Source: CharterS884

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King Æthelred to Muchelney Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric with Æthelred's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær.

Charter information
Sawyer 884
Birch ---
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Muchelney
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 995
Scholarly Source Dating 995

Notes

*Stevenson 1899, p. 45, authentic; Robertson, Charters, p. 374, original; Stenton 1955, p. 15 n. 1, contemporary; Finberg, ECW, no. 520, original; Chaplais 1966, p. 21, original, compares script with that of S 880 (= 1981, XV p. 21); Bishop 1971, pp. xxvi, 7, scribe also appears in MSS from Christ Church, Canterbury; Whitelock, EHD, p. 372, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 96, 120, 253, original; Edwards 1988, p. 207, certainly authentic; Wormald 1988, no. 55; BA Facs., p. 5, original; Kennedy 1995, p. 172 n. 162, on internal reference to the annulment of an earlier Ilminster landbook following the resolution of a dispute; Abrams 1996, p. 79, on Camel.

Edition(s)

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Two Cartularies of the Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney in the County of Somerset Bates, Edward Harbin Two Cartularies of the Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney in the County of Somerset   1899 43-5 (no. 4)

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S884    King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; grant of alms. These alms were used by Abbot Leofric 36 to purchase some land at Camel.
Transaction S884    Satraps Æthelmær 18 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; grant of some land at Camel, Somerset
Transaction S884    Muchelney 1 Abbey, to Anonymous 982; lease of land at Ilminster, Somerset; the land was later lost and then confirmed by King Æthelred 32
Transaction S884    King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of privileges and estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey [to Anonymous 982] and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman (satraps) Æthelmær 18
Office S884    Wulfsige 36 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Sherborne)
Office S884    Æthelnoth 39 held office of Minister
Office S884    Wulfric 52 held office of Minister
Office S884    Wulfgeat 9 held office of Minister
Office S884    Ordwulf 4 held office of Minister
Office S884    Æthelmær 22 held office of Minister
Office S884    Beorhtstan 2 held office of Abbot
Office S884    Ælfsige 81 held office of Abbot
Office S884    Leofric 36 held office of Abbot
Office S884    Ælfweard 30 held office of Abbot
Office S884    Ælfric 87 held office of Dux
Office S884    Æthelweard 34 held office of Dux
Office S884    Sigegar 1 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Wells)
Office S884    Æscwig 3 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Dorchester)
Office S884    Ælfheah 44 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Winchester)
Office S884    Ælfric 46 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Office S884    Æthelmær 18 held office of Satraps
Office S884    Leofric 36 held office of Abbot (abbot of Muchelney)
Office S884    Æthelred 32 held office of Primicerius
Office S884    Æthelred 32 held office of King
Office S884    Æthelred 32 held office of Basileus (basileus of all the English people and also of the surrounding peoples)
Event S884    King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær 18