| Even when ealdormen, bishops, and thegns met in the witenagemot they could not speak in the name of the nation. |
| Leofric mediated, and it was arranged that the question should be settled at a witenagemot to be held in London. |
| The witenagemot chose Harold, earl of Wessex, although his only claim to the throne was his availability. |
| A witenagemot was held there in 934, so that Frome must already have been a place of some size. |
| The composition of the king's great council called the witenagemot is doubtful. |
| Since Moholland is back at base in Norfolk, the witenagemot will try to have it delivered by an important person drawn from the field of politics. |
