The Fonthill Letter is a letter sent by Ordlaf, ealdorman of Wiltshire, to King Edward the Elder (r. 899-924) detailing a property dispute between Ordlaf...
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supported by witnesses or written evidence (such as the well-known Fonthill Letter). Arguments could also cite folk-right or legal norms. Following the...
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foreseen at the time because Alfred had three living elder brothers. A letter of Leo IV shows that Alfred was made a "consul" and a misinterpretation...
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he was a signatory to the settlement of the dispute outlined in the Fonthill Letter. Nelson comments: "Clearly Osferth held an exceptionally prominent...
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patrons of Cerne, and the fact that he wrote in 998 his Canons as a pastoral letter for Wulfsige, the bishop of Sherborne, the diocese in which the abbey was...
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preferred to keep silent. It is clear that he did have fault to find; his letter to Ecgberht contains several criticisms of the church. The Historia Ecclesiastica...
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William Beckford (novelist) (section Fonthill Abbey)
consisted of £1 million in cash, an estate at Fonthill in Wiltshire (including the Palladian mansion Fonthill Splendens), several sugar plantations in Jamaica...
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Alexander's Letter to Aristotle, and Judith. One scribe is believed to have copied The Passion of St. Christopher, Alexander's Letter to Aristotle,...
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of London, in 1002 he received an anonymous letter in Latin praising his style and eloquence. In this letter, an unknown contemporary refuses to do a bit...
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