Source: CharterS889

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Description

King Æthelred to Winchester, Old Minster; restoration of a messuage (haga) in Winchester with a fishery at Bræge (Brentford, Middx.). Ælfswith, matrona, had promised the Winchester haga to Old Minster after her death, but the bequest had been blocked.

Charter information
Sawyer 889
Birch ---
Kemble 1291
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 996
Scholarly Source Dating 996

Notes

*Finberg, ECW, no. 142, authentic, discusses bounds; Hart 1970/1, p. 24 (no. 4), authentic; Biddle and Hill 1975, p. 75, on Winchester topography; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 234, 235, 340; Keynes 1980, pp. 96, 102-3, 123, 255, authentic

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Rumble, Alexander R. Property and Piety in Early Medieval Winchester: documents relating to the topography of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman city and its minsters Oxford 2002 209-12

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S889    Ælfswith 7, matrona, to Winchester, Old Minster 1; bequest of a messuage (haga) in Winchester. The bequest was blocked.
Transaction S889    King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster 1; restoration of a messuage (haga) in Winchester with a fishery at Bræge (Brentford, Middx.). Ælfswith 7, matrona, had promised the Winchester haga to Old Minster after her death, but the bequest had been blocked.
Office S889    Wulfgeat 9 held office of Minister
Office S889    Ordwulf 4 held office of Minister
Office S889    Æthelmær 22 held office of Minister
Office S889    Leofsige 17 held office of Dux
Office S889    Ælfhelm 17 held office of Dux
Office S889    Ælfric 87 held office of Dux
Office S889    Ealdred 42 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Æthelweard 34 held office of Dux
Office S889    Æthulf 3 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Ælfwald 55 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Godwine 23 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Ordberht 4 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Wulfsige 36 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Ælfheah 45 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Wulfstan 41 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of London)
Office S889    Ælfheah 44 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Ælfheah 44 held office of Bishop
Office S889    Ealdwulf 18 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of York)
Office S889    Ælfric 46 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of Canterbury)
Office S889    Æthelred 32 held office of Basileus (basileus of the English)
Status S889    Ælfswith 9 held status of Matrona / Matrona
Event S889    King Æthelred 32 to Winchester, Old Minster; restoration of a messuage (haga) in Winchester with a fishery at Bræge (Brentford, Middx.). Ælfswith 9, matrona, had promised the Winchester haga to Old Minster after her death, but the bequest had been blocked.