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It was the booking of a tenth of folkland to its owners, who would then be free to convey it to a church. [77] It was a reduction of one tenth in the secular burdens on lands already in the possession of landowners. [77] The secular burdens would have included the provision of supplies for the king and his officials and payment of various taxes ...
Æthelwulf [a] was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.. Æthelwulf was in office in AD811, as he was present at the synod of London in that year. [b] He was still active in 816 when he attended the synod of Chelsea. [2]
Æthelwulf of Berkshire (before 825 – 4 January, 871) was a Saxon ealdorman.In 860 he and other men of Berkshire fought off a band of pirates near Winchester, Hampshire. [1]
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The word means æthel "noble". [1] [2]It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, both masculine and feminine, e.g. Æthelhard, Æthelred, Æthelwulf; Æthelburg, Æthelflæd, Æthelthryth ().
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Æthelstan (/ ˈ æ θ əl s t æ n /; died c. 852) was the King of Kent from 839 to 851. He served under the authority and overlordship of his father, King Æthelwulf of Wessex, who appointed him. [1]
Æthelberht (Old English: [ˈæðelberˠxt]; also spelled Ethelbert or Aethelberht) was the King of Wessex from 860 until his death in 865. He was the third son of King Æthelwulf by his first wife, Osburh.