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A History of the County of Berkshire
… residence in 849, when Alfred the Great was born here. 5 Ethelred held a witenagemot at Wantage in 997. 6 If the town … Abingdon Abbey certainly retained no interest here. In 982 Ethelred gave the 5 hides to Aelfgar. 188 In 1086 there were …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… to have been granted to Emma of Normandy, 16 the wife of Ethelred the Unready, and by her to the Old Minster, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the eighteenth century. 8 MANORS Earl Brygwyn, with King Ethelred's permission, granted WARNFORD or UPWARNFORD with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by the 'Watelings'. 319 A charter of c. 880, granted by Ethelred, 'Duke' of the Mercians, mentions eight manses in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… West or Queen Camel. 32 More certain is the grant by Ethelred in 995 to Muchelney abbey. The somewhat suspicious …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… have been held by Sealemudda before 983. 55 In 983 King Ethelred granted his thegn Alfnoth 2 mansae at Westwood. 56 In 987, however, Ethelred granted what may be the same estate, then comprising … in the grant of Bradford minster and its property made by Ethelred to Shaftesbury Abbey in 1001. 58 In the following …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 'Sotingor,' 'La Medscherde.' 2 Manor When in 1002 Ethelred confirmed his mother's 3 foundation of Wherwell …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of a windmill. 23 Manor and Other Estates. In 869 King Ethelred gave 25 cassati at Winterbourne to his ealdorman …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 674 and 704 a.d. a monastery was founded at Withington by Ethelred, king of Mercia, and Oshere, under-king of the …