, Gloucs., and 30 gold mancuses. (b) Æthelred, ealdorman, to Cynewulf, son of Ceoluht; lease, for three lives, of the land at Stoke Bishop, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester.

Charter information
Sawyer 218
Birch 551
Kemble 313
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 883
Scholarly Source Dating 883

Notes

*Kerslake 1883, on bounds; Taylor 1894/1, pp. 301-2, on bounds; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 103-5; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, authentic; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 223-31, on bounds; Lindley 1959; Wilson 1959, pp. 302-4, on language; Everett 1961, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 3, iii. 132, 134, 143-5, on bounds; Stenton 1971, p. 260 n. 2, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 83, authentic; Finberg 1972, pp. 423, 499, on boundary marks; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 228 n. 1, on Æthelred and Alfred; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 137, 176, may mark the end of a dispute between Berkeley and the see of Worcester; Dumville 1992, p. 7, authenticity and authority of date not yet properly established; Wormald 1993, p. 20; Bullough 1996, p. 11 n. 39, on estate; Faith 1997, p. 104, cited

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Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Taylor, C.S. Berkeley Minister Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1894-5 83-4

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Event S218    (a) Æthelred 1, ealdorman of Mercia, with the consent of King Alfred 8 and the whole Mercian witan, to Berkeley Abbey; grant of privileges in exchange for 12 hides at Stoke Bishop, Gloucs., and 30 gold mancuses. (b) Æthelred 1, ealdorman, to Cynewulf 11, son of Ceoluht 1; lease, for three lives, of the land at Stoke Bishop, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester 1
Office S218    Æthelred 1 held office of Ealdorman
Office S218    Æthelred 1 held office of Dux
Office S218    Alfred 8 held office of King
Office S218    Wulfred 13 held office of Bishop
Office S218    Wærfrith 6 held office of Bishop
Office S218    Deorlaf 1 held office of Bishop
Office S218    Æthelfrith 3 held office of Dux
Office S218    Æthelwald 28 held office of Dux
Office S218    Æthelhun 13 held office of Abbot
Office S218    Wigheard 10 held office of Priest
Personal Relationship S218    Cynewulf 11 was Son of Ceoluht 1
RecordedNames S218    Æthelred 1 (Æðelræd)
RecordedNames S218    Cynewulf 11 (Cynulfe)
RecordedNames S218    Ceoluht 1 (Ceoluhte)
RecordedNames S218    Alfred 8 (Ælfred)
RecordedNames S218    Wulfred 13 (Wulfred)
RecordedNames S218    Wærfrith 6 (Werferð)
RecordedNames S218    Deorlaf 1 (Deorlaf)
RecordedNames S218    Æthelfrith 3 (Æðelferð)
RecordedNames S218    Eardwulf 10 (Eardwulf)
RecordedNames S218    Æthelwald 28 (Æðelwold)
RecordedNames S218    Eadnoth 2 (Eadnoð)
RecordedNames S218    Alfred 12 (Ælfred)
RecordedNames S218    Æthelhun 13 (Æðelhun)
RecordedNames S218    Wigheard 10 (Wigherad)
RecordedNames S218    Wighelm 11 (Wighelm)
RecordedNames S218    Luda 1 (Luda)
RecordedNames S218    Wilfrith 3 (Wilferð)
RecordedNames S218    Ecghun 2 (Ecghun)
RecordedNames S218    Acca 7 (Acha)
Transaction S218    Æthelred 1, ealdorman of Mercia, with the consent of King Alfred 8 and the whole Mercian witan, to Berkeley 1 Abbey; grant of privileges in exchange for 12 hides at Stoke Bishop, Gloucs., and 30 gold mancuses
Transaction S218    Æthelred 1, ealdorman of Mercia, with the consent of King Alfred 8 and the whole Mercian witan, to Berkeley 1 Abbey; grant of privileges in exchange for 12 hides at Stoke Bishop, Gloucs., and 30 gold mancuses
Transaction S218    Æthelred 1, ealdorman, to Cynewulf 11, son of Ceoluht 1; lease, for three lives, of 12 hides at Stoke Bishop, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester 1, in exchange for 60 mancuses of gold.
Transaction S218    Cynewulf 11 Æthelred 1, ealdorman, to Cynewulf 11, son of Ceoluht 1; lease, for three lives, of 12 hides at Stoke Bishop, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester 1, in exchange for 60 mancuses of gold.