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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… from the abbey by force and assigned to his younger son Ethelred, king from 978. 28 Apparently it again passed with …
The Environs of London
… Magna,) containing twelve hides, was given by King Ethelred to Westminster-Abbey 1. Greneforde, says the survey …
Old and New London
… of the town, now called Blackheath. In the reign of King Ethelred, when the Danes made an attack on London Bridge, a … to make him follow the example of his worthless sovereign Ethelred, and purchase an ignominious liberty with gold. …
The Environs of London
… Death of Archbishop Alphege. In the reign of King Ethelred, the Danish fleet was several times stationed in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Godwin, Earl of Kent, who, when Alfred, the son of Ethelred II., had reached Guildford, on his arrival from … the parish have been commuted for 149. Guilsborough (St. Ethelred) GUILSBOROUGH ( St. Ethelred), a parish, in the union of Brixworth, hundred of …
The Environs of London
… Manor. The manor of Hampstead was given, anno 986, by King Ethelred to the church of Westminster 4, and confirmed by … When Hampstead was granted to Westminster Abbey by King Ethelred, anno 986, it contained only five cottages, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 10,093 inhabitants. This place was bestowed by King Ethelred on the monks of St. Peter at Westminster, and, the …
Old and New London
… fed on the chestnuts, beech-nuts, and acorns. In 986 King Ethelred granted the manor of Hamstede to the Abbot of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… became abbess of a nunnery founded here by her brother Ethelred, King of Mercia: she was buried in this convent; but …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… this place, though several of Edward the Martyr, Canute, Ethelred II., Harold, William the Conqueror, and William …