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

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Transaction S792    For the right of jurisdiction at Holland, Lincs. which the Danes call socne, Æthelwold 1 gave Edgar 100 mancuses of gold.
Transaction S792    For the right of jurisdiction at Holland, Lincs. which the Danes call socne, Æthelwold 1 gave Edgar 11 100 mancuses of gold.
Transaction S792    Bishop Æthelwold 1 bought Holland, Lincs. for 20lbs of silver, 200 mancuses of gold, and 15 hides of fertile land in Gransden, Hunts. from Ealdorman Æthelwine 2 for which the king gave his licence.
Transaction S792    Bishop Æthelwold 1 bought Holland, Lincs. for 20lbs of silver, 200 mancuses of gold, and 15 hides of fertile land in Gransden, Hunts. from Ealdorman Æthelwine 2 for which the king gave his licence.
Transaction S792    Bishop Æthelwold 1 bought from the king [Edgar 11] the village of Beruwe [Barrow-upon-Humber, Lindsey] for 40lbs of silver and many presents.
Transaction S792    Bishop Æthelwold 1 bought from the king [Edgar 11] the village of Beruwe [Barrow-upon-Humber, Lindsey] for 40lbs of silver and many presents.
Transaction S792    Bishop Æthelwold 1 sold 25 hides at Yaxley to Ælfric Cild 2 for 40lbs and so obtained 25 hides at the two Yaxleys and at Farcet, Hunts.
Transaction S792    Bishop Æthelwold 1 sold 25 hides at Yaxley to Ælfric Cild for 40lbs and so obtained 25 hides at the two Yaxleys and at Farcet, Hunts.
Transaction S792    Bishop Æthelwold 1 obtained 25 hides at Yaxley from Wulfstan 36 in exchange for 24 hides in Washington, Sussex.
Transaction S792    Bishop Æthelwold 1 obtained 25 hides at Yaxley from Wulfstan 36 in exchange for 24 hides in Washington, Sussex.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1 obtained Woodston, Hunts. from the king [Edgar 11] in exchange for Pæninctun [Pennington, or Penton Grafton, Hants] which had been bequeathed to the bishop by a gift of reversion by Ælfsige 67.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1 obtained Woodston, Hunts. from the king [Edgar 11] in exchange for Pæninctun [Pennington, or Penton Grafton, Hants] which had been bequeathed to the bishop by a gift of reversion by Ælfsige 67.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, bought 1 mansa at Titchmarsh, Northhants. from the king [Edgar 11] for 30 mancuses.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, bought 1 mansa at Titchmarsh, Northhants. from the king [Edgar 11] for 30 mancuses.
Transaction S792    A certain widow [Anonymous 903] granted Æthelwold 1 0.5 hide at Titchmarsh, Northants.
Transaction S792    Leofstan 14 gave 1.5 hides at Titchmarsh to Æthelwold 1, bishop, for his protection [i.e. commendation].
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, purchased Water Newton, Hunts. from Ælfric Cild 1, miles, for 20lbs of silver. Later Ælfric Cild 1 disputed the transaction and Æthelwold 1 granted him a further 13lbs together with 2 hides at Ræsen [Market Rasen, Lincs.?] and 1 hide at Titchmarsh, Northants.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, purchased Water Newton, Hunts. from Ælfric Cild 2, miles, for 20lbs of silver. Later Ælfric Cild 2 disputed the transaction and Æthelwold 1 granted him a further 13lbs together with 2 hides at Ræsen [Market Rasen, Lincs.?] and 1 hide at Titchmarsh, Northants.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, granted 20lbs of silver to Ufi 2 and Heanric 1 after they questioned an earlier exchange.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, purchased Wittering and Oxney, Northants., from Gerweard 1 and Wulfnoth 11 and poor divers persons for 15lbs of silver.
Transaction S792    Ufi 2 gave Heanric 1 30lbs of silver in exchange for Drægtun.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 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
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 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
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, acquired half the island of Whittlesey, Cambs., from Leofsige 11, son of Ælfsige 69, for 40lbs of silver and an estate of 6 hides at Bygrave, Herts.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, acquired half the island of Whittlesey, Cambs., from Leofsige 11, son of Ælfsige 69, for 40lbs of silver and an estate of 6 hides at Bygrave, Herts.
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, bought a 1 mansa site on the island of Thorney from Æthelflæd 12, matrona, for 40 gold mancuses
Transaction S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, bought a 1 mansa site on the island of Thorney from Æthelflæd 12, matrona, for 40 gold mancuses
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.
Transaction S792    King Edgar 11 to Thorney 1 Abbey; grant of privileges
Occupation S792    Tancred 1 Anchorite
Occupation S792    Torhtred 5 Anchorite
Personal Relationship S792    Tova 1 was Sister of Torhtred 5
Personal Relationship S792    Tova 1 was Sister of Tancred 1
Office S792    Ælfsige 54 held office of Discifer
Office S792    Ælfweard 9 held office of Discifer
Office S792    Eanwulf 22 held office of Discifer
Office S792    Æthelwine 2 held office of Dux
Office S792    Æthelweard 21 held office of Discifer
Office S792    Ælfhere 10 held office of Dux
Office S792    Æthelgar 8 held office of Abbot
Office S792    Æscwig 4 held office of Abbot
Office S792    Osgar 1 held office of Abbot
Office S792    Æthulf 3 held office of Bishop
Office S792    Ælfstan 39 held office of Bishop
Office S792    Æthelwold 1 held office of Bishop
Office S792    Ælfstan 40 held office of Bishop
Office S792    Oswald 8 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of York)
Office S792    Dunstan 1 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Office S792    Edgar 11 held office of Basileus (basileus of all Britain)
Event S792    Æthelwold 1, bishop, founded the monastery of Thorney on 1 mansa of land he had purchased from Æthelflæd 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.
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.
Event S792    The anchorites Tancred 1, martyr, Torhtred 5, confessor, and their sister Tova 1, were remembered as the early inhabitants of Thorney.
RecordedNames S792    Thurfrith 2 (Þureferd)
RecordedNames S792    Thurfrith 3 (Þureferd)
RecordedNames S792    Frena 1 (Friena)
Transaction S792    Ælfsige 67 Ælfsige 67 to Bishop Æthelwold 1; bequest of the reversion of Pæninctun [Pennington, or Penton Grafton, Hants]
RecordedNames S792    Ælfsige 67 (Ælfsige)
RecordedNames S792    Leofsige 11 ( )
Personal Relationship S792    Leofsige 11 was son of Ælfsige 69
RecordedNames S792    Ælfric Cild 2 (Ælfric Cild)