64 Harrow before the Conqvest. 



Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Beornwlf, King of Mercia, 

 which had for its object the investigation into various seizures of 

 church property. It was here shown that Wulfred had been robbed 

 of a considerable amount of property by Coenwlf, and he accord- 

 ingly demanded restitution from Cwoendrith Coenwlf's heiress. 

 The King and assembly were unanimous in agreeing that this 

 should be given, and the enumeration of the lands that had to be 

 restored takes place as follows : — 



«VT TERRAM C MANExVrVR IN QVATVOR LOCIS SVSCIPERE 

 DEPRECABAT ID EST .ET HEARGE HEREFRITHING LOND, AND 

 iET WEMBALEA AND ^T GEDINGCVM." 



And a little further on : — 



"TERRA Ml HEARGE lAMDVDVM, LIBERATA FVIT, ET 

 IN ALTERA KARTVLA CONSCRIPTAHABETVR." 



In 830, A.D., Werhard, a Priest, gave amongst other lands 

 which he had received from his kinsman Wulfred, 



" HERGAS CIET IIII HIDAS" 



back to the Church, in doing so, however, he enjoined that the 

 present and all future Archbishops should pay for the following 

 charity : — 



"APVD HERGAM V PAVPERES VNICVIQVE DETVR AD 

 xMANDVCANDVM QVOD CONVENIENTER SIT SATIS ET PER 

 ANNVM GVIQVE PAVPERI AD VESTITVM XXVI DENARII." 



" At Harrow a daily allowance to five paupers of whatever food 

 they might have at hand in sufficient abundance, and to each 

 pauper an annual allowance of *26 pence for clothing." 



In the Domesday book Harrow still belonged to the Archbishop 

 of Canterbury Lanfranc, who built the Church, but a large part of 

 the country round about appears at this time, and indeed from a 

 much earlier period, to have belonged to the Monks of St. Alban's. 

 Stanmore is especially mentioned in the Gesta monachorum sancti 

 Albani under the name of Stanraere, and we read in the will of 

 JElfric, Archbishop of Canterbury (996, a.d.) : — 



" GiF HIT HIS LAFORDES WILLA W^RE THAT HE GEFESTNODE 



INTO ScE Albane th^t LAND AT Cyngesburh." (If it were 

 His Lord's will to confirm unto St. Alban's the land at Kingsbury.) 



• About 6s. 6d. 



