Æthelmær 15 (Male) Satraps; founder of Cerne Abbey, fl. 987
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Notes: On him see S. Keynes, The Diplomas of King Æthelred 'the Unready' 978-1016: a Study in their Use as Historical Evidence (Cambridge, 1980), pp.191-2. The issue of Æthelmærs in the late tenth and early eleventh century is not an easy ? or perhaps not a possible ? one to resolve. The scheme followed here is that of Keynes, Atlas, LXIII. See Æthelmær 22, fl. 983-1005 (son of Æthelweard 23); Æthelmær 23, fl. 994-1013 (perhaps two different thegns). Until 982/983 an Ealdorman Æthelmær 13 governed Hampshire. C.995x1006 a second ealdorman , Æthelmær 19 appears, involved in transactions in the East. He may be the later Ealdorman Æthelmær 27 of the Western Provinces who in turn may have been Æthelmær 22, minister, royal relation, and founder of Eynsham . Note also Æthelmær 18, satraps, who owned land in Somerset and Æthelmær 15 who owned who founded Cerne Abbey.

Factoid List

Office (1)

Satraps (1)

 S1217   

Personal Relationship (2)

~ Propinquus (Consanguineal kinship) of Æthelmær 15 (1)

 Ælfrith 2: of Æthelmær 15: S1217   

Æthelmær 15 Son (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (1)

 of Æthelweard 35: S1217   

Event (3)

Bequeathing/will-making (1)

 Æthelmær 15.S1217 granting land to Cerne 1: Æthelmær 15, satrap of King Æthelred 32 and son of Æthelweard 35, founds Cerne 1 Abbey, the endowment including land at Cerne 1 and Æscere, 6 hides (cassati) at Mintern, 10 at Winterborne Abbas, 6 and 12 at Little and Long Bredy and 3 at Renscombe [to pass to the minster after Æthelmær 15's death]: S1217    (987)

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (3)

 Æthelmær 15.S1217 granting land to Cerne 1: Æthelmær 15, satrap of King Æthelred 32 and son of Æthelweard 35, founds Cerne 1 Abbey, the endowment including land at Cerne 1 and Æscere, 6 hides (cassati) at Mintern, 10 at Winterborne Abbas, 6 and 12 at Little and Long Bredy and 3 at Renscombe [to pass to the minster after Æthelmær 15's death]: S1217    (987)
 Æthelmær 15.founding Cerne 1 Abbey: Æthelmær 15, satrap of King Æthelred 32 and son of Æthelweard 35, founds Cerne 1 Abbey, the endowment including land at Cerne 1 and Æscere, 6 hides (cassati) at Mintern, 10 at Winterborne Abbas, 6 and 12 at Little and Long Bredy and 3 at Renscombe [to pass to the minster after Æthelmær 15's death], land at Poxwell [granted by Leofric 35 of Poxwell, clericus], and the reversion of 4 hides at Affpuddle [granted by Ælfrith of Bincombe, Æthelmær 15's propinquus, after the death of Leofwine 29] and of 5 hides (mansae) at Bloxworth [granted by Ælfwald 52, after the death of his wife], and tithes from Cerne 1 and Cheselbourne, all in Dorset.: S1217    (987)
 Æthelmær 15.founding Cerne Abbey: Eadwald 39 years after his death gave impulse to a very rich man, Æthelmær 15, to build a monastery there [in Cerne] in honour of St Peter.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.84.6-7

Grant and Gift (1)

 Æthelmær 15.founding Cerne 1 Abbey: Æthelmær 15, satrap of King Æthelred 32 and son of Æthelweard 35, founds Cerne 1 Abbey, the endowment including land at Cerne 1 and Æscere, 6 hides (cassati) at Mintern, 10 at Winterborne Abbas, 6 and 12 at Little and Long Bredy and 3 at Renscombe [to pass to the minster after Æthelmær 15's death], land at Poxwell [granted by Leofric 35 of Poxwell, clericus], and the reversion of 4 hides at Affpuddle [granted by Ælfrith of Bincombe, Æthelmær 15's propinquus, after the death of Leofwine 29] and of 5 hides (mansae) at Bloxworth [granted by Ælfwald 52, after the death of his wife], and tithes from Cerne 1 and Cheselbourne, all in Dorset.: S1217    (987)