Bury St Edmund's 1 (Institution)

Factoid List

Event (65)

Agreement (2)

Wulfgeat 14-wife.bequeathing land to Bury St Edmunds: Here is declared in this document the agreement that Wulfgeat 14 and his wife [Anonymous 10079] have made with the abbot and all the community at Bury St Edmunds, namely that they shall take the estate at Gislingham, on condition that it shall pass to St Edmunds after the death of Ælfwine 72 and his wife [Anonymous 10080]. And the estate at Fakenham, as fully and completely as Wulfgeat 14 possesses it, shall pass without any controversy to St Edmunds after the death of both of them. There are three of these documents. Wulfgeat 14 himself has one, the second is at Bury St Edmunds, Bishop Stigand 1 has the third.: S1470 (1043 x 1047)

Æthelmær 35-Ufi 4.exchange and agreement: Here is declared in this document the agreement that Æthelmær 35, the bishop’s brother, has made with Abbot Ufi 4 and all the community at Bury St Edmunds about the little estate at Swanton and the half estate at Hindolveston, namely he has given them a mark of gold on condition that he should hold the estate during his lifetime, and after his death the estates, including the half estate shall revert without any controversy to St Edmunds with their produce and their men and everything. ... There are two of these documents. One is at Bury St Edmunds and Æthelmær 35 himself has the other.: S1468 (1043 x 1044)

Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of abbot (3)

[Stigand 1].consecrating Baldwin 5: The archbishop of Canterbury [Stigand 1] consecrated Baldwin 5 abbot of Bury St Edmunds.: Bates39 (1065)

[Ælfwig 13].consecrating [Ufi 4]: The bishop of London [Ælfwig 13] consecrated the first abbot of Bury St Edmunds [Ufi 4].: Bates39

[Ælfwine 45].consecrating [Leofstan 24]: The bishop of Winchester [Ælfwine 45] consecrated the second abbot of Bury St Edmunds [Leofstan 24].: Bates39 (1044)

Battle (1)

Bates37 - writ of William 1 seizing lands from Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 notifies Bishop Æthelmær 35 of Elmham, Earl Ralph 3, and all his thegns of Suffolk and Norfolk that it is his will that Abbot Baldwin 5 of Bury St Edmunds hand over to him all the land of men of St Edmund’s soke who stood in battle against him and were slain. All those who were the men of the abbot’s predecessor [Leofstan 24] are to hold of him as before.: Bates37 (1066 x 1070)

Bequeathing/will-making (22)

Edwin 40.bequeathing land to various: Will of Edwin 40 concerning land at Algarsthorpe, Little Melton, Bergh Apton (Ashwell), Thorpe, Great Melton, Wreningham, all in Norfolk; the beneficiaries being (Bury) St Edmunds, St Benedict's (Holme), St Etheldreda's (Ely), and the churches at Algarsthorpe, Little Melton, Bergh Apton, Norfolk; and Holverstone, Suffolk; Blyford, Sparham, Ashwell, Fundenhall and Nayland in Wreningham, all in Norfolk. : S1516 (1030 x 1070)

Ketel 4.bequeathing land to Ælfgifu 22: From Ketel 4's will: 'And I and my stepdaughter Ælfgifu 22 have made an agreement about the estate at Onehouse that whichever of us shall live the longer, is to have as much land as the two of us have there. And if death befall us both on the way to Rome, the estate is to go to Bury St Edmunds for me and for Sæflæd 1 and for Ælfgifu 22, but the men are all to be free.': S1519 (1052 x 1066)

Ketel 4.bequeathing to various: From Ketel 4's will: 'And I desire that in accordance with the agreement Edwin 40 and Wulfric 74 shall after my time succeed to everything which is mine everywhere in the village, except so much as I grant to the church; namely, the land let for services which my man Ælfwald 69 holds; and he is to occupy the other during his lifetime. And afterwards all the land which comes into his possession is to go with the other to the church. If Edwin 40 my uncle will maintain the partnership with me and my uncle Wulfric 74 with regard to the estate at Melton, if we outlive him we are to succeed to the estate at Thorpe, on condition that after the death of both of us, the estate at Melton shall go to St Benedict's at Holme, for our ancestors' souls and for our own souls: and the estate at Thorpe to Bury St Edmunds.': S1519 (1052 x 1066)

Ketel 4.will: Will of Ketel 4, including bequests of land at Sisted, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Harling, Norfolk, to Archbishop Stigand 1; the reversion of land at Great Melton, Norfolk, to St Benedict's at Holme and at Thorpe near Fundenhall, Norfolk, to Bury St Edmund's, after the deaths of Ketel 4 and his uncle, Wulfric 74; land at Ketteringham, Norfolk, to his sister Bote 1, if she outlive him (if not, he is to have the land at Somerledetone [Somerton or Somerleyton, Suffolk]); land at Walsingham in East Carlton, Norfolk, to his sister Gode 4, if she outlive him (if not, he is to have the land at Preston, Suffolk); land at Hainford, Norfolk, and Coggeshall, Essex, to his brother Godric 35, and also land at Strattune (? Stratton Strawless, Norfolk), on payment of two pounds to Ælfwig 24, Ketel 4's servant; the reversion of land at Onehouse, Suffolk, to Bury St Edmunds, after the deaths of Ketel 4 and his stepdaughter, Ælfgifu 22; the half estate at Moran, Norfolk, to Earl Harold 3; land at Frating, Essex, according to an agreement made by (? Earl Harold 3) and Archbishop Stigand 1; land at Rushford, Suffolk, to Ælfric 140, his priest and kinsman.: S1519 (1052 x 1066)

Leofgifu 2.S1521 bequeathing land to Bury St Edmund's 1: Leofgifu 2 to Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of land at Hintlesham, Essex, and Gestingthorpe, Suffolk: S1521 (1035 x 1044)

Oswulf 33-Leofrun 8.granting land to Bury St Edmunds: Oswulf 33 and Leofrun 8 to St Edmunds Abbey; bequest of land at Dickleburgh and Semer, Norfolk.: S1608 (1042 x 1044)

S1082 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury: Writ of King Edward 15 testifying to Ælfric 134 Modercope's grant of Loddon, Norfolk, after his death to the monastery at Bury St Edmunds. : S1082 (1051 x 1057)

Sifflæd 1.S1525a bequeathing land to Bury St Edmund's 1: Sifflæd 1 to Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of Marlingford, Norfolk: S1525a

Theodred 3.S1526 bequeathing land to Bury St Edmund's 1: Theodred 3, bishop of London, to Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of land at Nowton, Horningsheath, Ickworth and Whepstead, Suffolk: S1526

Thurcytel 9.bequeathing land to Holme 1 and Bury St Edmund's 1 S1528: Thurcytel 9 to Holme 1 and Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of land at Caister, Norfolk, and Thorpe (? Thorpe Abbots or Morningthorpe, Norfolk); his wife's [Anonymous 1050] portion is to remain for ever uncontested: S1528 (1000 x 1100)

Thurcytel 10.S1527 bequeathing land to Bury St Edmunds 1: Thurcytel 10 to Bury St Edmunds 1; bequest of land at Palgrave, Suffolk, and half of Whittingham: S1527 (1000 x 1100)

Thurkil 3-Æthelgyth 3.S1529 bequeathing land to Bury St Edmund's 1: Thurkil 3 and Æthelgyth 3 to Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of land at Wereham, Norfolk: S1529 (1030 x 1066)

Thurstan 9.bequeathing land to Bury St Edmund's: From Thurstan 9's will : 'And I grant to St Edmund's the estate at Harlow, except the half hide which Ælfwine 68 had at Ealing Bridge, and except the homestead which Ælfgar 49 occupies and the spur of land which belongs to it; and all the men are to be free. And I grant the estate at the north hall at Shouldham to St Edmund's after the death of both of us; and the men are to be free.': S1531 (1043 x 1045)

Thurstan 9.will: Will of Thurstan 9.: S1531 (1043 x 1045)

Wulfgyth 5.bequeathing to St Edmunds: Wulfgyth 5 to St Edmunds; bequest of 2 ornamented horns.: S1535 (1042 x 1053)

Wulfsige 55.S1537 bequeathing land to Bury St Edmund's 1 and Ælfric 105: Wulfsige 55 to Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of two-thirds of the land at Wick, with the remaining third to Bishop Ælfric 115, except for 1 yardland and mast for 12 swine which Wulfwynn 8 must have for life with reversion to Bury St Edmund's 1 for his and her souls.: S1537 (1022 x 1034)

Ælfflæd 13.S1486 bequeathing land to Bury St Edmund's 1: Ælfflæd 13 to Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of land at Chelsworth and Cockfield, Suffolk: S1486

Ælfgar 9.S1483 bequeathing land to Æthelflæd 14 b: Ælfgar 9 to Æthelflæd 14, his daughter; bequest of land at Fen Ditton, Cambs. to be left by her to a holy foundation: S1483 (946 x 951)

Ælfric 134.bequeathing land to Bury: Ælfric 134 grant of Loddon, Norfolk, after his death to the monastery at Bury St Edmunds.: S1082 (1051 x 1057)

Æthelflæd 14.S1494 bequeathing land to Byrhtnoth 1 and Ælfflæd 13 and Bury St Edmund's 1: Æthelflæd 14 to Ealdorman Byrhtnoth 1 and [Ælfflæd 13], her sister; bequest of Cockfield and Chelsworth, Suffolk with reversion to Bury St Edmund's 1: S1494 (962 x 991)

Æthelric 37.S1501 bequeathing land to Sudbury, St George's 1 and Bury St Edmund's 1: Æthelric 37 to Sudbury, St George's 1 and to Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of half the land each at Northho.: S1501 ( x 996)

Charter-witnessing (1)

S1224 - Stigand 3 granting land to Bury St Edmunds: Stigand 3 to Bury St Edmunds; grant in reversion of land at Playford, Suffolk, after the death of Ælfgar 43, priest: S1224 (1040)

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (1)

Æthelnoth 43.dedicating Bury St Edmunds: On the orders of King Cnut 3, Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 dedicated the church of Bury St Edmunds.: Bates39 (1020 x 1042)

Commemoration of the dead (2)

Confirmation of land/privileges (1)

Bates35 - writ of William 1 in favour of Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 notifies Bishop Æthelmær 35 of Elmham and Earl Ralph 3 and all barons and French and English sheriffs wherever the abbey of Bury St Edmunds has land that he orders that the abbey’s demesnes are to be free of all scots and geld as in the time of King Edward.: Bates35 (1066 x 1070)

Confiscation (1)

Death/dying (1)

S1224 - Stigand 3 granting land to Bury St Edmunds: Stigand 3 to Bury St Edmunds; grant in reversion of land at Playford, Suffolk, after the death of Ælfgar 43, priest: S1224 (1040)

Disputing/dispute-settling (2)

Baldwin 5-Herfast 1.dispute concerning Bury: There was a dispute between Abbot Baldwin 5 and Bishop Herfast 1 concerning the church of Bury St Edmunds and the vill in which it stood.: Bates40 (? - x 1081)

Bates40 - writ of William 1 in favour of Baldwin 5: King William 1 notifies Roger 6 Bigod and all his faithful men that he and his magnates have heard the dispute between Bishop Herfast 1 of Thetford and Abbot Baldwin 5 of Bury St Edmunds concerning the church of St Edmund and the vill in which it sounds. They have found against Bishop Herfast 1 and order that neither he nor his successors should make further claims.: Bates40 (1081)

Expulsion (2)

Bates39 - writ of William 1 concerning the adjudication of a dispute between Herfast and Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 informs all the faithful men of his kingdom that Bishop Herfast 1’s claim that the abbey of Bury St Edmunds should be his episcopal church has been brought to his attention and that he has decided that the matter should be heard in his court. On the set day, the bishop made his case eloquently, but produced neither written documents nor witnesses. Abbot Baldwin 5 then told how King Cnut 3 expelled the clerks and introduced monks, how the church had then been dedicated to on that king’s order by Archbishop Æthelnoth 43 of Canterbury, how the first abbot [Ufi 4] had been consecrated by the bishop of London [Ælfwig 13], the second [Leofstan 24] by the bishop of Winchester [Ælfwine 45], and Baldwin 5 himself by the archbishop of Canterbury [Stigand 1], and how the monks had been ordained by the bishops of their choice over a period of fifty-three years without any objection from Herfast 1’s predecessors. He also produced orders of King Cnut 3 and Edward 15 the Confessor which granted that the monastery should be free of all episcopal domination. Those present then decided in Bury St Edmunds favour.: Bates39 (1081)

Cnut 3.expelling clerks of Bury St Edmunds: King Cnut 3 expelled the clerks of Bury St Edmunds and replaced them with monks.: Bates39 (1016 x 1042)

Freeing from dues (2)

S1075 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that St Edmunds inland is to be exempt from payment of heregeld and from every other render.: S1075 (1051)

Grant and Gift (29)

Alnoth 2.granting land to St Edmunds: Alnoth 2, praepositus, to St Edmunds Abbey; grant of land at Fornham All Saints, Suffolk. : S1607

Bates32 - writ of William 1 in favour of Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 informs Richard 5 son of Count Gilbert and R 1 the sheriff that he has granted Beorhtwulf 14’s land to Abbot Baldwin 5 and the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds in perpetuity. He orders them to do justice to Abbot Baldwin 5 regarding Peter 11 de Valognes and regarding all those who had done him an injustice since the king crossed the sea. They should reseise Frodo 1’s men in Buxhall (Suffolk) who have been disseised by the men of Count Eustace 1, and afterwards, if they make any claims, do justice between them.: Bates43 (1066 x 1077)

Bates36 - writ of William 1 in favour of Baldwin 5 and Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 notifies Bishop Æthelmær 35 of Elmham, Earl Ralph 3 and all his thegns in Norfolk and Suffolk that he has granted one moneyer to Abbot Baldwin 5 and the abbey of Bury St Edmunds as freely as his kinsman King Edward 15 had also granted it.: Bates36 (1066 x 1070)

Bates41 - writ of William 1 in favour of Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 notifies Bishop E., Abbot Baldwin 5 of Bury St Edmunds and Robert 36 Malet (or William 6 Malet) that he has granted the service of Great Livermere, Suffolk, which Werno 1 has held of the king to the abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Werno 1’s daughter is to hold it of Abbot Baldwin 5 during her lifetime.: Bates41 (1066 x 1086)

Cnut 3.S980 granting privileges and renders to Bury St Edmund's 1: King Cnut 3 to Bury St Edmund's 1 Abbey; grant of privileges and of renders of fish from Welle (Upwell and Outwell, Norfolk) and of eels from Lakenheath, Suffolk: S980 (1021 x 1023)

Cnut 3.granting privileges to Bury St Edmunds: King Cnut 3 granted Bury St Edmunds freedom from all episcopal domination.: Bates39 (1020 x 1035)

Edward 15.granting Baldwin 5 Bury St Edmunds: King Edward 15 granted Baldwin 5 the abbey of Bury St Edmunds and his sake and soke within port and without.: Bates34 (1065 x 1066)

Edward 15.granting Baldwin 5 and Bury St Edmunds a moneyer: King Edward 15 granted Baldwin 5 and Bury St Edmunds one moneyer.: Bates36 (1065 x 1066)

Edward 15.granting land to Bury: King Edward 15 announcing that he has granted the land at Pakenham, Suffolk, to St Edmund as fully and completely as Osgot 5 had it. : S1074 (1044 x 1047)

Edward 15.granting privileges to Bury St Edmunds: King Edward 15 granted Bury St Edmunds freedom from all episcopal domination.: Bates39 (1042 x 1066)

Gilbert 11.granting of two freemen and their land to Bury St Edmunds: Grant by Gilbert 11 fitzRichard de Clare to the abbey of St Edmund of two freemen of Westley – Wulfwine 20 and Wulfmær 30 – with all their land.: TRW Non-royal charters/Bury St Edmunds 5 (1090 x 1098)

Harthacnut 1.S995 granting privileges to Bury St Edmund's 1: King Harthacnut 1 to Bury St Edmund's 1 Abbey; grant of privileges: S995 (1038 x 1039)

Oswulf 33-Leofrun 8.granting land to Bury St Edmunds: Oswulf 33 and Leofrun 8 to St Edmunds Abbey; bequest of land at Dickleburgh and Semer, Norfolk.: S1608 (1042 x 1044)

S1068 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Ufi 4: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that Abbot Ufi 4 is to be entitled to the monastery at Bury St Edmunds and to everything pertaining thereto, and that the monastery is to retain unaltered the freedom granted to it by Cnut 3 and Harthacnut 1.: S1068 (1042 x 1043)

S1069 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury St Edmunds: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the land at Mildenhall, Suffolk, and the sokes of the eight and a half Thingoe hundreds are to belong to St Edmunds as fully and completely as his mother (Queen Ælfgifu Emma 2) possessed them. : S1069 (1043 x 1044)

S1070 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury St Edmunds: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the sokes of the eight and half Thingoe hundreds are to belong to St Edmunds.: S1070 (1042 x 1066)

S1072 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Leofstan 24 and Bury St Edmunds: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that Abbot Leofstan 24 and the brethren are to have sake and soke over the lands bequeathed to them as fully and completely as this right was enjoyed by the previous owner.: S1072 (1044 x 1065)

S1074 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury: Writ of King Edward 15 announcing that he has granted the land at Pakenham, Suffolk, to St Edmund as fully and completely as Osgot 5 had it. : S1074 (1044 x 1047)

S1077 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the monastery of St Edmunds is to possess Kirby Cane, Norfolk, with all the rights of the former owners. The land is illegally occupied by Semer 1.: S1077 (1052)

S1224 - Stigand 3 granting land to Bury St Edmunds: Stigand 3 to Bury St Edmunds; grant in reversion of land at Playford, Suffolk, after the death of Ælfgar 43, priest: S1224 (1040)

Thurcytel 12.S1225 granting land to Bury St Edmund's 1: Thurcytel 12 to Bury St Edmund's 1; grant of land at Culford, Wordwell and Ixworth, Suffolk: S1225 (1040)

Ulfcytel 4.S1219 granting land to Bury St Edmunds 1: Ulfcytel 4 to Bury St Edmunds 1; grant of land at Rickinghall, Rougham, Woolpit, Hinderclay, Suffolk, and at Redfaresthorpe (? Redgrave, Suffolk): S1219 (978 x 1016)

William 1.granting land to Bury St Edmunds: King William 1 granted Beorhtwulf 14's land to Bury St Edmunds.: Bates43 (1066 x 1087)

Writ of Ralph 2 in favour of Grim: Earl Ralph 2 to Grim 13, his chaplain; grant of the manreda of Asketil 3 and what he holds in South Walsham.: TRW Non-royal charters/St Benet of Holme (? - 1068 x 1070)

Wulfstan 22.S1213 granting land to St Edmund's Abbey 1: Wulfstan 22 to St Edmund's Abbey 1, Beodrichesworth; grant of 4 hides (cassati) at Palgrave, Suffolk: S1213 (962)

Ælfric 115.S1489 granting land to Bury St Edmund's 1: Bishop Ælfric 115 to Bury St Edmund's 1; bequest of land at Worlington, Suffolk, and at Hunstanton, Holme, Tichwell and Docking, Norfolk, and the mill which Wulfnoth 21 had owned, and a haga in Norwich. He wished the monks to pay 60 pounds for Tichwell and Docking.: S1489 (1023 x 1038)

Ælfric 134.bequeathing land to Bury: Ælfric 134 grant of Loddon, Norfolk, after his death to the monastery at Bury St Edmunds.: S1082 (1051 x 1057)

Judicial decision/review (1)

Killing/murder (1)

Lease (1)

Stigand 3.S1224 leasing land to Ælfgar 43: Stigand 3 to Ælfgar 43, priest; lease of land at Playford, Suffolk. After Ælfgar 43's death the land was to revert to Stigand 3 whilst he lived and, on his death, was to pass to Bury St Edmund's 1.: S1224 (1040)

Monastic reform (2)

Cnut 3.expelling clerks of Bury St Edmunds: King Cnut 3 expelled the clerks of Bury St Edmunds and replaced them with monks.: Bates39 (1016 x 1042)

Property-exchanging (1)

Property-giving/selling (1)

Seizure of land (1)

Writ-issuing/sending (21)

S1070 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury St Edmunds: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the sokes of the eight and half Thingoe hundreds are to belong to St Edmunds.: S1070 (1042 x 1066)

S1073 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury St Edmunds: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that all things lawfully pertaining to the property of St Edmund are to be the uncontested possession of that house.: S1073 (1044 x 1047)

S1075 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that St Edmunds inland is to be exempt from payment of heregeld and from every other render.: S1075 (1051)

S1078 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the monastery at Bury St Edmunds is to possess the sokes of the eight and a half hundreds which he has given to that house, as fully and completely as ever his mother (Queen Ælfgifu Emma 2) had them, and he himself possessed them. : S1078 (1053 x 1057)

S1079 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the soke previously granted by him to St Edmunds is now to belong to that house as fully and completely as he himself possessed it. : S1079 (1051 x 1057)

S1080 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Bury: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that the land at Coney Weston, Suffolk, is to belong to St Edmunds monastery with everything which is known to pertain lawfully to that house. : S1080 (1051 x 1057)

S1081 - writ of Edward 15 in favour of Ælfric 134 Modercope: Writ of King Edward 15 declaring that Ælfric 134 Modercope has his full permission to commend himself to the abbots of Bury and of Ely.: S1081 (1051 x 1057)

Factoids linked indirectly to Bury St Edmund's 1 (3)

Office (1)

Moneyer of Bury St Edmund's 1 (1)

Anonymous 10094: Bates36

Possession (2)

Peter 14:

Peter 14's fee (held TRE by Eadric 82 and others).: TRW Non-royal charters/Bury St Edmunds 2
Peter 14:

Peter 14's fee (held TRE by Glupus 1 and his relatives).: TRW Non-royal charters/Bury St Edmunds 2