Source: CharterS792

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King Edgar to Thorney Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land at Whittlesey, Cambs.; Water Newton, Woodston, Yaxley and Farcet, Hunts.; Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Teafolscet; and 2 hides (mansae) at Huntingdon. MS 3 adds Wittering, Oxney, Thorpe and Titchmarsh, Northants; Gedney, Lutton, Angarhala (lost) and Tydd, Lincs.; and Broughton, Hunts.

Charter information
Sawyer 792
Birch 1297
Kemble 579
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Thorney
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 973
Scholarly Source Dating 973

Notes

*Stevenson 1904, p. 256, dubious; Robinson 1923, p. 117, dubious; Hart, ECEE, no. 16 and pp. 173-86, clumsy but basically authentic text, drawn up at Thorney, general structure modelled on S 782, exists in more than one recension, the final version being created after Edgar's death; Whitelock 1966, p. 103, suspicious, cf. S 818; Whitelock 1969, p. 114, correcting details of Hart's edition; Whitelock 1970, p. 132, partly based on S 782; Hart, ECNE, p. 386, some passages repeated n S 911; PN Lincs., ii. 15, iii. 94-6; Wormald 1988, no. 41; Kennedy 1995, p. 133 n. 13, p. 138 n. 28, spurious but incorporates some early detail; cf. S 911

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction S792    For the right of jurisdiction at Holland, Lincs. which the Danes call socne, Ęthelwold 1 gave Edgar 100 mancuses of gold.
2 Transaction S792    For the right of jurisdiction at Holland, Lincs. which the Danes call socne, Ęthelwold 1 gave Edgar 11 100 mancuses of gold.
3 Transaction S792    Bishop Ęthelwold 1 bought Holland, Lincs. for 20lbs of silver, 200 mancuses of gold, and 15 hides of fertile land in Gransden, Hunts. from Ealdorman Ęthelwine 2 for which the king gave his licence.
4 Transaction S792    Bishop Ęthelwold 1 bought Holland, Lincs. for 20lbs of silver, 200 mancuses of gold, and 15 hides of fertile land in Gransden, Hunts. from Ealdorman Ęthelwine 2 for which the king gave his licence.
5 Transaction S792    Bishop Ęthelwold 1 bought from the king [Edgar 11] the village of Beruwe [Barrow-upon-Humber, Lindsey] for 40lbs of silver and many presents.
6 Transaction S792    Bishop Ęthelwold 1 bought from the king [Edgar 11] the village of Beruwe [Barrow-upon-Humber, Lindsey] for 40lbs of silver and many presents.
7 Transaction S792    Bishop Ęthelwold 1 sold 25 hides at Yaxley to Ęlfric Cild 2 for 40lbs and so obtained 25 hides at the two Yaxleys and at Farcet, Hunts.
8 Transaction S792    Bishop Ęthelwold 1 sold 25 hides at Yaxley to Ęlfric Cild for 40lbs and so obtained 25 hides at the two Yaxleys and at Farcet, Hunts.
9 Transaction S792    Bishop Ęthelwold 1 obtained 25 hides at Yaxley from Wulfstan 36 in exchange for 24 hides in Washington, Sussex.
10 Transaction S792    Bishop Ęthelwold 1 obtained 25 hides at Yaxley from Wulfstan 36 in exchange for 24 hides in Washington, Sussex.
11 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1 obtained Woodston, Hunts. from the king [Edgar 11] in exchange for Pęninctun [Pennington, or Penton Grafton, Hants] which had been bequeathed to the bishop by a gift of reversion by Ęlfsige 67.
12 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1 obtained Woodston, Hunts. from the king [Edgar 11] in exchange for Pęninctun [Pennington, or Penton Grafton, Hants] which had been bequeathed to the bishop by a gift of reversion by Ęlfsige 67.
13 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, bought 1 mansa at Titchmarsh, Northhants. from the king [Edgar 11] for 30 mancuses.
14 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, bought 1 mansa at Titchmarsh, Northhants. from the king [Edgar 11] for 30 mancuses.
15 Transaction S792    A certain widow [Anonymous 903] granted Ęthelwold 1 0.5 hide at Titchmarsh, Northants.
16 Transaction S792    Leofstan 14 gave 1.5 hides at Titchmarsh to Ęthelwold 1, bishop, for his protection [i.e. commendation].
17 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, purchased Water Newton, Hunts. from Ęlfric Cild 1, miles, for 20lbs of silver. Later Ęlfric Cild 1 disputed the transaction and Ęthelwold 1 granted him a further 13lbs together with 2 hides at Ręsen [Market Rasen, Lincs.?] and 1 hide at Titchmarsh, Northants.
18 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, purchased Water Newton, Hunts. from Ęlfric Cild 2, miles, for 20lbs of silver. Later Ęlfric Cild 2 disputed the transaction and Ęthelwold 1 granted him a further 13lbs together with 2 hides at Ręsen [Market Rasen, Lincs.?] and 1 hide at Titchmarsh, Northants.
19 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, granted 20lbs of silver to Ufi 2 and Heanric 1 after they questioned an earlier exchange.
20 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, purchased Wittering and Oxney, Northants., from Gerweard 1 and Wulfnoth 11 and poor divers persons for 15lbs of silver.
21 Transaction S792    Ufi 2 gave Heanric 1 30lbs of silver in exchange for Dręgtun.
22 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, bought two-thirds of one half of the island of Whittlesey, Cambs. along with two-thirds of the lake (Whittlesey Mere, Hunts.) from Ufi 2 and his brothers for 30lbs of silver
23 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, bought two-thirds of one half of the island of Whittlesey, Cambs. along with two-thirds of the lake (Whittlesey Mere, Hunts.) from Ufi 2 and his brothers for 30lbs of silver
24 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, acquired half the island of Whittlesey, Cambs., from Leofsige 11, son of Ęlfsige 69, for 40lbs of silver and an estate of 6 hides at Bygrave, Herts.
25 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, acquired half the island of Whittlesey, Cambs., from Leofsige 11, son of Ęlfsige 69, for 40lbs of silver and an estate of 6 hides at Bygrave, Herts.
26 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, bought a 1 mansa site on the island of Thorney from Ęthelflęd 12, matrona, for 40 gold mancuses
27 Transaction S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, bought a 1 mansa site on the island of Thorney from Ęthelflęd 12, matrona, for 40 gold mancuses
28 Transaction S792    King Edgar 11 to Thorney 1 Abbey; confirmation of land at Whittlesey, Cambs.; Water Newton, Woodston, Yaxley and Farcet, Hunts.; Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Teafolscet; and 2 hides (mansae) at Huntingdon. MS 3 adds Wittering, Oxney, Thorpe and Titchmarsh, Northants; Gedney, Lutton, Angarhala (lost) and Tydd, Lincs.; and Broughton, Hunts.
29 Transaction S792    King Edgar 11 to Thorney 1 Abbey; grant of privileges
30 Event S792    Ęthelwold 1, bishop, founded the monastery of Thorney on 1 mansa of land he had purchased from Ęthelflęd 12, matrona, for 40 gold mancuses. Three altars were consecrated, the eastern one dedicated to St Mary, the western to St Peter, the northern to St Benedict.
31 Event S792    King Edgar 11 to Thorney 1 Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land at Whittlesey, Cambs.; Water Newton, Woodston, Yaxley and Farcet, Hunts.; Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Teafolscet; and 2 hides (mansae) at Huntingdon. MS 3 adds Wittering, Oxney, Thorpe and Titchmarsh, Northants; Gedney, Lutton, Angarhala (lost) and Tydd, Lincs.; and Broughton, Hunts.
32 Event S792    The anchorites Tancred 1, martyr, Torhtred 5, confessor, and their sister Tova 1, were remembered as the early inhabitants of Thorney.
33 Transaction S792    Ęlfsige 67 to Bishop Ęthelwold 1; bequest of the reversion of Pęninctun [Pennington, or Penton Grafton, Hants]