Transaction: Grant and Gift, Restoration of land/propertyÆthelred 32.S918 granting land to Abingdon, St Mary's 1

Notes:

The land had been seized in the time of Abbot Edwin 15 by Ælfgar 32, the king's prepositus, with Æthelred 32's permission but illegally. Ælfgar 32 gave the land to his wife, Ælfgifu 18, who survived him and married Wulfgeat 6. Later the property of Ælfgifu 18 and Wulfgeat 6 was forfeited to the king, and Abbot Wulfgar 31made a request for the return of the estate.

Possessions associated with this Transaction:

• Moredon.20 cassati: Moredon [in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts.] ( ) [land], value 20 cassati
• Cricklade.1 predolium:   ( ), value 1 predolium

Persons associated with this Transaction:

• Agent:   Æthelred 32 (the Unready; king of the English, 978-1016)
• Recipient:   Abingdon, St Mary's 1 ()

Locations associated with this Transaction:

• Cricklade: ( )
• : ( ), now Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire
• Moredon: ( ), now Moredon, Wiltshire

Linked Transactions:

• Transaction: Ælfgar 32.seizing land from Abingdon, St Mary's 1 (978 x 990)
• Transaction: Ælfgar 32.S918 granting land to Ælfgifu 18 (978 x 1008)
• Transaction: Æthelred 32.seizing land from Wulfgeat 6 and Ælfgifu 18 S918 (978 x 1008)