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gebohte hit Ælfstân Heahstan-
inc æt b⅛m cince mid hund-
twelftigan mancesan goldes and
Srittigan pundan, and <5æt him
sealde mést eal Ælfeh his sunu.
Æfter Eadmunde cincge Sa ge-
bocode hit Eiidred cincÆlfstdne
on éce yrfe : Sâ æfter Ælfstanes
dæge wo Ælfeh his sunu his
yrfewærd ; and <5æt he Ieac on
hâlre tungon, and ofteâh Æl-
frice his bréSer landes and æhta,
l^ûtan he hʌvæt æt him geearnode.
Dii for Stère broSorsibbe geïrSe
he him EiirhiSes and Crtegan
and Ænesfordes and Wulda-
hâmes his dæg. Dii oferbιid
Ælfeh Sæne broè'or and feng to
his l⅛ne : Sa hæfde Ælfric suna
Eiidric hatte and Ælfeh nténne.
Da geιi<5e Ælfeh Sam Eiidrice
EarhiSes and Cr⅛gan and Wul-
dahâmes, and hæfde himsylf
Ænesford. Dti gewιit Eiidric
йг Ælfeh Cwideleiis, and Ælfeh
feng to his Iténe. Dii hæfde
Eadrio Iafe and nân beam ; Sa
geuSe Ælfeh hire hire morgen-
gife æt Crtegan ; and StodEarhiS
and Wuldaham and Lytlanbroc
onhislténe. DiihimeftgeSuhte,
Sa nam he his feorme on Wul-
dahιim and onSam SSran wolde,
achinegeyflade, and he Sii sænde
to Sam arcebiscope Dunstane,
mund ; then Ælfstan son of
Heahstan bought it of the king
for a hundred and twenty ɪnan-
cuses of gold and thirty pounds,
and Ælfheâh his son gave him
nearly all the money. After
king Eiidmund, king Eadred
booked it to Ælfstiin as an in-
heritance for ever : now after
Ælfsttin’s day, Ælfheâh his son
was his heir, and that he proved
with a whole tongue, and de-
prived Ælfric his brother both
of land and chattels, but what
he might deserve at his hands.
N ow for brotherly love he grant-
ed him Erith, Cray, Ænesford,
and Wouldham, for his life.
ThenÆlfheâh survived his bro-
ther, and re-entered on his Idsn :
but Ælfric had a son called
Etidrfc, and Ælfheâh had none.
Then Ælfheâh granted to Eadric
Erith, Cray, and Wouldham,
and kept Ænesford for himself.
Now Eiidric died before Ælf-
heâh without making a will,
and Ælfheâh re-entered on his
lten. Eiidrie had a widow but
no child; thenÆlfheâhgranted
her her morning-gift, at Cray ;
and Erith,Wouldham and Lit-
tlebrook stood on his !ten. When
he bethought him, he took his
feorm at Wouldham, and meant
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and he com to Scylfe to him :
and he cwæ<5 his cwide beforan
him, and he sætte Senne cwide
to Cristes cyrican, and o⅞>erne to
sancte Andrea, and Йапе priddan
sealde his lafe. Da bræe sy¾><5an
Leofsunu purh ‰t wɪf ‰ he
nam, Eadrices lafe, ‰ne cwide,
and*herewade ‰s arcebiscopes
gewitnesse, rad ‰ innon Sa land
mid Sam wife butan witena
dome. Da man Sæt Sam biscope
cιSde, Sa gel⅛dde se biscop
ahnunga ealles JElfehes cwides
to EiirhiSe, on gewitnesse Ælf-
stanes biscopes on Lundene, and
ealles Sæs hiredes, and Sæs æt
Cristes cyrican, and ðæs biscopeβ
Ælfstânes an Hrofesceastre,
and Wulfsies preostes Sæs seɪ'-
rigmannes, and Bryhtwaldes on
M⅛reweorSe, and ealra Eiist
Cantwarena and West Cantwa-
rena. And hit wæs gecn⅛we on
SiiS-Seaxan and OnWest-Seiixan
and on Middel-Setixan and on
Est-Seaxan, Sæt se arcebiscop
mid hisselfes tiSegetihnode Gode
and sancte Andrea mid Stlm bo-
can on Cristes hrode, Sa land
Se Leofsunu him toteah. And
Sæne aS ntim Wulfsige se sci-
rigman, Sti he nolde to Sæs
cinges handa : and S⅛re wæs
God eaca ten hundan mannan
Se Sane aS sealdan.
so to do at the other places, but
he fell ill, and sent to arch-
bishop Dunstan, and he came
to him at Scylf : and JElfheah
declared his will before him,
and he deposited one will at
Christchurch, another at St.
Andrews, and the third copy he
gave his widow. But afterwards
Leofsunu broke through the
will, through the wife he mar-
ried, namely Eadric’s widow,
and set at nought the arch-
bishop’s testimony, and rode in
upon the land with the woman,
without any judgment of the
witan. Now when this was re-
ported to the bishop, he took
all the claims of owership un-
der Ælfheah’s will, to Erith, in
witness of JElfstan bishop of
London, and all the eonvent,
and that at Christchurch, and
JElfstan bishop of Rochester,
and Wulfsige the priest who
was sheriff, and Bryhtwald of
Mereworth, and all the men of
East Kent and of West Kent.
And it was well known in Sus-
sex andWessex, and Middlesex
and Essex, that the archbishop
with his own oath upon the
cross of Christ, recovered the
land which Leofsunu had in-
vaded, together with the books,
for God and St. Andrew. And