Event: Charter-witnessing, Grant and Gift
S71 -
Æthelred 2
granting land to
Aldhelm 3
Asserted in:
S71
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Scholarly Info
Description
Æthelred 2
, king of Mercians, to
Aldhelm 3
, abbot; grant of 15 hides (cassati) near Tetbury, Gloucs
Year
681
Primary Source Info
Date from Source
680
Persons associated with this Event:
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
: 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
)
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 should grant
Aldhelm 3
the land