Event: Charter-witnessing, Grant and Gift

Scholarly Info
Description	Æthelred 2, king of Mercians, to Aldhelm 3, abbot, and his successors; grant of 30 hides (cassati) west of the highway (Long Newnton, Wilts., cf S 1038) and 15 near Tetbury, Gloucs
Year	681

Primary Source Info
Date from Source	681

Agent: Æthelred 2 (King of the Mercians, 675-704, d.?716; abdicated, Abbot of Bardney)
Recipient: Aldhelm 3 (Abbot of Malmesbury; bishop of Sherborne, 706-709x710)
Charter Witness: Royalty (1) Æthelred 2 (King of the Mercians, 675-704, d.?716; abdicated, Abbot of Bardney)
Charter Witness: Other (1) Cenfrith 2 (Mercian comes / patricius, fl. 681) : he requested that Æthelred grant the land to Aldhelm 3
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (1) Theodore 1 (Archbishop of Canterbury, 668-690)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (2) Seaxwulf 1 (Abbot of Medeshamstede, ?654-?674; bishop of the Mercians, ?x676–?x692)
Charter Witness: Ecclesiastical_Episcopal (3) Bosel 1 (Bishop of the Hwicce, 680-691)

Event: Charter-witnessing, Grant and GiftS73 - Æthelred 2 granting land to Aldhelm 3