Ibid. No. 1073. ----- ÆÐELRED, DUKE OF MERCIA, A.D. 878-899.—At a gemót held between these years, and very likely at Worcester, Æðelred and Æðelflǽd commanded a burh or fortification to be built for the people of that city, and the cathedral to be enlarged. The endowments and privileges which are granted by the instrument are extensive and instructive[665]. ----- Footnote 665: Ibid. No. 1075. ----- EÁDWEARD OF WESSEX, A.D. 901.—The death of Ælfred, and Eádweard’s election probably caused an assembly of witan at Winchester in this year[666], and it is likely that we still possess one of its acts[667]. This is the more probable because Æðelwald, Eádweard’s cousin, disputed the succession, and not only seized upon the royal vill of Wimborne, which he is said to have done without the consent of the king and his witan, but broke into open rebellion, and after being acknowledged king in Essex, joined the Danes in Northumberland, and perished in an unsuccessful battle against his countrymen. ----- Footnote 666: Chron. Sax. an. 901. Footnote 667: Cod. Dipl. No. 1087. ----- ÆÐELRED, DUKE OF MERCIA, A.D. 904.—In this year a Mercian gemót was held, and duke Æðelfrið obtained permission to have new charters written, his own having perished by fire[668]. And a gemót of the Westsaxon witan was held at the king’s hunting-seat of Bicanleáh[669]. About the same period a gemót of Wessex was held at Exeter by Eádweard[670]. ----- Footnote 668: Cod. Dipl. No. 338. Footnote 669: Ibid. Nos. 1082, 1084. Footnote 670: Leg. Eádw. § 4. Thorpe, i. 162. ----- EÁDWEARD OF WESSEX, A.D. 909.—A gemót of Wessex was held in 909: its acts are signed by fifty of the witan[671]. ----- Footnote 671: Cod. Dipl. No. 1091. ----- EÁDWEARD OF WESSEX, A.D. 910.—A gemót was held in Wessex this year[672]. And there appears to have been another at Aylesford in Kent, in which the witan gave judgment in the suit between Góda and queen Eádgyfu[673]. ----- Footnote 672: Ibid. No. 1096. Footnote 673: Ibid. No. 499. ----- EÁDWEARD OF WESSEX, A.D. 911.—In this year a gemót was probably held, in which terms of peace were offered to the Danes in Northumberland[674]. But this may possibly be only the last-named gemót in 910, as we know that Eádweard was in Kent in 911. ----- Footnote 674: Chron. Sax. an. 911. ----- ÆÐELSTÁN, A.D. 925 or 926.—About this date a gemót was held by Æðelstán at Ham near Lewes, and the suit between Góda and Eádgyfu was again decided by public authority[675]. ----- Footnote 675: Cod. Dipl. No. 499. ----- ÆÐELSTÁN, A.D. 928.—A solemn gemót was held this year at Exeter[676]. ----- Footnote 676: Ibid. No. 1101. -----