Event: Assembly, Charter-witnessing, Crime, Forfeiture, Grant and Gift, Judicial decision/reviewS877 - seizure of Wulfbald 3's property and it donation to the king
Scholarly Info
Description |
Charter from a great moot at London detailing and condemning the crimes of Wulfbald 3. The judgement is embedded in a grant by Æthelred 32 to his mother, Ælfthryth 8, of land forfeited by Wulfbald 3. |
Year |
989 |
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Notes:
These are the crimes by which Wulfbald 3 ruined himself with his lord, namely first, when his father [Anonymous 1004] died, he went to his stepmother’s [Anonymous 1009] estate and took everything that he could find there, inside and out, small and great. Then the king [Æthelred 32] sent to him and commanded him to give up what he had seized, but he paid no attention and his wergild was assigned to the king. And the king sent to him again and repeated his command, but he paid no attention to it and for the second time his wergild was assigned to the king. Over and above this he went and took possession of the estate belonging to his kinsman, Beorhtmær 4 of Bourne. Then the king sent to him and commanded him to give up the estate, but he paid no attention and his wergild was assigned to the king for the third time. The king sent to him once again and commanded him to leave the estate, but he paid no attention and his wergild was assigned to the king for the third time. The king sent to him once again and commanded him to leave the estate, but he paid no attention and his wergild was assigned to the king for the fourth time. Then the great meeting was held at London; Ealdorman Æthelwine 2 was there and all the king’s councilors. Then all the councilors who were there, both ecclesiastical and laymen, assigned the whole of Wulfbald 3’s property to the king, and himself likewise to be disposed of as the king desired, either to remain alive or to be condemned to death. And he had made no amends for all this up to the time of his death. And after he was dead, over and above all this, his widow [Anonymous 928], along with her son [Anonymous 10010] went and slew Eadmær 6’s thegn, Wulfbald 3’s uncle’s son, and his fifteen companions [Anonymi 10003] on the estate at Bourne which he had held by seizure despite the king. And then Archbishop Æthelgar 8 had the great synod at London, and he himself and all his property were assigned to the king.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Recipient:
Æthelred 32
(the Unready; king of the English, 978-1016)
- (Other):
Ælfthryth 8
(Queen of King Edgar 11, 964-975, d.999x1001; daughter of Ordgar 5)
- (Other):
Wulfbald 3
(Criminal; forfeited lands in Kent)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (1) Æthelgar 8
(Abbot of New Minster, Winchester from 964, elected bishop of Selsey in 980 and archbishop of Canterbury from 988 to 990)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (2) Oswald 8
(Bishop of Worcester, 961-992; archbishop of York, 971-992; saint)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (3) Ælfstan 40
(Bishop of London, 961-996)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (4) Sigeric 9
(Abbot of St Augustine's; Bishop of Ramsbury, 985x986-990; Archbishop of Canterbury, 990-994)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (5) Ælfstan 39
(Bishop of Rochester, 946x964-995)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (6) Ordberht 4
(Bishop of Selsey, 989-1009; abbot of Chertsey)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (7) Ælfheah 44
(II, bishop of Winchester, 984-1006; archbishop of Canterbury, 1006-1012)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (8) Æthelsige 13
(I, bishop of Sherborne, 978-990x992)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (9) Ælfwald 55
(EITHER Ælfwald 53 II of Crediton OR Ælfwald 58 III of Crediton)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (10) Ealdred 42
(Bishop of Cornwall, 981x990?1002x1009)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (11) Sigegar 1
(Bishop of Wells, 975-996x997; abbot of Glastonbury)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (12) Æscwig 3
(Bishop of Dorchester-on-Thames, 975x979-1002)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (13) Theodred 4
(Bishop of Elmham, fl. 974-995)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (14) Ælfheah 45
(Bishop of Lichfield, 975?1002x1004)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (15) Æthulf 3
(Bishop of Hereford, fl. ?x971?1013x?)
- Charter Witness:
Other (1) Æthelwine 2
(Ealdorman of East Anglia, d. 992)
- Charter Witness:
Other (2) Byrhtnoth 1
(Ealdorman of Essex, 956-991)
- Charter Witness:
Other (3) Æthelweard 34
(Dux of the West Saxons, fl. 979-998)
- Charter Witness:
Other (4) Ælfric 87
(Ealdorman of Hampshire, ?x992-1016)
- Charter Witness:
Other (5) Thored 7
(Dux, fl. 979-989)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (1) Ealdwulf 18
(Abbot of Peterborough; bishop of Worcester, 992-1002; archbishop of York, 995-1002)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (2) Beorhtmær 7
(Abbot of Ely, fl. 982-996)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (3) Germann 4
(Abbot of Ramsey / Cholsey, d. c.1013)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (4) Wulfsige 36
(III, bishop of Sherborne, 993-1002; abbot of Westminster)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (5) Leofric 36
(Abbot of ?Muchelney, fl. 980-1005)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (6) Leofric 30
(Abbot of St Albans / ?Exeter, fl. 982-1007)
- Charter Witness:
Ecclesiastical_Other (7) Ælfhun 3
(Abbot, fl. 975-996)
- Charter Witness:
Other (6) Ælfhelm 15
(Minister, fl. 983-996)
- Charter Witness:
Other (7) Wulfheah 13
(Minister, fl. 986-1005)
- Charter Witness:
Other (8) Wulfric 52
(Spot; founder of Burton 1; minister, d.1002x1004)
- Charter Witness:
Other (9) Styrr 1
(Minister, fl. 996-1006; son of Ulf 4)
- Charter Witness:
Other (10) Nafena 1
(Minister, fl. 989; father of Thurcytel 7)
- Charter Witness:
Other (11) Northman 3
(Minister, fl. 988-989; owner of land in Worcs.)
- Charter Witness:
Other (12) Leofwine 52
(Minister, fl. 980-1015)
- Charter Witness:
Other (13) Leofsige 19
(of Morden; minister, fl. 986-994)
- Charter Witness:
Other (14) Bondi 1
(Witness, 996)
- Charter Witness:
Other (15) Ælfhelm 8
(Polga; land-owner, mid/late 10thC)
- Charter Witness:
Other (16) Æthelwald 60
(Minister, fl. 986-1012)
- Charter Witness:
Other (17) Leofric 37
(Minister, fl. 977-c.1007/1012)
- Charter Witness:
Other (18) Sigeweard 2
(Minister, fl. 993-1005; Sigeweard of Kent)
- Charter Witness:
Other (19) Leofsunu 4
(Witness at London, 996)
- Charter Witness:
Other (20) Æthelwald 60
(Minister, fl. 986-1012)
- Charter Witness:
Other (21) Ælfgar 27
(Minister, fl. 979-990) : one or other of these Ælfgars attested.
- Charter Witness:
Other (21) Ælfgar 37
(Minister, fl. 1002-?1035; not Ælfgar 27) : one or other of these Ælfgars attested.
- Charter Witness:
Other (22) Wulfgeat 9
(Minister, fl. 986-1005)
- Charter Witness:
Other (23) Æthelmær 22
(Minister, fl. 983-1005; founder of Eynsham, royal relative)
- Charter Witness:
Other (24) Æthelric 43
(Minister, fl. 986-1013)
- Charter Witness:
Other (25) Æthelnoth 39
(Minister, fl. 982-996; owner of land in Wilts.)
- Charter Witness:
Other (26) Leofwine 36
(Minister, fl. 980-1005; not Leofwine 52; Æthelred)
- Charter Witness:
Other (27) Sigeberht 13
(Witness, fl. 996)
- Charter Witness:
Other (28) Leofstan 16
(of the South Saxons; minister)
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