Possession Object: 200 pounds

Details
Type:gold and / or silver

Factoid List

Factoid Type Source Reference Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S912    King Æthelred 32 to St Albans 1 Abbey; grant of 1 hide (cassata) at Flamstead and 5 at St Albans, Herts., with renewal of extensive liberties granted by King Offa 7. Abbot Leofric 30 had given 200 pounds of gold and silver to the king to pay off the Danes [Anonymi 2653], receiving in exchange these 6 hides and 55 hides at Eadulfinctun; but now he has returned Eadulfinctun.
Transaction S912    King Æthelred 32 to the Danes [Anonymi 2653]; payment of 200 pounds of gold and silver which the king had received from Abbot Leofric 30 in exchange, 1 hide (cassata) at Flamstead, 5 at St Albans, Herts. and 55 hides at Eadulfinctun.
Transaction S1507    King Alfred 8 to the men who serve him who he has given money to at Eastertide [Anonymi 2707]; bequest of 200 pounds to be divided among them, to each as much as will fall to him according to the manner in which I have just now made my distribution.
Transaction S1507    King Alfred 8 bequeathed 200 pounds, 50 to masspriests throughout his kingdom, 50 to poor servants of God, 50 to poor men in need, 50 to the church in which he is buried. Any money remaining was to be split amongst those to whom he had already bequeathed money.
Transaction S1515    King Eadred 16 to his people; bequest of 1600 pounds 'to the end that they may redeem themselves from famine and from a heathen army if they need,' and 2000 mancuses were to be 'taken and minted into mancuses'. Canterbury received 400 pounds for the relief of Kent, Surry, Sussex and Berkshire, and one third of the mancuses for the bishoprics; Ælfsige 30, bishop of Winchester, 400 pounds (200 for Hampshire, 100 for Wiltshire, 100 for Dorset), he also received an extra 200 for whichever shire may need it, and one third of the mancuses for the bishoprics; Abbot Dunstan 1 received 200 pounds for the people of Somerset and Devon; Bishop Oscytel 5 received 400 pounds for the Mercians, and one third of the mancuses for the bishoprics; Bishop Wulfhelm 5 received 400 pounds.