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S 1447

c. A.D. 950-68. Record of a dispute involving estates at Send, Surrey, and at Sunbury, Middx, and a note of their purchase by Dunstan, archbishop. English

Archive:

Westminster

MSS:

1. London, Westminster Abbey, W. A. M. VIII (s. x 2; OS Facs., ii, Westminster 7; Tapp 1951, facing p. 12)
2. London, British Library, Add. 4558, ff. 143r-146r (s. xviii)

Printed:

B, 1063; Earle, pp. 201-3

Translated:

Tapp 1951, p. 13

Printed and Translated: [Sort: By Date | Alphabetically]

Kemble 1857, pp. 59-61; Thorpe, pp. 206-9; Robertson, Charters, no. 44 (pp. 90-3)

Comments: [Sort: By Date | Alphabetically]

Liebermann 1913, p. 56, on Edgar's election; PN Middx, pp. 22, 44; Tapp 1951, pp. 8-15; Stenton 1955, p. 44, contemporary; Robertson, Charters, pp. 336-9; Korhammer 1973, pp. 183-5, on estate history; Gelling, ECTV, no. 223 (pp. 110, 160), original; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, cited; Brooks 1984, p. 249; Kennedy 1985, p. 184, on legal process; Wormald 1988, nos 38-40; Kennedy 1995, pp. 142 n., 162 n., 167 n., on legal background; Pelteret 1995, pp. 166, 299; Wormald, English Law, p. 385 n. 549; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 32, Evidence of a continued connection between St Dunstan and Westminster even following his appointment as archbishop of Canterbury; Kelly, Peterborough, p. 49, Provides information on the granting of land to Aethelwold by the family of Beorhtsige, p. 50, Aquisitions of Aelfsige in Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire in the 940s and 950s

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    • Se fruma wæs ˇæt mon forstæl ænne wimman . æt Ieceslea Ælfsige Byrhsiges suna . ˝urwif hatte se wimman. ˝a befeng Ælfsige ˇone mann æt Wulfstane Wulfgares fæder . ˇa tymde Wulfstan hine to Æˇelstane æt Sunnanbyrg . ˇa cende he tem . 7 let ˇone forberstan . 7 forbeh ˇone andagan . æfter ˇam bæd Ælfsige ægiftes his mannes . 7 he hine agef 7 forgeald him mid twam pundum . ˇa bæd Byrhfer∂ ealdormann Æˇelstan hys wer . for ˇam tembyrste . ˇa cwæ∂ Æ∂elstan ˇæt he næfde him to syllanne . ˇa cleopode Eadweard Æ∂elstanes bro∂or . 7 cwæ∂ . ic . hæbbe Sunnanburges boc ∂e uncre yldran me læfdon . læt me ˇæt land to handa ic agife ˇinne wer ∂am cynge . ˇa cwæ∂ Æ∂elstan ˇæt him leofre wære ˇæt hit to fyre o∂∂e flode gewurde . ˇonne he hit æfre gebide . ∂a cwæ∂ Eadweard hit is wyrse ˇæt uncer na∂or hit næbbe . ˇa wæs ˇæt swa . 7 forbead Byrhfer∂ ˇæt land Æ∂elstane . 7 he of ferde 7 gebeh under Wulfgare æt Nor∂healum . binnan ∂am wendun gewyrda . 7 gewat Eadræd cyng . 7 feng Eadwig to rice . 7 wende Æ∂elstan hine eft into Sunnanbyrg . ungebetra ˇinga . ˇa geahsode ˇæt Eadwig cyng . 7 gesealde ˇæt land Byrnrice . 7 he feng to . 7 wearp Æ∂elstan ut . gemang ˇam getidde ˇæt Myrce gecuran Eadgar to cynge . 7 him anweald gesealdan ealra cynerihta . ˇa gesohte Æ∂elstan Eadgar cyng 7 bæd domes . ˇa ætdemdon him Myrcna witan land buton he his wer agulde ˇam cynge swa he o∂rum ær sceolde . ˇa næfde he hwanon . ne he hit Eadwearde his bre∂er ge∂afian nolde . ˇa gesealde se cyng . 7 gebecte ˇæt land Æ∂elstan'e' ealdormenn . to hæbbenne . 7 to syllanne for life . 7 for legere ˇam him leofost wære . æfter ˇam getidde ˇæt Ecgfer∂ gebohte boc 7 land æt Æ∂elstane ealdormenn . on cynges gewitnesse . 7 his witena swa his gemedo wæron . hæfde 7 breac o∂ his ende . ˇa betæhte Ecgfer∂ on halre tungan . land 7 boc on cynges gewitnesse Dunstane arcebisceope to mundgenne his lafe . 7 his bearne . ˇa he geendod wæs ˇa rad se bisceop to ˇam cynge myngude ˇære munde 7 his gewitnesse . ˇa cwæ∂ se cyng him to andsware mine witan habba∂ ætrec∂ Ecgfer∂e ealle his are . ˇurh ˇæt swyrd ˇe him on hype hangode ˇa he adranc . nam ˇa se cyng ∂a are ˇe he ahte .xx. hyda æt Sendan .x. æt Sunnanbyrg . 7 forgef Ælfhege ealdormenn . ˇa bead se bisceop his wer ˇam cynge . ˇa cwæ∂ se cyng . ˇæt mihte beon geboden him wi∂ clænum legere . ac ic hæbbe ealle ˇa spæce to Ælfhege læten. ˝æs on syxtan gere gebohte se arcebisceop æt Ælfhege ealdormenn . ˇæt land æt Sendan . mid .xc. pundum . 7 æt Sunnanbyrg mid .cc. mancussan goldes . unbecwedene . 7 unforbodene wi∂ ælcne mann to ˇære dægtide . 7 he him swa ˇa land geagnian derr . swa him se sealde ∂e to syllenne ahte . 7 hi ˇam se cyng sealde . swa hi him his witan gerehton.