Location: Sunbury / Middlesex

Factoid List

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Transaction S702      King Edgar 11 to Ælfheah 33, his kinsman; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Sunbury, Middx.
Transaction S1293      King Edgar 11 to the church of Westminster, St Peter's 1; grant and confirmation of extensive privileges and lands, comprising 5 hides (mansae) at Westminster, 5 hides at Blecenham (lost, in Hendon, Middx) and 6 at Lothereslege (lost, in Hendon); 10 hides at Hendon, Middx, and another 10 hides there; 3 hides (cassati) at Codenhleaw; 8 hides (mansae) at Hanwell, Herts.; 10 hides at Sunbury, Middx; land at Shepperton, Middx; 5 hides at Brickendon, Herts.; 3 hides at Sullington, Sussex; the reversion of land at Parham, Sussex; land at Paddington, Cowley Peachey, Middx; and at Ewell, Kent
Transaction S894      King Æthelred 32 to Westminster 1 Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of (a) 5 hides (mansae) at Westminster 1 [formerly purchased by Dunstan 1 from Edgar 11 for 70 mancuses of gold]; (b) 3 at Logereslea (for Lothereslege, lost in Hendon), Middx. [formerly held by Beorhtmær 2, purchased by Dunstan 1 for £30 from King Edward 12 and given to Winchester 1]; (c) 5 at Hampstead, Mddx [granted to Westminster 1 by King Æthelred 32]; (d) 20 [at Hendon, Middx.] [of which 10 were purchased by Dunstan 1 from Bishop Æthelwold 1 and 10 from Wulfnoth 7, miles, for 80 pounds of silver]; (e) 3 at Codanhlaw [purchased by Dunstan 1 from Eadnoth 1, minister, for 12 pounds]; (f) 8 at Hanwell, Middx. [acquired from Ælfwine 33 for 30 pounds to enable him to go on pilgrimage, the arrangement to be reversed if he returned and repaid the money, the land meanwhile to be held by Dunstan 1 for his lifetime, with reversion to Westminster 1]; (g) 10 at Sunbury [purchased by Dunstan 1 from Ælfheah 33, dux, for 200 gold solidi, the reversion being given to Westminster 1 after the life of a widow, Æthelflæd 19; (h) land at Shepperton, Mddx. [to revert to Westminster 1 after the death of Æthelflæd 19]; (i) 5 hides at Brickendon, Herts. [bequeathed to Westminster 1 by Ælfhelm 8 Polga]; (j) 3 hides (cassati) at Sullington, Sussex [given by Ælfwine, the king's præfectus in Kent, for the soul of his wife]; (k) land at Paddington, Middx. [to revert to Westminster after the death of Wulfric]; (l) land at Cowley Peachey, Middx. [to revert after the death of Ælfric into the control of Bishop Wulfsige (of Sherborne)].
Status S1447    Æthelstan 42 held status of
Event S1447      Record of a dispute involving estates at Send, Surrey, and at Sunbury, Middx., and a note of their purchase by Dunstan 1, archbishop.
Transaction S1447      Ealdorman Beorhtfrith 9 from Æthelstan 42; seizure of land at Sunbury. Æthelstan 42, having failed to vouch warranty, was asked to pay his wergeld in compensation but could not do so. Ealdorman Beorhtfrith 9 consequently forbade him from holding the estate.
Transaction S894    Ælfheah 33 Ælfheah 33, dux, to Dunstan 1; sale of 10 hides at Sunbury, Middx. for 200 gold solidi, the reversion being given to Westminster 1 after the life of a widow, Æthelflæd 19.
Transaction S1293      Ælfheah 28 to Westminster 1; purchase of 10 hides at Sunbury, Middx. from 200 mancuses of gold
Transaction S1447      Dunstan 1, archbishop, from Ælfheah 33, ealdorman; purchase of 20 hides at Send for 90 pounds and 10 at Sunbury for 200 mancuses of gold
Transaction S1447      Ecgfrith 14 from Ealdorman Æthelstan 31; purchase of land at Sunbury, Middx.
Transaction S1447      King Edgar 11 to Ealdorman Ælfheah 33; grant of 20 hides at Send and 10 at Sunbury.
Transaction S1447      King Eadwig 4 to Beornric 2; grant of land at Sunbury, Middx.
Transaction S1447      Ecgfrith 14 to Dunstan 1, archbishop; bequest of land at Sunbury, Middx. in order that he might act as guardian to his widow and child.
Transaction S1447      King Edgar 11's councillors declared Ecgfrith 14's property forfeit after his death by drowning, and the king took possession of all he had owned: 20 hides at Send and 10 at Sunbury.
Transaction S1043      King Edward 15 to Westminster 1 Abbey, First Charter; confirmation of lands, comprising 17.5 hides at Westminster, 20 at Hendon, 5 at Hampstead, 12 hides and 1 uirga at Greenford, 8 hides at Hanwell, 8 at Shepperton, 7 at Sunbury, Middx.; 10 at Aldenham, 4 hides and 1 uirga at Datchworth, 4.5 hides at Watton(-at-Stone), 6.5 at Holwell, Herts.; 2 at Ham, 4 at Wennington, 5 at Kelvedon (?), 4 at Fanton in North Benfleet, Essex; 10 at Morden, Surrey; 2 at Ewell, Kent; 7 at Parham, 3 at Chollington in Eastbourne, 4 at (West) Chiltington, Sussex. (b) Moulsham [granted by Leofcild 2], Kelvedon Hatch (?) [granted by Æthelric 66], Maplestead [granted by Wulfwine 11], Kelvedon, Rayne and Latchingdon [granted by Guthmund 5), Wanstead [granted by Ælfric 131], Leyton [granted by Atsere 3 Swearte], Paglesham [granted by Ingulf 1], Essex; Lessness, Kent [granted by Atsere 4]; Claygate, Surrey [granted by Tosti 3]; Ayot St Lawrence, Herts. [granted by Ælfwine 63]; Denham [granted by Wulfstan 58], a half hide at Amersham and 1 hide at Weedon, Bucks. [granted by Siweard 17]; 2.5 hides at Wormley, Herts. [granted by Leofsige 38 of London].
Possession GDB  128v (Middlesex 4:6) Westminster, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 7 hides in Sunbury, Middlesex (in 1086)
Possession GDB  128v (Middlesex 4:6) Westminster, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 7 hides in Sunbury, Middlesex (in 1066)
Possession GDB  128v (Middlesex 4:6) Edwin 38 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 7 hides in Sunbury, Middlesex (in 1066)