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The estates at Bromley and at Fawkham were assigned to King Edgar 1 at London, because of the title-deeds of Snodland which the priests stole from the Bishop of Rochester, and secretly gave for money to Ælfric 24, Æscwynn 1's son. It was Æscwynn 1, Ælfric 24's mother, who had given them to the foundation. When the bishop discovered that the title-deeds had been stolen, he earnestly demanded the deeds. In the meantime Ælfric 24 died, and he demanded them from the widow [Beorhtwaru 1], until at a meeting of the king's thegns, the stolen deeds of Snodland were assigned to the foundation and to the bishop, and compensation for the theft. This was at London, and there were present King Edgar 1 and Archbishop Dunstan 1 and Bishop Æthelwold 1 and Bishop Ælfstan and the other Ælfstan [Ælfstan 1 or Ælfstan 2 or Ælfstan 3] and Ealdorman Ælfhere 1 and many of the king's councillors, and the deeds were given to the bishop for the foundation. The widow's property was forfeited to the king. When the
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