Transaction: Seizure of landÆthelred 32.seizing land from Wulfgeat 6 and Ælfgifu 18 S918

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

Persons associated with this Transaction:

• Agent:   Wulfgeat 6 (Second husband of Ælfgifu 18)
• Agent:   Ælfgifu 18 (Wife of Ælfgar 32, fl. 1008)
• Recipient:   Æthelred 35 (King Æthelred 32's faithful man, fl. 1002; owner of land in Kent)

Locations associated with this Transaction:

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

Linked Transactions:

• Transaction: Æthelred 32.S918 granting land to Abingdon, St Mary's 1 (1008)
• 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)