Transaction: Forfeiture, Grant and Gift, Property-buying/purchasingÆthelred 32.S916 granting land to St Albans 1
Scholarly Info
| Description |
King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of land at Norton, 1 hide (mansa) at Rodanhangra and land at Oxhey, Herts., originally granted to the abbey by King Offa 7 but subsequently lost, and later forfeited to King Æthelred 32 by Leofsige 17, dux, and purchased for St Albans 1 by Archbishop Ælfric 46 and Abbot Leofric 30 |
| Year |
1007 |
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Primary Source Info
| Date from Source |
1007 |
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Notes:
given that the Archbishop and the abbot appear to have bought this land, the charter looks more like a confirmation than a grant
Possessions associated with this Transaction:
Persons associated with this Transaction:
- Agent:
Æthelred 32
(the Unready; king of the English, 978-1016)
- Recipient:
St Albans 1
()
- Recipient:
Ælfric 46
(Bishop of Ramsbury, 991x993-1005; Archbishop of Canterbury, 995-1005
)
- Recipient:
Leofric 30
(Abbot of St Albans / ?Exeter, fl. 982-1007)
Locations associated with this Transaction: