Source: CharterS877

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King Æthelred to Ælfthryth, his mother; grant of 3.5 (sulunga) at Brabourne, 3.5 at Evegate, 2 at Burhwarefelda, 3 at Nackington, 3 at Chalk and 1 at Wirigenn (? Perry), Kent, forfeited by Wulfbald 10 for many crimes. Ælfthryth gives in exchange land at Cholsey, Berks.

Charter information
Sawyer 877
Birch ---
Kemble ---
British Academy Miller, New Minster No. 31
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Winchester, New Minster
Source Information
Date from Source 996
Scholarly Source Dating 996

Notes

*Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 336-51, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 372-7; Whitelock 1959, p. 82, on a witness; HRH, p. 236, probably genuine, subscriptions are consistent, dates 989 x 990; Whitelock, EHD, p. 575; Keynes 1980, pp. 97, 104, 130 n. 158, p. 201 n. 178, pp. 249, 254, authentic; Vollrath 1985, pp. 300-5, on synodal aspects; Wormald 1988, nos 57-8; Keynes 1991, pp. 78-9, on background; Keynes 1996, p. 33, Queen Ælfthryth may have consignd the charter to New Minster for safe-keeping.

Notes: The date 993 earlier associated with S 877 arose from a misreading of the MS.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Edwards, E. Liber Monasterii de Hyda London 1866 242-53
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1956 128-31

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction S877    Æthelred 32 from Wulfbald 3; seizure of 3.5 (sulunga) at Brabourne, 3.5 at Evegate, 2 at Burhwarefelda, 3 at Nackington, 3 at Chalk and 1 at Wirigenn (? Perry), Kent, forfeited by Wulfbald 3 for many crimes
2 Transaction S877    King Æthelred 32 to Ælfthryth 8, his mother; grant of 3.5 (sulunga) at Brabourne, 3.5 at Evegate, 2 at Burhwarefelda, 3 at Nackington, 3 at Chalk and 1 at Wirigenn (? Perry), Kent, forfeited by Wulfbald 3 for many crimes. Ælfthryth 8 gives in exchange land at Cholsey, Berks.
3 Transaction S877    King Æthelred 32 to Ælfthryth 8, his mother; grant of 3.5 (sulunga) at Brabourne, 3.5 at Evegate, 2 at Burhwarefelda, 3 at Nackington, 3 at Chalk and 1 at Wirigenn (? Perry), Kent, forfeited by Wulfbald 3 for many crimes. Ælfthryth 8 gives in exchange land at Cholsey, Berks.
4 Event S877    Charter from a great moot at London detailing and condemning the crimes of Wulfbald 3. The judgement is embedded in a grant by Æthelred 32 to his mother, Ælfthryth 8, of land forfeited by Wulfbald 3.
5 Event S877    King Æthelred 32 to Ælfthryth 8, his mother; grant of 3.5 (sulunga) at Brabourne, 3.5 at Evegate, 2 at Burhwarefelda, 3 at Nackington, 3 at Chalk and 1 at Wirigenn (? Perry), Kent, forfeited by Wulfbald 3 for many crimes. Ælfthryth 8 gives in exchange land at Cholsey, Berks.
6 Event S877    These are the crimes by which Wulfbald 3 ruined himself with his lord King [Æthelred 32].
7 Event S877    After Wulfbald 3's death his widow [Anonymous 928], along with her son [Anonymous 10010] went and slew Eadmær 6’s thegn, Wulfbald 3’s uncle’s son, and his fifteen companions [Anonymi 10003] on the estate at Bourne which he had held by seizure despite the king. And then Archbishop Æthelgar 8 had the great synod at London, and he himself and all his property were assigned to the king.
8 Transaction S877    Wulfbald 3 went and took possession of the estate belonging to his kinsman, Beorhtmær 4 of Bourne. Then the king sent to him and commanded him to give up the estate, but he paid no attention and his wergild was assigned to the king for the third time.