Event: Assembly
Æthelred 2
.instruction to
Theodore 1
to call a witenagemot at Hatfield
Asserted in:
ASC (E)
675 E (p. 37)
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Scholarly Info
Description
The king [sc.
Æthelred 2
] ordered
Theodore 1
to call a meeting of all the witan (
Anonymi 1322
) at Hatfield.
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... he scolde setton ealle gewitene mot æt ... Heat felde.
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Æthelred 2
(
King of the Mercians, 675-704, d.?716; abdicated, Abbot of Bardney
)
Recipient
:
Theodore 1
(
Archbishop of Canterbury, 668-690
)
(Other)
:
Anonymi 1322
(
Witan that allegedly met at Hatfield
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Hatfield: (
), now
Hatfield Chase, Yorkshire