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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 |
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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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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. |
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Anon.LiberEliensis II.32 / LÆ 42 |
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After the death of Wulfstan 16, Bishop Æthelwold 1 renewed his claims to Eye which Æthelstan 70, priest, had alienated from Horningsea 1 and sold to Wulfstan 16 in return for protection against the bishop. Æthelstan 70 sought patrons, namely Oswulf 32, Goding 7, and Ealhfrith 9, and many other thegns, to plead his case with the bishop. At their request, the bishop withdrew his claim against Æthelstan 70 as regarded the stolen church treasures of Horningsea 1 on condition that he hand over Eye to Ely 1. Accordingly the priest went to Ely 1 with the bishop and swore upon the altar that neither he nor his successors would ever seek to regain Eye. |
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Anon.LiberEliensis II.33 |
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After the death of Edgar 11, the priest Æthelstan 70 took Eye with violence, breaking the oath which he had sworn to God and to St Æthelthryth. |
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Transaction |
Anon.LiberEliensis II.33 |
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Having seized the land at Eye from Ely 1, Æthelstan 70 shared the land with his two brothers: first, he halved it and, after taking the half-share, took another third. |
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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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Anon.LiberEliensis II.33 |
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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. |
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Anon.LiberEliensis II.33 |
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The abbot also gave to Æthelstan 70’s brothers, Bondo 3 and Ælfstan 74, at the same place, 4 pounds and 18 pence [in exchange for their share of the 2 hides at Eye]. |
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