A.D. 663 for ? 693 (20 July). Ine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Hæmgils, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Brent, Somerset. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 180v-181r (s.
xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 201r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 20 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 31)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 840; K 71 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 49 (no. 94) ex MS 2; HS, pp 306-7 ex K and Mon. Angl.; B 121 ex K and MS 2; Earle, pp. 21-2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 28; Pierquin, Conciles, p. 217; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 527 (no. 979) ex MS 1.
Comments: HS, p. 307, doubtful; Davidson 1884, p. 8; Greswell 1901; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 149-51, on bounds; Turner 1950; Finberg, ECW, no. 364, authentic basis; Scott 1981, pp. 92, 198 n. 85; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 23-5, substantially genuine, p. 50, on formulation; Costen 1992, p. 41, on estate; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 31, 35, 38, on MS sources, pp. 57, 69-72, 118, on estate history.
A.D. 687 (5 July). Ine, King of Wessex, to Hean, abbot; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, 15 at Bestlesforda (near Basildon), 25 at Streatley and 80 at Æaromundeslee, all in Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 105v (s. xii)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 11v (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: K 45 and vol iii. 374; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 11-12; B 100; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 2.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 11, partly or wholly a post-Conquest fabrication, using early material; Levison 1946, p. 228, on 'notarial' subscription; Chaplais 1965, p. 56, undoubtedly spurious (= 1973, p. 37); PN Berks., i. 200, ii. 443, 512-13, 531; Gelling, ECTV, no. 10, not genuine but incorporates early material; Fleming 1985, p. 252 n. 3, cited; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 172-4, probably a fabrication; Dumville 1992, p. 40 n. 55, not genuine in present form; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 2, fabrication largely based on genuine early charter; cf. S 241, 252, 1179.
A.D. 693 = ? 692 (30 Dec.). Ine, king of the Saxons, to Froda, abbot; grant of 40 hides (cassati) by the river Isle, and a wood called Stretmerch, Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Muchelney
MS: BL Add. 56488, 5v-6r (s. xiii)
Printed: Bates, Muchelney Cartulary, no. 5 (p. 46).
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 46, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 365, authentic, grant apparently refers to Isle Abbotts, Stretmerch may be a detached portion of woodland between Broadway and Ashill; Cox 1976, p. 27, on place-name; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 198-201, authentic basis, present text is a later account of a charter quoted after some introductory material, identification with Isle Abbotts is problematic, grant may refer to Ilminster, Somerset.
A.D. 699. Ine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Hean, abbot; restoration of land at Abingdon, Berks., for the construction of a minster, with an account of the early history of Abingdon Abbey, including mention of grants of land by the river Thames, at Bestlesford (near Basildon) and at Bradfield, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 6rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 105rv (s. xii)
3. Bodleian, Dodsworth 78, 53rv (s. xvii; ex MSS 1, 2)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 99-100; K 46; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 513 (no. 4); Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 9-11; Thorpe, pp. 11-12; B 101; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 4 ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Stenton 1913, pp. 10-18, spurious, based on an early document but not necessarily an Abingdon charter; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; PN Berks., i. 200; Gelling, ECTV, no. 12, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 14, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 174-7, fabrication, based on early records from Bradfield minster; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 4, spurious, incorporates material from early non-Abingdon sources; cf. S 239, 252, 1179.
A.D. 701. Ine, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; restitution of 40 hides (mansae) at Alresford, Hants., previously granted by King Cenwalh. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster,
MS: BL Add. 15350, 20v-21r (s. xii)
Printed: K 997; B 102; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 12.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 216 n. 3, spurious, cf. S 309 for same formulas, immunity clause from Edgar's chancery; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 69-77, bounds describe Old and New Alresford, Medstead and part of Wield; Robinson 1921, p. 37, spurious; Forsberg 1950, p. 211, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 2, spurious; Edwards 1988, pp. 137-8, fabrication, 10th-century vocabulary and style.
A.D. 701. Ine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Aldhelm, abbot, for the monastery of Malmesbury; grant of 45 hides (cassati), consisting of 5 hides at Garsdon, 20 and 10 hides by Corsaburn (Gauze Brook, cf. Corston) and 10 hides at Rodbourne in Malmesbury, all in Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 10v (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E 164/24, 123v (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 17v-18r (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 83v (s. xii)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 12; K 48 ex MS 1; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 354-5 ex MS 4; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 285-6 ex MS 2; B 103 ex Brewer, Hamilton, K and MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 21.
Comments: HS, p. 124, genuine; Stenton 1918, p. 438 n. 26, of ill repute (= Stenton 1970, p. 52); Levison 1946, p. 228, on 'notarial' subscription; Darlington 1955, pp. 4, 89, possibly genuine; Watkin 1956, p. 211 and n. 25, citing Levison, genuine; Finberg, ECW, no. 187, authentic; Chaplais 1965, p. 56, cited (= 1973, p. 37); Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 105-7, may be authentic, witness-list abbreviated; Abrams 1996, p. 254 n. 72, doubtful, note on estate.
A.D. 702. Ine, king of the Saxons, to Beganus (? Beaga); grant of one hide (mansa) Athom (possibly Ham, near Muchelney, Somerset) and a fishery on the river Parret. Latin with bounds in English and Latin.
Archive: Muchelney
MS: BL Add. 56488, 63r (s. xiii)
Printed: Bates, Muchelney Cartulary, no. 106 (pp. 95-6), with translation of bounds.
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 96, suspicious; Finberg, ECW, no. 367, authentic, bounds too brief for secure identification but probably refer to Ham near Muchelney; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 201-3, probably authentic, although ill-copied and corrupt in places.
A.D. 704 (Everley, Wilts., 26 May). Ine, king, to the churches and monasteries (of Wessex); grant of exemption from secular burdens. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury (and Glastonbury)
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 10v-11r (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E 164/24, 124r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 18r-19v (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 89v (s. xii)
5. (Glastonbury) Liber Terrarum, nos 2, 135 (lost, cf. Abrams
1996, pp. 31, 34)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 22; Alford 1663, ii. 451; K 50 ex Wharton and MS 1; Giles, Opera Aldhelmi, cols 313-14; Thorpe, pp. 12-13; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 380-1 ex MS 4; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 286-7 ex MS 2; B 108 ex Brewer, Hamilton, K, Thorpe and MS 1.
Comments: HS, p. 247, not genuine; Chadwick 1905, p. 286 n., may be spurious but witnesses are unlikely to have been invented; Stenton 1913, p. 16, forged but with authentic witness-list; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, dubious or spurious; Whitelock 1951, p. 27, questionable, contains a genuine witness-list of 705 x 709; Watkin 1956, p. 211 and n. 45, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 368, authentic; Brooks 1971, p. 75 n. 1, may be authentic in substance, date impossible; Hart, ECNE, p. 383, discusses dating problems; Lapidge and Herren 1979, p. 204, patently spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1986, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 26, 107-14, strong probability of authenticity; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 2-3, may have authentic substratum; PN Dorset, iii. 390; Kelly 1990/1, pp. 88-9, on relationship with S 228; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 225, spurious, but witness-list in part from authentic document of 704 x 709, p. 357, on identification of a witness; Abrams 1996, pp. 31, 34, 128 n. 24, on MSS at Glastonbury.
A.D. 704 (Glastonbury). Ine, king, to the church of SS Mary and Patrick, Glastonbury; grant of freedom from secular burdens. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 58v (s. xiv)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, R. 5. 33, 8rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. v, 56rv (s. xv)
4. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 67r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 12-13, ex MS 4; Hearne, John of Glastonbury, i. 92-3 ex MS 3*; Hearne, Adam of Domerham, i. 51-2 ex MS 2; Warner 1826, Appendix p. lii (o. 2) ex Mon. Angl.; K 51 ex MSS 3*, 4; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 25 (no. 6); B 109 ex K and MSS 2*, 3*; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., i. 141-2 (no. 200) ex MS 1; Scott 1981, pp. 92-5, with translation, in part; Carley, Glast. Chron., pp. 92-3, with translation, ex MS 3.
Comments: Warner 1826, Introduction pp. cii-iv; HS, p. 307, spurious; Davidson 1884, pp. 8-9, spurious; Watkin 1956, pp. 211-12 n. 34, may preserve traces of some genuine document; Finberg, ECW, no. 369, spurious, local adaptation of S 245; Finberg 1969, p. 73, spurious; Cox 1976, p. 33, on place-name; Scott 1981, p. 198 n. 86; Edwards 1988, p. 26, fabrication based on a copy of S 245; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 2-3; Abrams 1996, p. 28, on MS sources.
A.D. 705 or 706 (June). Ine, king of the Saxons, to Beorhtwald, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 20 hides (cassati) on the river Sheppey (formerly Doulting), Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 155r (s. xiv)
2. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 161r (s. xiv; dated 702)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 171r (s. xiv)
4. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 178v (s. xiv; dated 702)
5. ? Liber Terrarum, no. 9 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 31)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 838, 839, ex MSS 3, 4; K 49 ex MSS 3, 4; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 48 (no. 87); B 112 ex K and MSS 3, 4; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 433 (no. 774) ex MS 1, p. 450 (no. 818) ex MS 2.
Comments: HS, p. 307, spurious; Davidson 1884, p. 9, spurious, pp. 20-3, on bounds; B, p. 165 n. 11, on date; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Robinson 1921, p. 31, not genuine in present form; PN Worcs., pp. 106-7, on bounds; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 79-86, bounds describe Pilton, Croscombe and the greater part of Shepton Mallett; Turner 1951; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii, p. clv (no. 818), bounds describe Pilton; Finberg, ECW, no. 370, authentic basis, apparently adapted from S 248; Edwards 1988, pp. 33-4, revised version of S 248; Abrams 1991, pp. 121-2, adaptation of S 248, perhaps fabricated in later 10th century, pp. 127-9, discusses bounds, pp. 132-3; Costen 1992, p. 40, on estate; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 35, 38, on MS sources, pp. 96-7, 113-14, 200-3, on estate history, p. 184, bounds may be pre-Conquest.
A.D. 705 or 706 (June). Ine, king (of Wessex), to Beorhtwald, abbot; grant of 20 hides (casati) by the river Tone, 20 hides (manentes) by the river Sheppey (formerly Doulting) and 20 hides west of Corscombe (? North Wootton), all in Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MS: Taunton, Somerset Record Office, DD/SAS PR 501 c/795 (s. ?; OS Facs., ii, Taunton; Abrams 1991, plates I, II)
Printed: Davidson 1884, pp. 9-10; B 113; Abrams 1991, p. 133.
Comments: Davidson 1884, pp. 9-13, 18-23; Robinson 1921, p. 31, not genuine in present form; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 371, authentic; Bruckner 1965, p. 12 n. 10, probably copy of early 10th century; Scott 1981, pp. 94, 198 n. 87; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 27-33, authentic, may be early modern script-facsimile; Abrams 1991, copy of authentic charter, date of MS 1 uncertain, perhaps s. x or xi; Costen 1992, p. 41, on estate; Cubitt 1995, pp. 261-2; Abrams 1996, p. 11, on history of MS 1, pp. 35, 38, on MS sources, pp. 81-2, 96-7, 113-14, 183-4, 200-3, 204-5, 207, 231-2, on estate history; Crick 1997, on script of MS 1.
A.D. 725. Ine, king of Wessex, to Froda, abbot, and the community at Muchelney; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Ilminster, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Muchelney
MS: BL Add. 56488, 1rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Bates, Muchelney Cartulary, no. 1 (pp. 35-6), with translation of bounds.
Comments: Stevenson 1899, pp. 36-7, suspicious, agrees mutatis mutandis with S 251, for proem see S 298; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 138-42, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 380, authentic; Cox 1976, p. 25, on place-name; Edwards 1988, pp. 204-6, fabrication based on S 251, probably produced in later 10th century; cf. S 884.
A.D. 725. Ine, king (of Wessex), to the church at Glastonbury; grant of 10 hides at Brent, 10 at Sowy (cf. Middlezoy, Westonzoyland), 20 at Pilton, 20 at Doulting and 1 at Bleadney, Somerset, and confirmation of land at Meare, Beckery, Godney, Marchey, Andersey (Nyland), Lantocai (? Leigh in Street), Pennard and Pouelt (cf. Polden Hills), Somerset, with general grant of privileges and reference to dependent churches at Sowy, Middlezoy, Brent, Moorlinch, Shapwick, Street, Butleigh and Pilton. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 58rv (s. xiv)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, R. 5. 33, 9rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. v, 58v-60v (s. xv)
4. BL Royal 13. D. ii, 10v-11v (s. xii)
5. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 33r-34v (s. xvii)
6. Bodleian, Dugdale 21, 112r-113r (s. xvii)
7. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 252, 21r-22r (s. xvii)
8. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 66v-67r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 13-14; Alford 1663, ii. 503-4; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 79-81; Hearne, John of Glastonbury, i. 96-101 ex MS 3*; Hearne, Adam of Domerham, i. 56-60 ex MS 2; Warner 1826, Appendix pp. xxxix-xl (no. 3) ex Mon. Angl.; K 73 ex MSS 3*, 4, 8; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 25-6 (no. 7) ex MS 8; Thorpe, pp. 17-20 ex MS 3; HS, pp. 307-9 ex K etc.; Stubbs, William of Malmesbury, G.R., i. 36-9 ex MS 4; B 142 ex K and MSS 3*, 4; Scott 1981, pp. 98-103, with translation; Carley, Chron. Glast., pp. 96-101, with translation, ex MS 2.
Comments: Davidson 1884, pp. 14-15, spurious; HS, pp. 307-9, spurious; Plummer 1899, p. 32, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 695 n. 33, p. 702 and n. 61, spurious; Turner 1950; Finberg, ECW, no. 378, spurious; Scott 1981, pp. 31-2, 12th-century forgery, perhaps by William of Malmesbury; Edwards 1988, pp. 36-7, post-Conquest fabrication; Abrams 1991, pp. 125-6, blatantly spurious, probably dates from early 12th century; Costen 1992, p. 38, on estates; Wormald 1995, p. 128, spurious; Abrams 1996, p. 27 n. 94, pp. 28, 37, on MS sources, pp. 46-7, 56, 62, 69, 76, 113, 131-2, 153-4, 166, 170, 179, 218-20, on estates; Wormald 1996, p. 123, spurious.
A.D. 725. Ine, king of Wessex, to the familia at Glastonbury; grant of 12 hides (manentes) at Sowy (cf. Othery, Middlezoy and Westonzoyland), Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 174rv (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 191rv (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 14 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 31)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 839-40, ex MS 2; K 74 and vol. vi. 226 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 49 (no. 93); B 143 ex K and MS 2; Earle, p. 426, bounds only; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 495 (no. 903) ex MS 1.
Comments: Davidson 1884, pp. 11, 13-14; Plummer 1899, p. 39, spurious; Stevenson 1899, p. 36, agrees mutatis mutandis with S 249, for proem see S 298; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 116-18, bounds are of Middlezoy; Finberg, ECW, no. 379, authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 29, 33, on place-names; Scott 1981, pp. 95, 198 n. 87; Morland 1982, bounds may also include Westonzoyland and Othery; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 38-40, may be genuine or have some genuine basis, boundary clause an addition, pp. 48-52, on formulation, p. 205, probably model for S 249; Costen 1992, pp. 41-2, on estate; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 31, 35, 38, on MS sources, pp. 190, 205, 218-20, on estate history.
A.D. 688 x 690. Ine, king of Wessex, to Hean, patricius, and to Ceolswith; grant of 45 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, Bestlesford (near Basildon) and Streatley, all in Berks., for the construction of a monastery. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 105v (s. xii)
Printed: K 31; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 12-13; B 74; Stenton 1913, p. 12; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 1.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 12, possible genuine fragment with touched-up witness-list; Stenton 1918, p. 438 n. 25, probably founded on ancient material (= Stenton 1970, p. 52 n. 6); Stenton 1971, p. 73, authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 17, 27, on place-names; PN Berks., i. 200, ii. 512-13, 531; Gelling, ECTV, no. 11, authentic basis, witness-list interpolated; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 168-70, basically authentic, a few anachronistic details may have been interpolated; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 1, fabrication using early material; cf. S 239, 241, 1179.
A.D. 729 (Pencrik). Æthelheard, king of Wessex, and Queen Frithugyth to Coengisl, abbot, and the familia in Glastonbury minster; grant of 60 hides (manentes) at Pouholt (cf. Polden Hills, Somerset). Latin with bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 219v (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 152r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 15 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 31)
Printed: K 76 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 53-4 (no. 106) ex MS 2; B 147 from K ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 372 (no. 648) ex MS 1.
Comments: Davidson 1884, p. 12; Stevenson 1904, p. 201, doubtful; Robinson 1921, p. 36, form is suspicious but content may be sound; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 114-16, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 381, authentic; Scott 1981, pp. 102, 199 n. 94; Morland 1982, modifies Grundy's interpretation of bounds; Corcos 1983, pp. 48-9, on estate history; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 40-1, probably authentic, pp. 48-52, on formulation; Abrams 1991, pp. 124-7, authenticity uncertain, may be an early forgery, discusses history of estate; Costen 1992, p. 41, on estate; Abrams 1996, pp. 13, 28, 31, on MS sources, pp. 98, 179, 204-11, 219 n. 24, on estate history.
A.D. 737. Æthelheard, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, and 3 at Cearn (probably Charmouth, Dorset), in augmentation of Queen Frithugyth's gift of land at Taunton. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15350, 60v-61r (s. xii)
2. BL Add. 15350, 28r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1002; B 158; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 15; Turner 1953, p. 121 ex MS 2.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 201, doubtful; Robinson 1921, p. 36, witnesses may come from genuine charter; Forsberg 1950, p. 172, on a boundary point, suggests Cearn is Charmouth, Dorset; Turner 1953, pp. 124-5, on bounds, suggests that Cearn was on the tidal marshes of the Parret or one of its tributaries, possibly Cerney (lost), near Taunton; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 51), p. 30 (no. 102), authentic basis; Finberg, ECW, no. 383, authentic basis, cf. chapter 7. especially p. 233, on background of forgery; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 138-40, extremely dubious, but witness-list may be from genuine charter.
A.D. 739 (10 April). Æthelheard, king, to Forthhere, bishop; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Crediton, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter (ex Crediton)
MS: Bodleian, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. 1 (s. xi2; BA Facs., 29; Hooke 1994, pl. V, opp., p. 87))
Printed: B 1331; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 1-3.
Translated: Crediton 1913, pp. 185-7; Whitelock, EHD, no. 69 (pp. 495-6), bounds omitted.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, pp. 37-64, authentic, discussion of bounds, see also S 1546b; Crediton 1913, pp. 181-8, on bounds; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, authentic; PN Devon, p. 402 n.; Rose-Troup 1942, pp. 243-8, on bounds; Finberg 1953, p. 8 (no. 2), pp. 20-7, on bounds (also in Finberg 1964, pp. 116-24); Bishop 1955, p. 195, MS an apograph; Chaplais 1966, p. 10 (no. 8), written c. 1069 in same hand as S 433 MS 2, and Exeter, D. & C., MS 2528, dubious authenticity (= 1981, XV, p. 10); Finberg 1969, pp. 61-5, improved copy of genuine charter (= Finberg 1968); Brooks 1971, pp. 75-6, vernacular bounds probably later interpolation but Latin text has no obvious anachronisms, discusses immunity; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 495-6, suspicious features but may have authentic basis; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Abels 1988, p. 229 n. 69; Edwards 1988, pp. 255-8, basically authentic, but interpolated and rewritten in 11th century, hidation altered; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. liv, 2, text and witness-list authentic, bounds added; BA Facs., p. 9, basically authentic charter of Æthelheard combined with independent bounds of Creedy-land.
Note. The bounds of Creedy Land (previously listed as S 255 MSS 2, 3) are now S 1546b.
A.D. 745 (Malmesbury). Cuthred, king of the Gewisse, to Aldhelm, abbot, and Malmesbury Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansiones) at Wootton Bassett, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 12rv (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E 164/24, 125r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 21v-23r (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 90v (s. xiii; incomplete)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 25; K 94 ex Wharton and MS 1; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., p. 387 ex MS 4; Brewer, Reg, Malm., pp. 289-90 ex MS 2; B 170 ex Brewer, Hamilton, K, and MS 1.
Comments: Akerman 1857/1, no. 9; Darlington 1955, p. 4 n. 23, questionable authenticity, p. 90; Watkin 1956, p. 229 and n. 35, spurious in present form; Finberg, ECW, no. 188, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 48-52, on formulation, pp. 116-19, probably authentic; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 5, dubious.
A.D. 745 (Glastonbury, ? 30 April). Cuthred, king of Wessex, to Glastonbury Abbey; confirmation of grants made by previous kings to Glastonbury. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 58v-59r (s.
xiv)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, R. 5. 33, 10r (s. xiii)
3. BL Royal 13. D. ii, 11v (s. xii)
4. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 67v (s. xiv)
5. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, p. 46 (s. xvii)
6. Liber Terrarum, no. 21 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 31)
Printed: Hearne, Adam of Domerham, i. 61-2 ex MS 2; K 93 ex MSS 3, 4; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 42 (no. 61) ex MS 4; Stubbs, William of Malmesbury, G.R., i. 40 ex MS 3; B 169 ex K and MSS 3, 4; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., i. 142 (no. 201) ex MS 1; Scott 1981, pp. 104-5, with translation.
Comments: Davidson 1884, p. 15, spurious; Robinson 1921, p. 50, corrupt; Finberg, ECW, no. 385, authentic; Cox 1976, p. 33, on place-name; Scott 1981, p. 200 n. 95; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 45-8, basically authentic but substantially rewritten, pp. 48-52, on formulation; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 31, on MS sources, pp. 128-30, list of earlier donors could perhaps be contemporary, p. 173 n. 53, not genuine as it stands but may contain authentic elements.
A.D. 749. Cuthred, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 10 hides (familiae) at Clere (Highclere, Hants.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 33rv (s. xii; Dunlop 1940, opp. p. 7)
Printed: K 1006; B 179; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 19; Dunlop 1940, p. 7, with translation, pp. 7-8.
Comments: Galbraith 1920, p. 382 n. 2, authentic; Crawford 1922, pp. 75-6, on topography, with map facing p. 81; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 133-7, on bounds; Dunlop 1940, pp. 8-15, on topography; Watkin 1956, p. 212 and n. 53, p. 230 and n. 54; John 1960, p. 43, on prohibition; Finberg, ECW, no. 5, authentic, pp. 217-18, on term familiae; Forsberg 1970, pp. 73-4, on weardsetl; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 59), spurious; Finberg 1972, p. 413, on use of familiae; Hart, ECNE, p. 382, diplomatic identical with that of S 259, and the bounds with those of S 565; Yorke 1982, p. 81, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 140-3, fabrication based on S 259 and 565.
A.D. 749. Cuthred, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 7 hides (familiae), consisting of 5 hides (mansae) at Thruhham (now Park Farm, Beaulieu), 1 at Eppelhyrste (lost, near Brockenhurst) and 1 at Hwitanleage (Whitley, near Brockenhurst), Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 113r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1007; B 180; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 20.
Comments: John 1960, p. 43, on prohibition; Finberg, ECW, no. 6, authentic, pp. 217-18, on term familiae; Hart 1970/1, p. 37 (no. 195), authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 413, on use of familiae; Yorke 1982, p. 81, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 140-3, apparently authentic, p. 163, genuine; cf. S 258.
A.D. 758. Cynewulf, king, to Malmesbury Abbey; grant of 30 hides (manentes) at Moredon and Rodbourne, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 12v (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E 164/24, 125v (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 23rv (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 90v (s. xii)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 25; K 103 ex Wharton and MS 1; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 387-8 ex MS 4; Brewer, Reg. Malm., p. 291 ex MS 2; B 185 ex Brewer, Hamilton, K, and MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 46.
Comments: Darlington 1955, pp. 5, 89; Watkin 1956, p. 229 and n. 37, apparently genuine; Finberg, ECW, no. 190, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 119-21, authentic, perhaps abbreviated by a copyist; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 227, on witnesses.
A.D. 762 (Pentric, ? Pentridge, Dorset). Cynewulf, king, to Eadwald, abbot, and Muchelney Abbey; grant of 8 hides (cassati) between the rivers Earn (now the Fivehead) and Isle, probably at Isle Abbotts, Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Muchelney
MS: BL Add. 56488, 6rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Bates, Muchelney Cartulary, p. 47.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 71 (pp. 498-9).
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 47, possibly authentic; Stenton 1955, p. 15 n. 1, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 392, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 286 n. 2, cited; Whitelock, EHD, p. 498, probably abbreviated; Edwards 1988, pp. 206-7, entirely authentic, most likely refers to Isle Abbotts; PN Dorset, ii. 235.
A.D. 766 for ? 774. Cynewulf, king of Wessex, to St Andrew's minster, Wells; grant of 2 (or 11) hides (manentes) on the river Wellow, Somerset. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Wells
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 447, 32v (s. xvii; incomplete)
2. London, Soc. Ant., 128, 151r (s. xvii; incomplete)
3. Bodleian, Eng. hist. c. 241, 31r (s. xvi; abbreviated)
4. Wells, D. & C., Liber Albus II, 404v-405r (s. xv/xvi)
Printed: Alford 1663, ii. 617-18; Mon. Angl. (rev, edn), ii. 285 (no. 1); K 115 and vol. iii. 379; B 200 ex MS 4.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 70 (pp. 497-8).
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 197-8, on bounds; Ekwall 1962, p. 24, identifies with Radstock, Somerset; Finberg, ECW, no. 394, authentic, rejects Radstock identification; Finberg 1964, p. 104, cited; Whitelock, EHD, p. 497, date may be miscopied; Edwards 1988, pp. 252, 259-61, perhaps an authentic charter in favour of Sherborne, later altered at Wells.
A.D. 774. Cynewulf, king, to the church of Sherborne; grant of one hide (mansio) at Lyme, Dorset, to be used for saltmaking. Latin.
Archive: Sherborne
MS: BL Add. 46487, 13v-14r (s. xii med.)
Printed: B 224; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 2.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 443 n. 48, cited with reference to witness-list(= Stenton 1970, p. 57 n. 6); Finberg, ECW, no. 562, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 241-3, substantially authentic; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xxv, 5, authentic; Kelly 1990/1, p. 88, suspicious features; Wormald 1992, p. 431, reference to liturgical use of salt dues does not condemn charter; Hooke 1994, pp. 84-5; Abrams 1996, p. 156, on estate history.
A.D. 778. Cynewulf, king of the Saxons, to Bica, comes and minister; grant of 13 hides (manentes) at Little Bedwyn, Wilts. Latin with bounds.
Archive: uncertain provenance (possibly Bedwyn)
MS: BL Cotton Ch. viii. 4 (? s. x; BM Facs., ii. 3; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 194)
Printed: K 133 and vol. iii. 383; B 225; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 66.
Comments: Sweet, OET, p. 427 (no. 3); Stevenson 1914, p. 695 n. 34, cited; Stenton 1918, p. 443 n. 48, on witnesses (= Stenton 1970, p. 57 n. 6); Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 151-5, on bounds; Crawford 1921, on bounds; PN Worcs., p. xxxix, on a reading; Darlington 1955, p. 5; Finberg, ECW, no. 194, original; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 194, copy made at end of 8th or beginning of 9th century; Bruckner 1965, pp. 24, 27-8, copy of s. viii/ix; Ch.L.A., iv, pp. xvi, opistograph, p. xvii, copy of s. viii or ix; Stenton 1971, p. 307 n. 1, contemporary; Whitelock, EHD, p. 497, contemporary; Rogers 1981, pp. 265-6, on script and orthography; Dumville 1987, p. 167, script is early-10th-century, possibly written at Bedwyn; Edwards 1988, p. 59, citing T.J. Brown, 10th-century copy, pp. 59-62, apparently authentic; Dumville 1992, pp. 82-3, 109, 112, copy of early 10th century, discusses estate history; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1110 n. 2, may be original; Abrams 1996, p. 175 n. 68, on possible Glastonbury connections of beneficiary, cf. Gl **** (S 1682).
A.D. 808 for 757 x 758. Cynewulf, king of the Saxons, to the brethren of St Peter's Minster, Bath; grant of 5 hides (mansiones) at North Stoke, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 77-8 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 193 and vol. iii. 388; B 327; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 23-4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 104.
Comments: Hunt, Bath Carts., p. xxxiv, may originally have been a charter of Coenwulf of Mercia; Stenton 1933, p. 325 n. 3, on a witness (= Stenton 1970, p. 191 n. 2); Grundy, Somerset, pp. 230-2, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 388, authentic, date 808 probably error for 758; John 1966, p. 88, on history of Bath; Sims-Williams 1975, pp. 8-9, authentic, discusses history of Bath minster; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 374, 498, authentic; Scharer 1982, p. 214, doubtful; Wormald 1983, p. 117, cited; Cunliffe 1984, p. 349, cited; Edwards 1988, pp. 223-7, probably authentic, with some corruption and minor alterations; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 5, dates 757 x 760; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 160-1, probably belongs to 758; Cubitt 1995, p. 268, substantially authentic, probably 758.
A.D. '761' altered to '781'. Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Deora, bishop of Rochester; grant of land at Rochester. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. vi. 4 (? s. ix/x; BM Facs.,
iv. 5)
2. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis),
130v-131r (s. xii1; facsimile)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 85-6; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., p. 17; K 144; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 167 (no. 31); B 242 ex Hearne, K and MS 1; Earle, pp. 332-3; Campbell, Rochester, no. 11.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 probably 11th-century; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 3, 59; Levison 1946, p. 224 n., perhaps confusion between charter of 781 (? of Egbert II of Kent) and one of Æthelberht of Wessex (860 x 865); Ward 1949, p. 39; Campbell, Rochester, p. xiv, MS 1 may be s. ix, p. xxiii, elements from a Kentish charter of 781 may have been fused with a charter of Æthelberht of Wessex.
A.D. 794 (Wyndingesley). Beorhtric, king of Wessex, to Wigferth, præfectus; grant of 10 hides (cassati) on the river Parret, Somerset. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Athelney
MS: Oxford, Dr D. Rogers, pp. 84-8 (s. xviii)
Printed: Finberg, ECW, no. 398 (pp. 118-20).
Translated: Bates, Athelney Register, pp. 144-5.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 398, authentic basis; Brooks 1971, pp. 80-1, modernized and corrupt but cf. verbal similarities to S 245, 255; Stenton 1971, p. 583 n. 1, note of reservation clause; Scharer 1982, p. 47 n. 142, dubious; Abels 1988, pp. 55-6, 230-1 nn. 84, 85; Edwards 1988, pp. 263-4, substantially genuine.
A.D. 801. Beorhtric, king, to Lulla, his princeps; grant of 10 hides (mansiones) at Crux Easton, Hants. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 7v-8r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 180 and vol. iii. 387-8; ; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 16-18; B 282; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 7.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, pp. 205-6, suspicious; Stenton 1913, p. 29, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, cited; Crawford 1922, pp. 68-9, with map opp. p. 81; Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 60-2, on bounds; Stenton 1955, pp. 25-7, possibly authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 9, authentic, regnal year miscopied, for witnesses see S 270a; Edwards 1988, pp. 183-4, probably authentic, for Crux Easton see also S 689; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 7, probably authentic.
A.D. 786 x 794. Beorhtric, king, to Hemele, his princeps; grant of 36 hides (cassati) by the Hissaburna (the Bourne Rivulet), Hants., in exchange for 34 hides by the river Meon, grantd to Hemele by King Cynewulf. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 10v (s. xiii)
Printed: K 158; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 28-9; B 258; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 82; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 6.
Comments: Stenton 1913, pp. 29-30, slightly modified, otherwise authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 8, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 179-83, authentic; Dumville 1992, p. 46 n. 91, on transaction; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 6, authentic.
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