S 1457

? A.D. 980 x 987. Account of the acquisition by the bishop of Rochester, on behalf of St Andrew's church, of land at Bromley and Fawkham, Kent, in compensation for the theft of the title-deeds of Snodland, Kent. English

Archive:

Rochester

MSS:

1. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), ff. 162v-163v (s. xii 1)

Printed:

Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 114-15; K, 1258; B, 1296; Campbell, Rochester, no. 36; Davies and Fouracre 1986, p. 264, ex Campbell

Printed and Translated:

Thorpe, pp. 264-6; Essays, pp. 347-49; Robertson, Charters, no. 59 (pp. 122-5)

Comments:

Wallenberg, KPN, p. 301, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 365-7; Campbell, Rochester, pp. xx-xxii, xxiv-xxv, on estate history; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, cited; Kennedy 1985, pp. 182, 184, on legal background; Wormald 1986, pp. 157-61, on dispute; Wormald 1988, nos 45-6; Keynes 1992, p. 68, on legal background; Kennedy 1995, pp. 153 n., 167, 172 n., on legal background; Flight 1996; Hyams, Rancor, pp. 105-6 n. 143, on 'reaflac'

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    • Þus wæron ða land . æt Bromleage . 7 æt Fealcnaham . þam cinge Eadgare gereht . on Lundenbyrig . ðurh Snodinglandes landbec . ða þa preostas forstælon þam biscope on Hrofesceastre . 7 gesealdan heo Ælfrice Æscwynne sunu . wið feo dearnunga . 7 heo Æscwyn Ælfrices modor sealde heo ær ðiderin . ða geacsode se biscop þæt ða becc forstolene wæron . bæd þara boca ða geornlice . under ðam þa gewatt Ælfric . 7 he bæd ða lafe syððan . oð man gerehte on cinges ðeningmanna gemote ðære stowe 7 ðam biscope ða forstolenan becc Snodiglandes . 7 bote æt ðære ðyfðe . þæt wæs on Lundene . þær wæs se cing Eadgar . 7 se arcebiscop Dunstan . 7 Aðelwold biscop . 7 Ælfstan biscop . 7 oðer Ælfstan . 7 Ælfere ealdorman . 7 fela cynges witena . 7 man agæf ða into ðære stowe ðam biscope ða becc . ða stod ðara wydewan are . on ðæs cinges handa . Ða wolde Wulfstan se gerefa niman þa are to ðæs cinges handa . Bromleah . 7 Fealcnaham . ða gesohte seo wydewe ða halgan stowe . 7 ðane biscop . 7 agæf ðam cinge Bromleages boc . 7 Fealcnahames . 7 se byscop gebohte ða becc 7 ða land æt ðam cinge on Godeshylle . mid fiftigan mancesan goldes . 7 hundteontigan . 7 ðrittigum pundum . þurh forespræce . 7 costnunge . into Sancte Andrea . siððan ða lefde se biscop ðare wydewan . ðara lande bryces . under ðam ða gewatt se cing . Ongan ða syððan Byrhtric ðare wydewan mæg . 7 heo to ðam genedde þæt hy brucan ðara landa on reaflace . gesohtan ða ðane ealdorman Eadwine . 7 þæt folc ðe wæs Godes anspreca . 7 geneddan ðane biscop be ealre his are agiftes ðara boca . ne moste he beon þara ðreora nanes wyrðe ðe eallum leodscipe geseald wæs on wedde . Tale . ne teames . ne ahnunga . Þis is seo gewitnesse ðæs ceapes . Eadgar cing . 7 Dunstan arcebiscop . 7 Oswald arcebiscop . 7 Aðelwold . biscop . Æðelgar . biscop . 7 Æscwi . biscop . 7 Ælfstan . biscop . 7 oðer Ælfstan . biscop . 7 Sideman . biscop . 7 ðæs cinges modor Ælfðryð . 7 Osgar . abbod . 7 Ælfere ealdorman . 7 Wulfstan on Dælham . 7 Ælfric . on Ebbesham . 7 seo duguð folces on Westan Cænt . þær þæt land . 7 þæt læð tolið;
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    • ˝us wæron ∂a land . æt Bromleage . 7 æt Fealcnaham . ˇam cinge Eadgare gereht . on Lundenbyrig . ∂urh Snodinglandes landbec . ∂a ˇa preostas forstælon ˇam biscope on Hrofesceastre . 7 gesealdan heo Ælfrice Æscwynne sunu . wi∂ feo dearnunga . 7 heo Æscwyn Ælfrices modor sealde heo ær ∂iderin . ∂a geacsode se biscop ˇæt ∂a becc forstolene wæron . bæd ˇara boca ∂a geornlice . under ∂am ˇa gewatt Ælfric . 7 he bæd ∂a lafe sy∂∂an . o∂ man gerehte on cinges ∂eningmanna gemote ∂ære stowe 7 ∂am biscope ∂a forstolenan becc Snodiglandes . 7 bote æt ∂ære ∂yf∂e . ˇæt wæs on Lundene . ˇær wæs se cing Eadgar . 7 se arcebiscop Dunstan . 7 A∂elwold biscop . 7 Ælfstan biscop . 7 o∂er Ælfstan . 7 Ælfere ealdorman . 7 fela cynges witena . 7 man agæf ∂a into ∂ære stowe ∂am biscope ∂a becc . ∂a stod ∂ara wydewan are . on ∂æs cinges handa . ˘a wolde Wulfstan se gerefa niman ˇa are to ∂æs cinges handa . Bromleah . 7 Fealcnaham . ∂a gesohte seo wydewe ∂a halgan stowe . 7 ∂ane biscop . 7 agæf ∂am cinge Bromleages boc . 7 Fealcnahames . 7 se byscop gebohte ∂a becc 7 ∂a land æt ∂am cinge on Godeshylle . mid fiftigan mancesan goldes . 7 hundteontigan . 7 ∂rittigum pundum . ˇurh forespræce . 7 costnunge . into SanctE Andrea . si∂∂an ∂a lefde se biscop ∂are wydewan . ∂ara lande bryces . under ∂am ∂a gewatt se cing . Ongan ∂a sy∂∂an Byrhtric ∂are wydewan mæg . 7 heo to ∂am genedde ˇæt hy brucan ∂ara landa on reaflace . gesohtan ∂a ∂ane ealdorman Eadwine . 7 ˇæt folc ∂e wæs Godes anspreca . 7 geneddan ∂ane biscop be ealre his are agiftes ∂ara boca . ne moste he beon ˇara ∂reora nanes wyr∂e ∂e eallum leodscipe geseald wæs on wedde . Tale . ne teames . ne ahnunga . ˝is is seo gewitnesse ∂æs ceapes . Eadgar cing . 7 Dunstan arcebiscop . 7 Oswald arcebiscop . 7 A∂elwold . biscop . Æ∂elgar . biscop . 7 Æscwi . biscop . 7 Ælfstan . biscop . 7 o∂er Ælfstan . biscop . 7 Sideman . biscop . 7 ∂æs cinges modor Ælf∂ry∂ . 7 Osgar . abbod . 7 Ælfere ealdorman . 7 Wulfstan on Dælham . 7 Ælfric . on Ebbesham . 7 seo dugu∂ folces on Westan Cænt . ˇær ˇæt land . 7 ˇæt læ∂ toli∂;