Edward the Elder and the Making of England by Harriet Harvey Wood

Author:Harriet Harvey Wood [Harvey Wood, Harriet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sharpe Books
Published: 2018-04-08T00:00:00+00:00

I, Bishop Denewulf, inform my lord King Edward about the land at Beddington which you were desirous I should lease to you. I have then, my dear lord, now procured from the community in Winchester, both young and old, that they grant it to me with all goodwill, to give it with charter for your lifetime, whether to use yourself or to let on lease to whomsoever you please.

Then there is 70 hides of land, and it is now completely stocked, and when my lord first let it to me it was quite without stock, and stripped bare by heathen men. And I myself then acquired the stock for it which was afterwards available there. And now we very humbly grant it to you. Moreover, my dear lord, the community are now desirous that it be given back to the foundation after your death.. Now, of the cattle which has survived this severe winter there are 9 full-grown oxen and 114 full-grown pigs and 50 wethers, besides the sheep and the pigs which the herdsmen have a right to have, 20 of which are full grown; and there are 110 full-grown sheep, and 7 bondsmen, and 20 flitches; and there was no more corn there than was prepared for the bishop’s farm, and there [are] 90 sown acres.

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