Ælfsige 45 (Male) Seizer of lands from Selsey, mid 10thC
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Notes: This may have been Bishop Ælfsige 30 of Winchester/Canterbury d.959 (see Kelly, Selsey, p.90).

Factoid List

Recorded Name (1)
Ælfsinus (1)
 S1291   
Event (3)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S1291 - Eadwig 4 restoring land to Selsey 1: Beorhthelm 20, bishop, records the restoration to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1 by King Eadwig 4 of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45. The lands recovered comprise 42 hides (tributarii) at Selsey, Wittering, Itchenor, Birdham, Egesawyda, Brinfast and Sidlesham, 7 hides (cassati) at Aldingbourne and Lidsey, 8 at [Amberley and] Houghton, 4 at Coldwaltham and 9 at (North) Mundham, all in Sussex: S1291    (957)
Property-exchanging (1)
 Beorhthelm 20.S1291 granting gold to Eadwig 4: King Eadwig 4 to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1; restoration of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45 in return for a grant by Bishop Beorhthelm 20 of 100 mancuses of pure gold: S1291    (957)
Property-giving/selling (1)
 Beorhthelm 20.S1291 granting gold to Eadwig 4: King Eadwig 4 to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1; restoration of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45 in return for a grant by Bishop Beorhthelm 20 of 100 mancuses of pure gold: S1291    (957)
Restoration of land/property (2)
 Beorhthelm 20.S1291 granting gold to Eadwig 4: King Eadwig 4 to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1; restoration of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45 in return for a grant by Bishop Beorhthelm 20 of 100 mancuses of pure gold: S1291    (957)
 S1291 - Eadwig 4 restoring land to Selsey 1: Beorhthelm 20, bishop, records the restoration to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1 by King Eadwig 4 of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45. The lands recovered comprise 42 hides (tributarii) at Selsey, Wittering, Itchenor, Birdham, Egesawyda, Brinfast and Sidlesham, 7 hides (cassati) at Aldingbourne and Lidsey, 8 at [Amberley and] Houghton, 4 at Coldwaltham and 9 at (North) Mundham, all in Sussex: S1291    (957)
Seizure of land (2)
 Beorhthelm 20.S1291 granting gold to Eadwig 4: King Eadwig 4 to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1; restoration of lands fraudulently seized by Ælfsige 45 in return for a grant by Bishop Beorhthelm 20 of 100 mancuses of pure gold: S1291    (957)
 Ælfsige 45.seizing lands from Selsey 1 S1291: Ælfsige 45 from to the bishopric and minster of Selsey 1; seizure of 42 hides (tributarii) at Selsey, Wittering, Itchenor, Birdham, Egesawyda, Brinfast and Sidlesham, 7 hides (cassati) at Aldingbourne and Lidsey, 8 at [Amberley and] Houghton, 4 at Coldwaltham and 9 at (North) Mundham, all in Sussex: S1291    (957)