Source: CharterS1508

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.   EHD     537-9 [no.97]

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description 1 Transaction S1508    Ealdorman Alfred 18 to Eadred 13, his kinsman; bequest of Farleigh (?Kent) after the death of Æthelred 23. 30 ambers of corn are to be paid to Rochester 1 every year. After Eadred 13's death the land is to be assigned in writing and without dispute to Alfred 18's direct maternal kindred. 2 Transaction S1508    Ealdorman Alfred 18 to Sigewulf 6, his kinsman; bequest of 6 hides at Nettlestead after the death of his wife Wærburg 3. 100 pence is to be paid to Canterbury, Christ Church 1 from the land; and each of his heirs is to pay the same amount for Alfred 18's soul. 3 Transaction S1508    Ealdorman Alfred 18 to Beorhtsige 3, his kinsman; bequest of 1 hide at Linkfield in Reigate, Surrey 4 Transaction S1508    Ealdorman Alfred 18 asked in his will that his wife, Wærburg 3, grant 100 swine to Canterbury, Christ Church for him and the good of his soul. 5 Transaction S1508    Ealdorman Alfred 18 to Æthelwald 33, his son; 3 hides of bookland: 2 hides at Waddington and 1 at Gatton, Surrey. The lands came with 100 swine. The king [Alfred 8] is willing to grant him the folkland along with the bookland, let him have it and use it; if that may not be, then she [Wærburg 3] is to give him either the land at Horsley or at Lingfield, and 100 swine with it. 6 Transaction S1508    Ealdorman Alfred 18 stipulated in his will that whoever held his land at Clapham, Surrey was to pay an annual render of 200 pence to Chertsey 1 minster, and 100 swine. 7 Transaction S1508    Ealdorman Alfred 18 to his wife, Wærburg 3; bequest of 32 hides at Sanderstead and Selsdon in Surrey, 20 at Westerham in Kent, 6 at Lingfield and 10 at Horsley, both in Surrey, and 6 at Nettlestead, Kent. 2000 swine were given on condition that Wærburg 3 remains unmarried. After Wærburg 3's life, the land at Sanderstead and Selsdon and Lingfield is to pass to Ealhthryth 1 their daughter. If she has a child, the child is to succeed; if she has no child, the nearest of kin descended from her direct paternal ancestry is to succeed to land and stock. Any one of Alfred 18's paternal kinsmen is to have the opportunity to buy the lands at half price. 8 Event S1508    Will of Alfred 18, ealdorman, including bequests of 32 hides at Sanderstead and Selsdon in Surrey, 20 at Westerham in Kent, 6 at Lingfield and 10 at Horsley, both in Surrey, and 6 at Nettlestead, Kent [to his wife, Wærburg 3, and their daughter, Ealhthryth 1]; of a annual render of 200 pence from an estate at Clapham, Surrey [to Chertsey 1 minster]; of 2 hides at Waddington and 1 at Gatton, Surrey [to his son, Æthelwald 33]; of 1 hide at Linkfield in Reigate, Surrey, to his kinsman Beorhtsige 3; of land at Nettlestead, Kent, to his kinsman Sigewulf 6, burdened with an annual render to Christ Church, Canterbury; of land at Farleigh, Kent, burdened with an annual render to Rochester 1, to Eadred 13, after Æthelred 23's time, with reversion to Alfred 18's maternal relatives.