Event: Charter-witnessing, Confirmation of land/privileges, Gafol payment, Property-giving/sellingS882 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Æscwig 3

Scholarly Info
Description King Æthelred 32 to Æscwig 3, bishop (of Dorchester); confirmation of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. The land had been sold to Æscwig 3 by Sigeric 9, archbishop of Canterbury, for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the Danes threatening Canterbury.
Year 995
Primary Source Info
Date from Source 995

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