Source: CharterS1508

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Will of Alfred, 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, Werburg, and their daughter, Alhthryth]; of a annual render of 200 pence from an estate at Clapham, Surrey [to Chertsey minster]; of 2 hides at Waddington and 1 at Gatton, Surrey [to his son, Æthelwald]; of 1 hide at Linkfield in Reigate, Surrey, to his kinsman Beorhtsige; of land at Nettlestead, Kent, to his kinsman Sigewulf, burdened with an annual render to Christ Church, Canterbury; of land at Farleigh, Kent, burdened with an annual render to Rochester, to Eadred, after Æthelred's time, with reversion to Alfred's maternal relatives.

Charter information
Sawyer 1508
Birch 558
Kemble 317
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 871 x 899

Notes

Vinogradoff 1893, pp. 9-11, 16; Maitland 1897, pp. 245-6; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 88-91; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 227, on Kentish names; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 23-5, genuine; Sisam 1953, p. 124, cited; Wilson 1959, pp. 302-4, on language; Sweet, Reader, p. 288; Stenton 1971, pp. 310-11, on reference to folkland; Finberg 1972, p. 497, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 321, original; Whitelock, EHD, p. 537; Brooks 1984, p. 173; Dumville 1987, pp. 157-8, script of MS 1 may be slightly later; Campbell 1989, pp. 26-7 n. 28, on reference to 'value' of land; Keynes 1990, p. 253; Making of England, pp. 263-4 (no. 239); Foot 1992, p. 191, on a formula; Reynolds 1992, p. 217 (= 1994, p. 329); Fleming 1993, p. 120, on bequest to Christ Church; Gretsch 1994, pp. 76-7, on orthography.

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

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
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.
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.
Transaction S1508    Ealdorman Alfred 18 to Beorhtsige 3, his kinsman; bequest of 1 hide at Linkfield in Reigate, Surrey
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.
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.
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.
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.
RecordedNames S1508    Alfred 8 (Elfred)
RecordedNames S1508    Sigewulf 7 (Siguulf)
RecordedNames S1508    Eadwald 12 (Eadwald)
RecordedNames S1508    Edmund 8 (Eadmund)
RecordedNames S1508    Ceolmund 10 (Ceolmund)
RecordedNames S1508    Sæfrith 1 (Sæfreð)
RecordedNames S1508    Wine 6 (Wine)
RecordedNames S1508    Wealdhelm 4 (Wealdhelm)
RecordedNames S1508    Beornnoth 11 (Beornoð)
RecordedNames S1508    Eardwulf 9 (Eardullf)
RecordedNames S1508    Æthelwulf 27 (Æðelwulf)
RecordedNames S1508    Wulfheah 3 (Wulfheah)
RecordedNames S1508    Beagstan 1 (Beagstan)
RecordedNames S1508    Beornheah 5 (Beonheah)
RecordedNames S1508    Sigefrith 9 (Sigfreð)
RecordedNames S1508    Beornhelm 8 (Beornhelm)
RecordedNames S1508    Eardwulf 11 (Earduulf)
RecordedNames S1508    Beorhtwulf 5 (Beorhtwulf)
RecordedNames S1508    Æthelred 23 (Eðelred)
RecordedNames S1508    Æthelred 13 (Æðered)
RecordedNames S1508    Eadred 13 (Eadred)
RecordedNames S1508    Beorhtsige 3 (Berhtsige)
RecordedNames S1508    Sigewulf 6 (Sigewulfe)
RecordedNames S1508    Æthelwald 33 (Eðelwald)
RecordedNames S1508    Alfred 18 (Elfred)
RecordedNames S1508    Wærburg 3 (Werburge)
RecordedNames S1508    Ealhthryth 1 (Alhdryð)
Personal Relationship S1508    Ealhthryth 1 was Daughter of Wærburg 3
Personal Relationship S1508    Æthelwald 33 was Son of Alfred 18
Personal Relationship S1508    Beorhtsige 3 was Propinquus of Alfred 18
Personal Relationship S1508    Sigewulf 6 was Propinquus of Alfred 18
Personal Relationship S1508    Eadred 13 was Propinquus of Alfred 18
Personal Relationship S1508    Wærburg 3 was Wife of Alfred 18
Personal Relationship S1508    Ealhthryth 1 was Daughter of Alfred 18
Office S1508    Sigewulf 7 held office of M’
Office S1508    Alfred 8 held office of King
Office S1508    Wine 6 held office of Subdeacon
Office S1508    Ceolmund 10 held office of M’
Office S1508    Edmund 8 held office of M’
Office S1508    Eadwald 12 held office of M’
Office S1508    Wealdhelm 4 held office of Deacon
Office S1508    Æthelwulf 27 held office of Priest
Office S1508    Eardwulf 9 held office of Priest
Office S1508    Beornnoth 11 held office of Deacon
Office S1508    Beorhtwulf 5 held office of Dux
Office S1508    Beornhelm 8 held office of Abbot
Office S1508    Eardwulf 11 held office of Abbot
Office S1508    Sigefrith 9 held office of Priest
Office S1508    Beornheah 5 held office of Priest
Office S1508    Beagstan 1 held office of Priest
Office S1508    Alfred 18 held office of Dux
Office S1508    Æthelred 13 held office of Archbishop
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.