Location: Romney Marsh / Kent

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Event ASC  796 ACDEF(OE and Lat.)G, <796> B   Here [DE substitute: In the same year] Cenwulf 3 harried across the people of Kent (Anonymi 859) [F(OE) substitutes: Kent; F(Lat.) substitutes: the province of the Dwellers in Kent] up to Romney Marsh [BCDE substitute: and the dwellers in the Marsh (Anonymi 948); F(OE and Lat.) omits].
Transaction S1180      Æthelberht 5, son of King Wihtred 1, to Mildrith 1, abbess, and her familia [Minster-in-Thanet 1]; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) by the river Limen and meadow at Hammespot (in Romney Marsh), Kent
Transaction S21      Wihtred 1, king of Kent, to Lyminge 1; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun and pasture in Romney Marsh
Office Æthelweard.Chron  iii.2 Eadberht 18 held office of King
Event Æthelweard.Chron  iii.4 (pp. 30-1)   Hereberht 6 was killed by the Danes (Anonymi 846) in the place of the marsh dwellers (Anonymi 2470).
Event Æthelweard.Chron  iii.2   Cenwulf 3 harried Kent and the province that is called Romney Marsh.
Transaction S1203      Alfred 8, king, to Eardwulf 12; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent)
Event ASC (C-F) 1042-1087  E 1052   The king and his council decided that ships should be sent to Sandwich, and they appointed Earl Ralph 1 and Earl Odda 8 as their captains [heafodmannum]. Then Earl Godwine 51 went out from Bruges with his ships to the Isere, and put out to sea a day before the eve of the midsummer festival, so that he came to Dungeness, which is south of Romney. Then it came to the knowledge of the earls out at Sandwich, and they then went out in pursuit of the other ships, and a land force was called out against the ships. Then meanwhile Earl Godwine 51 was warned; and he went to Pevensey, and the storm became so violent that the earls could not find out what had happened to Earl Godwine 51. And then Earl Godwine 51 put out again so that he got back to Bruges, and the other ships went back again to Sandwich. Then it was decided that the ships should go back again to London, and that other earls and other oarsmen [hasæta] should be appointed to them. But there was so long a delay that the naval expedition was quite abandoned and all the men went home. Earl Godwine 51 found out about this and hoisted his sail – and so did his fleet – and they went westward direct to the Isle of Wight and there landed, and ravaged there so long that the people paid them as much as they imposed on them, and then they went westward until they came to Portland and landed there, and did whatever damage they could. Then Harold 3 had come from Ireland with 9 ships, and he landed at Porlock, and there was a great force gathered there to oppose him, but he did not hesitate to obtain provisions for himself, and he landed and killed a great part of the force that opposed him, and seized for himself what came his way in cattle, men, and property; and then he went east to his father, and they both went eastward until they came to the Isle of Wight, and there took what they had left behind them. Then they went on to Pevensey and took with them as many ships as were serviceable and so proceeded to Dungeness. And he took all the ships that were at Romney and Hythe and Folkestone, and then they went east to Dover and landed and seized ships for themselves and as many hostages as they wished. So they came to Sandwich and there they did exactly the same, and everywhere they were given hostages and provisions wherever they asked for them. They went on to Northmouth [Kentish Stour] and so towards London, and some of the ships went within Sheppey and did much damage there, and they went to Milton Regis and burnt it down to the ground. Thus they proceeded on their way to London in pursuit of the earls. When they came to London the king and earls were all lying there with 50 ships ready to meet them. Then the earls sent to the king and asked him legally to return to them all those things of which they had been unjustly deprived. But the king refused for some time – for so long that the men who were with the earl were so incensed against the king and against his men that the earl himself had difficulty calming those men. Then Bishop Stigand 1 with the help of God went there and the wise men both inside the city and without, and they decided that hostages should be arranged for on both sides. And so it was done. Then Archbishop Robert 5 found out about this, and the Frenchmen, so that they took horses and departed, some west to Pentecost’s castle, and some north to Robert 5’s castle. And Archbishop Robert 5 and Bishop Ulf 13 and their companions went out at the east gate and killed or otherwise injured many young men, and went right on to Eadulfesness [The Naze, Essex], and he there got on board a broken-down ship, and went right on overseas, and left behind him his pallium and all the Church in this country. This was God’s will, in that he had obtained the dignity when it was not God’s will. Then a big council was summoned outside London, and all the earls and the chief men who were in the country were at the council. Then Earl Godwine 51 expounded his case, and cleared himself before King Edward 15, his lord [hlaford], and before all his country-men, declaring that he was guiltless of the charges brought against him, and against Harold 3 his son and all his children. Then the king granted the earl and his children his full friendship and full status as an earl, and all that he had had. And all the men who were with him were treated likewise. And the king gave the lady [Eadgyth 3] all that she had had. And Archbishop Robert 5 was declared utterly an outlaw, and all the Frenchmen too, because they were most responsible for the disagreement between Earl Godwine 51 and the king.
Transaction S1656      Godwald 1 to St Augustine's; bequest of 100 acres at Sturton in Romney Marsh.
Possession GDB  13 (Kent 9:7) Hugh 25 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.13 sulungs in Romney Marsh, Kent (in 1086)
Possession GDB  13 (Kent 9:20) Hugh 25 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 sulungs in Romney Marsh, Kent (in 1086)
Possession GDB  13 (Kent 9:14) Hugh 25 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.25 sulungs in Romney Marsh, Kent (in 1086)
Possession GDB  13 (Kent 9:13) Hugh 25 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.75 sulungs in Romney Marsh, Kent (in 1086)
Possession GDB  5 (Kent 3:22) Stigand 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.25 sulungs in -, Kent (in 1066)
Possession GDB  5 (Kent 3:22) Canterbury, Christ Church 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.25 sulungs in -, Kent (in 1066)
Possession GDB  5 (Kent 3:22) Canterbury, Christ Church 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.25 sulungs in -, Kent (in 1086)
Possession GDB  5 (Kent 3:22) Canterbury, Christ Church 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 sulung in -, Kent (in 1086)
Possession GDB  5 (Kent 3:22) Canterbury, Christ Church 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 sulung in -, Kent (in 1066)
Possession GDB  5 (Kent 3:22) Stigand 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 sulung in -, Kent (in 1066)
Office EMC Coin  2001.0964 (N 475.1 (Alfred Imitations: Two-Line)) Beorhtweald 9 held office of Moneyer
RecordedNames EMC Coin  2001.0964 (N 475.1 (Alfred Imitations: Two-Line)) Beorhtweald 9
RecordedNames EMC Coin  2006.0303 (N 820 (Expanding Cross, light)) Edward 15
Office EMC Coin  2006.0303 (N 820 (Expanding Cross, light)) Edward 15 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  2006.0303 (N 820 (Expanding Cross, light)) Thurstan 18
Office EMC Coin  2006.0303 (N 820 (Expanding Cross, light)) Thurstan 18 held office of Moneyer for Edward 15
Office EMC Coin  2001.0965 (N 796 (Long Cross: Scandinavian Imitation)) Cnut 3 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  2005.0193 (N 803 (Harold I, Fleur-de-lis, fleur reverse)) Harold 5
Office EMC Coin  2005.0193 (N 803 (Harold I, Fleur-de-lis, fleur reverse)) Harold 5 held office of King
RecordedNames EMC Coin  2005.0193 (N 803 (Harold I, Fleur-de-lis, fleur reverse)) Wulfwig 21
Office EMC Coin  2005.0193 (N 803 (Harold I, Fleur-de-lis, fleur reverse)) Wulfwig 21 held office of Moneyer for Harold 5