Location: Cookham / Berkshire

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref. Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S939      King Æthelred 32 confirms the will of Æthelric 32 (i.e. S 1501), including the bequest of land at Bocking, Essex, to Canterbury, Christ Church 1
Event S939      King Æthelred 32 confirmed the will of Æthelric 32 (i.e. S 1501) and exculpated him of his conspiracy with Swein 1 because his wife [Anonymous 993] offered her marriage-gift to Canterbury, Christ Church and brought his heriot with her.
Transaction S1485      Ælfheah 33, ealdorman, to King Edgar 11; bequest of land at Ellendun [Wroughton, Wilts.], 120 hides at Worth [? probably Littleworth in Faringdon], and land at Cookham and Thatcham, Berks.; Chelworth, Wilts.; Incgenæsham (? Inglesham, Wilts.); Aylesbury and Wendover, Bucks. along with 300 mancuses of gold, a drinking cup weighing 3 pounds, a short sword, with 80 mancuses of gold on the scabbard, 6 swords, 6 horses with trappings and as many spears and shields.
Transaction S1258      Æthelbald 4, king of the Mercians, to the church of the Saviour in Canterbury [Canterbury, Christ Church 1]; grant of the monastery of Cookham and all lands pertaining to it. Æthelbald 4 sent the deeds and a sod from the land and ordered that they be laid upon the altar at Canterbury, Christ Church 1.
Transaction S1258      Offa 7, king of the Mercians, to his heirs [Ecgfrith 7, his son, and Cynethryth 2, his wife]; bequest of the monastery of Cookham, Berks.
Transaction S1258      Offa 7, king of the Mercians, from Cynewulf 4, king of the West Saxons; seizure of the monastery of Cookham, Berks. and many other towns
Possession GDB  56v (Berkshire 1:3) Edward 15 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 20 hides in Cookham, Berkshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  56v (Berkshire 1:3) William 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 20 hides in Cookham, Berkshire (in 1086)