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A History of the County of Somerset
… and comital dues. There are also three charters of King Athelstan, 938, and King Edgar, 978, which recognize this …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to prosper and to receive further gifts of estates. 29 Athelstan, Bishop of Elmham, who during his life had been …
A History of the County of Worcester
… bishopric. 25 Thereupon the king gave the abbey to Bishop Athelstan, 26 and on his death to Adulf, bishop of Worcester. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… i. 6. Grants appear to have been made to both by King Athelstan, who in a charter dated 929 refers to St. Mary's as …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… i, 48, 49. Annales Monastici (Rolls Series), ii. 5. See Athelstan's charter to Winchester A.D. 938, enrolled on …
A History of the County of Hertford
… time of St. Edmund (856-70), and ruled till the time of Athelstan (925-40). He was one of the royal house, and is … fourth abbot, was elected apparently in the time of King Athelstan (925-40). He spent two or three years in correcting …
A History of the County of Chester
… of the house of canons to thelflaed's nephew, Edmund. King Athelstan has also been credited with the foundation, since … canons serving St. Werburgh at Chester from the time of Athelstan until the arrival of the Normans. Of the three …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and was in some way connected with the family of King Athelstan. His education 273 was undertaken by some Irish …
A History of the County of Somerset
… The founder of Muchelney Abbey is said to have been Athelstan, King of England, and one tradition says that he … to regard their foundation as earlier than that of Athelstan, it was not strange that they should have cherished the tradition that the original founder was not Athelstan but Ine himself; nor is there any great reason for …
A History of the County of Dorset
… following manner: About the year 930, in the reign of King Athelstan, flourished a certain noble knight sprung of the …