Source: CharterS892

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Description

King Æthelred to Leofwine, dux: grant of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks. The land had been forfeited by Wistan for murder.

Charter information
Sawyer 892
Birch ---
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Coventry
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 998
Scholarly Source Dating 998

Notes

*Napier and Stevenson, pp. 110-22, authentic; PN Warwicks., p. 135 n., on bounds of Ladbroke and Radbourne, pp. 144-5 n., on bounds of Southam; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on endorsement; Hart, ECNE, no. 66, original; Keynes 1980, p. 104 n. 62, p. 135 n. 171, p. 256, authentic and original; Wormald 1988, no. 61; BA Facs., p. 5, unusual aspect but seems to be an original; Dumville 1994, p. 161 n. 151, script is old-fashioned, cf. also S 898; Hooke 1996, p. 112

Factoid List

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Transaction S892    King Æthelred 32 from Wistan 4; seizure of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks.. Wistan 4 had forfeited the land for murder.
Transaction S892    King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 49, dux: grant of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks. The land had been forfeited by Wistan 4 for murder.
Office S892    Wulfheah 13 held office of Minister
Office S892    Wulfgeat 9 held office of Minister
Office S892    Æthelmær 22 held office of Minister
Office S892    Ordwulf 4 held office of Minister
Office S892    Ælfric 87 held office of Dux
Office S892    Ælfhelm 17 held office of Dux
Office S892    Æthelweard 34 held office of Dux
Office S892    Leofric 36 held office of Abbot
Office S892    Wulfgar 31 held office of Abbot
Office S892    Ælfweard 30 held office of Abbot
Office S892    Ælfsige 81 held office of Abbot
Office S892    Ælfwald 55 held office of Bishop
Office S892    Æthulf 3 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Hereford)
Office S892    Wulfsige 36 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Sherborne)
Office S892    Wulfstan 41 held office of Bishop (bishop of London)
Office S892    Ælfheah 44 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Winchester)
Office S892    Ælfheah 45 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Lichfield)
Office S892    Ealdwulf 18 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the basilica of York)
Office S892    Ælfric 46 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Event S892    Wistan 4 Wistan 4 was found guilty of murder, for which he forfeited his lands.
Office S892    Leofwine 49 held office of Dux
Office S892    Æthelred 32 held office of Monarch
Office S892    Æthelred 32 held office of Basileus (basileus of the English and also of all surrounding peoples)
Event S892    King Æthelred 32 to Leofwine 49, dux: grant of 7.5 hides (tributarii), comprising 3 hides (mansae) at Southam and 4.5 hides (manentes) at Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwicks. The land had been forfeited by Wistan 4 for murder.