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Anon.LiberEliensis II.11a / LÆ 14 |
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Ælfwald 64 the Fat, and his wife [Anonymous 10047], met Abbot Beorhtnoth 19 at Horningsea and agreed to sell him 3 hides at Chippenham. It was agreed that the abbot would give them 300 solidi and agreed to complete at Chippenham 8 days later when his wife would go there to receive 15 pounds and hand over to the abbot the 3 hides, for it was she who had the greater right to that land, through marriage to another husband [Anonymous 10048]. On the appointed day she brought with her witnesses [see below]. Two men, Brunstan 4 of Soham and Glor 1, stood up and protested on behalf of Ulf 16, and prohibited the woman from selling, and the abbot from buying, 75 acres of land. They also prohibited the sale of 7 acres of land to 2 villagers. It was also claimed that the woman did not have 3 hides to sell. Having taken council, the abbot gave her half the money, retaining the other half until she could give him 3 hides in tact and without claim. If she were not able to do this, she would be awarded a sum of money corresponding to the value of the land. The next day the land was measured by supporters of both sides and it was found to amount to only 127 acres and another 24 acres; the land subject to claim was 82 acres. Ulf 16 ordered his men to cultivate his 75 acres. Ulf 16 owed the abbot 37 acres as a supplementary payment additional to 2 hides at Milton which he had exchanged with the abbot for 2 hides and 37 acres at Fordham. He also owed a debt to the abbot for 20 solidi which he had supplied to him and sent through Ælfric 126, son of Edwin 37. The abbot asked him to give up the 75 acres in exchange for the 37 acres and 20 solidi that he owed, on the condition that Ulf 16 deliver the land without challenge. If he were unable to do this and the woman were awarded title to the land, the abbot would buy the land from her, just as they had agreed. When Ælfwald 64 and his wife found out that they were going to lose the land because of Ulf 16’s claim, they withdrew from their arrangement with the abbot and went to their lord, Ælfwald 42, brother of Ealdorman Æthelwine 2, and told him that the abbot had deceived them, that Ulf 16 had claimed the land at his instigation, and that the abbot had agreed upon 15 pounds for the land. Ealdorman Æthelwine 2 and his brother Ælfwald 42, and Abbot Beorhtnoth 19, and all the seniors of East Anglia and Cambridge, went to Freckenham, and from there to Hegentune where 3 hundreds were assembled. The abbot produced the earlier witnesses who corroborated his version of events. Ealdorman Æthelwine 2 then asked the abbot, for love of him, to increase by a little the 7.5 pounds he had already given Ælfwald 64 the Fat’s wife. Beorhtnoth 19 gave her 30 solidi and sent it to her by Wine 14 of Ely, son of Osmund 17, who took it to Cambridge and gave it to her publicly, in front of her husband. |
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Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
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The people of Horningsea [Anonymi 10034] granted to the minster at Horningsea 1 5 hides at Horningsea and 2 at Eye. |
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Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
Cenwald 8 |
held office of Priest |
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Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
Herolf 1 |
held office of Priest |
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Event |
Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
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Wulfric 69, a kinsman of Cenwald 8, the former priest of Horningsea, deprived the minster at Horningsea 1 of two hide at Eye [recte Horningsea]. |
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Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
Æthelstan 70 |
held office of Priest |
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Transaction |
Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
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After the death of Herolf 1, priest of Horningsea, and the succession of Æthelstan 70, Bishop Æthelwold 1 bought Horningsea 1 from King Edgar 11 for 50 mancuses. The Wulfstan 16 ordered that Æthelwold 1 should measure the land which the priest Æthelstan 70 held, specifically 3 hides of 12-score acres. Æthelstan 70 then set about seizing Eye for himself and giving testimony that it was rightfully his. He sought out Wulfstan 16 and gave allegiance to him and promised him that he would sell him Eye at whatever price he chose to put on it, provided that he support him against Bishop Æthelwold 1, because the bishop was laying charges against him regarding the treasures of the church, which he and Herolf 1 had removed. In this manner, Wulfstan 16 acquired Eye through the mendacity of a priest and for a small sum of money. |
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Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
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Wulfric 69 bequeathed 2 hides at Horningsea to Leofstan 23. |
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Transaction |
Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
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Leofstan 23 gave his 2 hides at Horningsea together with the charter to Wulfstan 16 after the people of Cambridge had given him protection against the Irish traders from whom he had stolen |
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Transaction |
Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
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Wulfstan 16 granted 2 hides at Horningsea to his kinsman, Æthelstan 71, together with the charter. |
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Transaction |
Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
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After the death of Wulfstan 16, Bishop Æthelwold 1 bought the 2 hides at Horningsea from Æthelstan 71 for 8 pounds. |
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Event |
Anon.LiberEliensis II.33 |
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After the death of Edgar 11, Leofstan 23 and the son of Wulfric 69 [Anonymous 10055], seized the land at Horningsea. |
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Event |
Anon.LiberEliensis II.33 |
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In view of the fact, therefore, that the priest Æthelstan 70 had afflicted the bishop and the abbot, after the elapse of many years they took counsel with their friends and at length arranged matters so that the priest and his two brothers, Bondo 3 and Ælfstan 74, would be treated together as one, and they arranged a hearing-date at Horningsea. Before the witnesses the abbot then gave Æthelstan 70 for his share of Eye, a farm and a hide of 12 score acres at Snailwell, which he had bought from Wedwine 1, son of Ealdstan 1, for 6 pounds. And he further gave him another farm and 75 acres which he had bought from Hugh 3 and Ælfric 129. And the abbot also gave to Æthelstan 70’s brothers, Bondo 3 and Ælfstan 74, at the same place, 4 pounds and 18 pence, and thus, totally amicably and in the witness of the people, the abbot and Æthelstan 70 and Bondo 3 and Ælfstan 74 were satisfied in every respect, that is to say, concerning the land, the marsh and stock. |
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Transaction |
S1051 |
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King Edward 15 to Ely 1 Abbey;
grant of land at Lakenheath and confirmation of privileges and of land at
Ely,
Swaffham Prior,
Horningsea,
Wood Ditton,
Hauxton,
Newton,
Stapleford,
Great Shelford,
Triplow,
Melbourn,
Armingford,
Little Gransden,
Stetchworth,
Balsham,
Fulbourn,
Teversham,
Westley Waterless,
Trumpington,
West Wratting,
Snailwell,
Fen Ditton,
Hardwick,
Milton,
Impington,
Cottenham, and
Willingham, Cambs.; at
Hartest,
Glemsford,
Hitcham,
Rattlesden,
Drinkstone,
Nedging,
Barking,
Barham,
Wetheringsett,
Livermere,
Occold,
Wicklow,
Sudbourne,
Melton,
Kingston,
Hoo,
Stoke (near Ipswich),
Debenham,
Brightwell,
Woodbridge and
Brandon, Suffolk; at
Feltwell,
Bridgeham,
Methwold,
Croxton,
Weeting,
Mundford,
Bergh Apton,
Westfield,
Fincham,
Northwold,
Walpole,
Marham,
Dereham,
Thorpe and
Pulham, Norfolk; at
Hadstock,
Littlebury,
Stretley (Green) in Littlebury,
the two Rodings,
Rettendon,
Amberden (Hall) in Debden,
Broxted,
Easter,
Fambridge and
Terling, Essex; at
Hadham,
Hatfield and
Kelshall, Herts.; at
Spaldwick,
Somersham,
Colne and
Bluntisham, Hunts.. |
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Transaction |
Anon.LiberEliensis LE II.45 / LÆ 56 |
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Bishop Æthelwold 1 bought two hides at Horningsea from Æthelstan 76, the brother of Æthelweard 59, for eight pounds. |
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Event |
Anon.LiberEliensis LE II.49 / LÆ 60 |
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After the death of King Edgar 11, when King Edward 12 and almost all his councillors were at Kingston, Ealdorman Æthelwine 2 asked Bishop Æthelwold 1 to let him have Kelling on the understanding that in exchange Æthelwine 2 would give him land of the same area which was closer to him and more fertile. Concerning the stock which was on the land they might do as they wished. When the bishop and the abbot had agreed to this, Ealdorman Æthelwine 2 conveyed the land to Hringwulf 1. Then the bishop and the abbot asked Æthelwine 2 to buy from the sons of Wulfric 69 and arrange for them to hold free from claim the two hides at Horningsea which, as we have said before, the bishop had bought from Æthelstan 71. When he heard this, Æthelwine 2, properly, began ever promising that he would do this, but his words had no weight and nothing came of his promises. |
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Possession |
GDB 191 (Cambridgeshire 5:14) |
Ely, St Æthelthryth's 1 |
Property recorded in Domesday Book: 3.50 hides in Horningsea, Cambridgeshire (in 1086) |
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Possession |
GDB 191 (Cambridgeshire 5:14) |
Ely, St Æthelthryth's 1 |
Property recorded in Domesday Book: 3.50 hides in Horningsea, Cambridgeshire (in 1066) |
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Possession |
GDB 191 (Cambridgeshire 5:14) |
Wulfric 71 |
Property recorded in Domesday Book: 3.50 hides in Horningsea, Cambridgeshire (in 1066) |
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