A.D. 900 (Winchester). King Edward to the familia of Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 50 hides (manentes) at Hurstbourne Priors, Hants., bequeathed by Alfred and previously acquired by King Egbert from Abingdon Abbey in exchange for 50 hides at Marcham, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 71rv, 72rv (s. xii)
Printed: B 592.
Comments: Maitland 1897, p. 331, spurious; Stevenson 1904, pp. 192-3, spurious; Stenton 1913, p. 30, fraudulent; Harmer, SEHD, very doubtful authenticity; Finberg, ECW, no. 31, authentic; Finberg 1964, pp. 131-43, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 32 (no. 123), authentic; Finberg 1972, pp. 452-3; PN Berks., ii. 414; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Edwards 1988, pp. 194-5, spurious; Keynes 1993/2, p. 313, cited; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1141-2, not authentic, but transaction probably genuine.
A.D. 900 (Winchester). King Edward to the familia of Winchester Cathedral; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Stoke by Hurstbourne, Hants., in exchange for land at Chisledon, and Sparcells in Lydiard Millicent, Wilts. Latin and English bounds incorporating a record, in English, of services and dues rendered at Hurstbourne.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 71v-72r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1077; Thorpe, pp. 143-7; B 594; Earle, pp. 350-2, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 66; Wyatt 1919, pp. 115-16, record of services and dues only; Robertson, Charters, no. 110 (p. 206), record of services and dues only, with translation, p. 207.
Translated: Douglas and Greenaway, EHD II, no. 173 (p. 879) (services only).
Comments: Maitland 1897, pp. 330-1, spurious; Stevenson 1898, p. 73 n. 16, spurious; Plummer 1899, p. 112; Harmer, SEHD, p. 97, very doubtful authenticity; Crawford 1922, pp. 69-72 and map facing p. 81, on bounds; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 210-16, bounds describe St Mary Bourne and Hurstbourne Priors; Robertson, Charters, pp. 454-6; PN Wilts., p. 36, identifies Swearesholte with Sparsholt, Hants.; Darlington 1955, p. 86; Finberg, ECW, no. 32, authentic; Finberg 1964, pp. 131-43, cf. p. 136 n. for identification of Swearesholte as Sparcells; Hart 1970/1, p. 32 (no. 124), authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 476, on services; Finberg 1972, pp. 452-3, on services; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 466 n. 6; Fleming 1985, p. 253, cited; Hooke 1985, p. 200; Dumville 1992, pp. 45-6, treats as authentic; Keynes 1992, p. 90 n. 151, cited; Harvey 1993, pp. 17-18, on services; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1141-2, may be substantially authentic; Pelteret 1995, pp. 178-9, on services; Abrams 1996, pp. 52-3, on Chisledon; Faith 1997, pp. 57-8, 77, on services.
A.D. 900 (Southampton). King Edward to New Minster, Winchester; grant of 100 hides (cassati) at Micheldever, Hants. Latin with English bounds of Micheldever, Cranbourne, Curdridge, Durley, Rigeleah (Slackstead), and Candover, Hants., and note, in English, that 7 hides at Worthy belong to Micheldever.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MSS: 1. Winchester, Winchester College, WCM 12090 (s. xi; OS Facs., ii, Winchester College, 1)
2. BL Cotton Domit. xiv, 72v (s. xiii; no bounds)
3. BL Harley 1761, 48r (s. xiv; no bounds)
4. BL Lansdowne 717, 31r-34r (s. xvi; ex 5)
5. Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 13v-15r (s. xv; interspersed with Middle English and Latin translations of the bounds)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 205-6 ex MS 5; K 332; Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 85-97, ex MS 5; B 596; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 207-11, ex MS 1; Brooks 1982, pp. 219-22 ex MS 1.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 155 n. 3, forged early in the 11th century; Baring 1909, pp. 192-3, on identifications; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 140-2, on bounds of Candover; Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 63-5, on bounds of Curdridge, pp. 82-5, on bounds of Durley, pp. 119-20, on bounds of Rigeleah, identified as Slackstead in Farley Chamberlayne; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 232-6, on bounds of Micheldever; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 305-8, on bounds of Cranbourne; Finberg, ECW, no. 34, original; O'Donovan 1972, p. 41, not convincing; O'Donovan 1973, p. 94, 102, suspicious; Biddle et al 1976, p. 273; Keynes 1980, p. 112 n. 85, probably forged at same time as S 370, 648; Brooks 1982, spurious, provides further discussion of bounds; Forsberg 1984, pp. 4-5, on bounds; Kitson 1992; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1141, forgery; Currie 1995, pp. 105-9, 122, on bounds; Keynes 1996, p. 17 n. 11, pp. 34, 105, spurious.
A.D. 900 ? for 904. King Edward confirms the sale by Hungyth to Wigferth of 5 hides (manentes) at Water Eaton, Oxon., the earlier landbook having been lost. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 30v-31r (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 65-6; K 340 and vol. iii. 404; B 607; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 55.
Comments: Grundy, Oxon., pp. 85-9; PN Oxon., i. 6, 17, ii. 268, 421, 489, on bounds and place-names; Stenton 1955, p. 52, no obvious anachronism; Stenton 1971, p. 252 n. 1, cited; O'Donovan 1972, p. 41, dated 900 with indiction for 904, may belong to late 900 with indiction misread; O'Donovan 1973, p. 94; Gelling, ECTV, no. 267, authentic, bounds describe modern parish of Water Eaton, the 'lost' earlier landbook was evidently S 210; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Cooper 1985, pp. 20-1, with map p. 22, on bounds; Keynes 1993/2, p. 313, cited; Blair 1994, p. 128, on detail of bounds.
Note. The land had been purchased by Alhhun, bishop of Worcester, from King Burgred and Queen Æthelswith, later sold by Bishop Wærferth to King Ceolwulf II, given by the king to Hungyth and then sold by Hungyth to Wigfrith.
A.D. 901. King Edward to Æthelwulf; grant of 10 hides (cassati) by the river Wylye (i.e. at Stockton, Wilts.), forfeited by Wulfhere and his wife for treason; with a note, in English, of the agreement of Æthelwulf and Deormod, granting this land to Deorswith. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 88rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1078; Thorpe, pp. 148-51; B 595; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 67.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 100 (pp. 541-2).
Comments: Jones 1870; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 197-200, bounds describe Stockton; Darlington 1955, pp. 7, 86; Stenton 1955, p. 52, probably authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 221, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 21, on rubric, p. 34 (no. 155), authentic; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372, 541, authentic, vernacular note could be a marriage agreement; Wormald 1988, no. 27; Hart 1992, p. 573 n. 14, on estate history and identity of Deormod; Keynes 1992, p. 84 n. 126, cited; Reynolds 1992, pp. 218-19, cited (= 1994, pp. 330-1); Keynes 1993/2, p. 314 n. 59, cited; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1143, may have been drafted by same agency as S 364, pp. 1145-6, on vernacular note; Smyth 1995, p. 393.
A.D. 901. King Edward to the familia of the church of Malmesbury; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Hankerton, Wilts., in exchange for 10 hides at Farmborough, Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 19v (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E. 164/24, 132v-133r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 43v-44r (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 93r (s. xii)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 29; K 333; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., p. 396 ex MS 4; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 315-16 ex MS 2; B 589 ex Hamilton and MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 51.
Comments: Darlington 1955, p. 89; Watkin 1956, p. 213 and n. 63; Finberg, ECW, no. 220, authentic, perhaps an abbreviated copy; Fleming 1985, p. 253; Dumville 1992, p. 45; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1143, formulation may be contemporary.
A.D. 901 (Axminster, Devon). King Edward to Wihtbrord, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Fovant, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 42v-45r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 24-5; K 331 and vol. iii. 403; B 588.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 80; Stevenson 1904, p. 304 n. 8, spurious; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 191-7, bounds describe Fovant and Sutton Mandeville; Darlington 1955, p. 92; Finberg, ECW, no. 219, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 372, may have authentic basis, p. 542 n. 5, suspicious; Lapidge 1981, p. 78 n., possibly genuine base (= 1993, p. 66n.); Meyer 1981, p. 351 n. 6; Sawyer 1983, p. 290, on meeting-place; Keynes 1993/2, p. 314 n. 59, cited; Hooke 1994/1, pp. 91-3, on bounds (with map); Keynes 1994/2, p. 1143, may have been drafted by same agency as S 362.
A.D. 901. King Edward (to New Minster, Winchester); grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Abbotts Ann, Hants. Latin with bounds in Old English, Middle English and Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 717, 34r-35r (s. xvi; ex 2)
2. Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 15rv (s. xv)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 207 ex MS 2; Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 98-101 ex MS 2; B 597; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 211-13, ex Edwards.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 191 n. 1, p. 210, spurious; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 65-8, on bounds; Grundy, Hants., 1926, pp. 99-100, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 35, authentic, from a late and faulty transcript, emends witness-list; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 94, 105, suspect; Whitelock 1979, p. 93 n. 21, spurious, forger seems to have used Asser; Forsberg 1984, p. 4, on detail of bounds; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1120, n. 2, pp. 1142-3, on formulation, same witness-list as S 366; Keynes 1996, p. 17 n. 11, substantially authentic, p. 105, on witness-list.
A.D. 901 (Southampton). King Edward (to New Minster, Winchester); grant of 50 hides (manentes) at Chisledon, Wilts. Latin with bounds in Old English, Middle English and Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MS: Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 17r (s. xv)
Printed: Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 114-16; B 598; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 213-14, ex Edwards.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 200-5, bounds describe Badbury in Chisledon; Darlington 1955, p. 94, dubious; Finberg, ECW, no. 222, authentic; O'Donovan 1973, p. 94, suspect; Whitelock 1979, pp. 90-1, authenticity uncertain, certainly based on an authentic charter; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1138 n. 2, pp. 1142-3, same witness-list as S 365; Abrams 1996, pp. 52-3, on Chisledon; Keynes 1996, p. 17 n. 11, substantially authentic, p. 105, on witness-list.
A.D. 903. King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd of Mercia, at the request of Æthelfrith, dux, renews the charter of a grant by Athulf to Æthelgyth, his daughter, of 30 hides (cassati) at Monks Risborough, Bucks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Stowe Ch. 22 (s. x; OS Facs., iii. 23)
Printed: K 1081; Thorpe, pp. 153-4; B 603; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 68; Reed 1979, p. 180, bounds only; Baines 1981/1, pp. 77-8, with translation, pp. 78-9.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 83 n. 1, original, cf. S 371; Robinson 1923, pp. 38, 45, contemporary; PN Bucks., pp. 2, 160, 163, 170; Parsons 1934, pp. 470-1, identifies as Monks Risborough; Chaplais 1966, p. 8 n. 4, not contemporary but perhaps with genuine elements (= 1981, XV, p. 8 n. 4); Stenton 1971, p. 321, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 148, authentic, 10th-century copy; Reed 1979, pp. 178-81, on bounds; Sawyer, Burton, p. 4; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53; Baines 1981/1, on bounds; Hart 1992, pp. 460-1, on estate history; Keynes 1993/2, pp. 308-9, original, pp. 311-14, on background; Baines 1994; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1143-4, cited; Smyth 1995, p. 392; Brown 1996, p. 180, on script; cf. S 367a, 371.
A.D. 903. King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd of Mercia, at the request of Æthelfrith, dux, renews the charter of a grant by Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Beornnoth, comes, of 10 hides (cassati) at Islington, Middx. Latin.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MSS: 1. London, Lincoln's Inn, Hale 84, 93v (s. xvii)
2. Bodleian, James 23, pp. 33-4 (s. xvii; extract only)
Printed: Gibbs 1939, p. 4 (J. 8) ex MS 2; Keynes 1993/2, p. 310, with translation, pp. 310-11, ex MS 1.
Comments: Sawyer, Burton, p. 4 n. 1; Keynes 1993/2, authentic; Baines 1994; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1143-4, cited; cf. S 367, 371.
Note. Previously listed as S 371 MS 2.
A.D. 903 (Milton, ? Kent or ? Dorset). King Edward to Ordlaf, princeps; renewal of a charter of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, granting 20 hides (cassati) at Stanton St Bernard, Wilts., to Cenwold, minister. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MSS: 1. BL Harley 436, 13v-16r (s. xiv)
2. BL Harley 436, 18r-20v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 6-7; K 335 and vol. iii. 403-4; B 600; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 52.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 210-15, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 10, on bounds, p. 91, authentic; Stenton 1955, p. 52, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 224, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Sawyer 1983, p. 295, suggests meeting-place is Milton, Kent; Abels 1988, p. 44; Dumville 1992, pp. 44-5, on beneficiary; Keynes 1992, p. 57, on beneficiary; Keynes 1993/2, pp. 312-13, received text perhaps based on partly illegible exemplar; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1144, cited, meeting-place perhaps Milton, Dorset.
A.D. 903 (Southampton). King Edward to Tata, his fasallus; renewal of a charter of King Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, covering 3 hides (manentes) at Hardwell in Compton Beauchamp, Berks., the earlier landbook having been damaged by immersion. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 17v-18r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 201r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1080; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 56-9; B 601; PN Berks., iii. 684, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 19.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1924, pp. 75-80, on bounds; Orwin 1938, pp. 27-9, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 91. authentic; Stenton 1955, p. 52, possibly authentic; PN Berks., i. 5, ii. 360-1, iii. 676, 684-6, bounds describe eastern part of Compton Beauchamp parish; Gelling, ECTV, no. 31, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Hooke et al. 1987, on topography; Hooke 1991-2, p. 78, on bounds, with map, p. 92; Keynes 1993/2, p. 313, cited; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1144, cited, p. 1146, beneficiary may have been a Winchester priest; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 19, authentic.
A.D. 903 (Southampton). King Edward founds New Minster, Winchester, and grants 100 hides (cassati) at Micheldever, 9 at Stratton, 3.5 at Burcot, 8.5 at Popham, 10 at Woodmancott, 10 at Candover, 10 at Cranbourne, 4 at Drayton in Barton Stacey, 3 at Swarraton, 6 at Northington, 3 at Norton near Selborne, 1.5 at Slackstead and Tachbury in Copythorne, and 15 at Abbotts Ann, Hants; 50 at Collingbourne, 40 at Chisledon, Wilts.; and land at Durley, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MS: BL Harley 1761, 47rv (s. xiv)
Printed: K 336; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 437-8 (no. 4); B 602; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 214-16.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 155 n. 3, forgery of early 11th century; Baring 1909, p. 193; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Darlington 1955, p. 94; Finberg, ECW, no. 36 (pp. 35-6, 80), spurious, witness-list identical with that of S 360; Davies 1972, p. 465, spurious; O'Donovan 1973, p. 94, spurious; Biddle 1975, p. 235 n. 35, spurious in received form but may include genuine information; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 290, 313; Keynes 1980, p. 112 n. 85, probably forged at same time as S 360, 648; Dumville 1992, p. 111 n. 264, spurious, discusses history of Collingbourne; Abrams 1996, pp. 52-3, on Chisledon; Keynes 1996, p. 17 n. 11, p. 105, spurious.
A.D. 904 for 903. King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd, renews a landbook destroyed by fire for Æthelfrith, dux; confirmation of 20 hides (cassati) at Wrington, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 185rv (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 206v-207r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 41 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 32)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 840; K 338 ex MS 2, without bounds; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 49-50 (no. 95); B 606 ex MSS 1, 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 54; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 545-6 (no. 1016) ex MS 1.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 83 n. 1, a puzzling document, apparently genuine; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 171-8, on bounds; Robinson 1923, p. 45, corrupt but some genuine material; Stenton 1955, p. 52, possibly authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 423, authentic basis; Sawyer, Burton, p. 4; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Scott 1981, pp. 112, 201 n. 108; Costen 1992, p. 44, on estate; Keynes 1993/2, p. 309, 'improved', pp. 311-14, on background; Baines 1994; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1143-4, cited; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 32, 39, on MS sources, pp. 254-6, on Wrington; cf. S 367, 367a.
A.D. 904 (Bickleigh, Devon). King Edward to Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and his familia; grant of 38 hides (manentes) at Bishops Waltham, Hants., in exchange for 40 hides (cassati) at Portchester, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 65v-66r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1085; B 613; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 71.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 39, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 31 (no. 114), authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 265, cited; Lapidge 1981, p. 78, authentic (= 1993, p. 66n.); Sawyer 1983, pp. 298-9, on meeting-place; Fleming 1985, p. 253; Dumville 1992, pp. 45-6, 107; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1144-5, 'makes a good impression'.
A.D. 904 (Bickleigh, Devon). King Edward to Denewulf, bishop, and his familia at Winchester; grant of privileges for the monastery at Taunton, Somerset, in exchange for 10 hides (manentes) at Crowcombe, 20 at Compton, 20 at Banwell, Somerset; and 20 at Stoce by Shalbourne, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 60rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1084; Thorpe, pp. 154-6; B 612; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 70.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 192 n. 5, spurious; Harmer 1950, p. 342, p. 344 n. 5, may well be authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 424 and pp. 221-3, authentic, with interpolation relating to rents, tolls and jurisdiction; Hart 1970/1, p. 30 (no. 101), authentic basis; Finberg 1972, pp. 456, 460, cited; Lapidge 1981, p. 78 n., certainly spurious (= 1993, p. 66n.); Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 264 n. 192, cited; Sawyer 1983, pp. 298-9, on meeting-place; Fleming 1985, p. 253; Dumville 1992, p. 46, on background, pp. 107-12, on Stoce; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1144-5, 'makes a good impression'; Abrams 1996, pp. 86-7, on Crowcombe, p. 95n. 115, on Compton and Banwell.
A.D. 904 (Bickleigh, Devon). King Edward to St Peter's Minster, Winchester; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Micheldever, Hants. Latin with bounds in Old English, Middle English and Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MSS: 1. BL Harley 1761, 47v (s. xiv; no bounds)
2. BL Cotton Domit. xiv, 72r (s. xiii; no bounds)
3. BL Lansdowne 717, 35r-36r (s. xvi; ex 4)
4. Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 15v-16r (s.xiv)
Printed: K 337; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 438 (no. 5); Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 101-5; B 604; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 217-18, ex MS 2, with bounds ex Edwards; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 53.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 312 n. 2, spurious; Baring 1907; Baring 1909, p. 193, identifies estate as Wonston, Hants.; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 308-10, identifies as Sutton Scotney in Wonston; Forsberg 1950, pp. 202-3, bounds describe Wonston, not Sutton Scotney; Finberg, ECW, no. 38, authentic; Sawyer 1983, pp. 298-9, on meeting-place; Lapidge 1981, p. 78 n., possibly genuine base (= 1993, p. 66 n.); Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1144-5, 'makes a good impression'; Keynes 1996, p. 17 n. 11, substantially authentic.
A.D. 909. King Edward to Frithestan, bishop of Winchester; confirmation of title to 40 hides (mansiones) at Alresford, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 20rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1090; Thorpe, pp. 163-5; B 623; Pierquin, Recueil, p. 3, no. 73.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, p. 288, doubtful; Finberg, ECW, no. 41 and chapter vii, esp. pp. 237-9, spurious but authentic basis possible; John 1965, pp. 414-16; Hart 1970/1, p. 26 (no. 35), spurious; Wormald 1988, no. 29; Keynes 1992, p. 86 n. 137, spurious; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1145, suspicious; cf. S 814.
A.D. 909. King Edward to Frithestan, bishop of Winchester; confirmation of the beneficial hidation of Chilcomb, Hants., in return for the bishop's confirmation to the king of leases for 100 hides at Downton, Wilts., and 70 hides at Beddington, Surrey; with a note that Nursling and Chilbolton, Hants., shall be reckoned as part of Chilcomb. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Harley Ch. 43 C. 1 (s. xi1; BM Facs., iv. 10)
2. BL Add. 15350, 97r-98r (s. xii)
3. BL Harley 596, 14v-16r (s. xvii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 36-7; K 342 and vol. iii. 404-5 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 208-9 (no. 2) ex MS 1; B 620 ex MS 1; B 621 ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 290-1, part only; Finberg, ECW, pp. 244-8.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 rather later; Stevenson 1904, p. 322 n. 6, very suspicious; Robinson 1918, p. 17, spurious; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 164-73, bounds cover the hundred of Chilcomb; Grundy, Hants. 1927, p. 340; Harmer, Writs, p. 373, authenticity not certain; Finberg, ECW, no. 40 and chapter vii, esp. pp. 230-3, authentic basis, passage relating to later hundred of Chilcomb is an interpolation; John 1965, p. 410 n. 3, pp. 414-16; Chaplais 1966/1 (= 1973, p. 55), forgery, MS 1 written at Winchester, perhaps s. xi1, in hand similar to that of the annals 973-1001 in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 173 (the Parker Chronicle); Hart 1970/1, p. 35 (no. 171), authentic basis; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 256-7, on Chilcomb; Parkes 1976, p. 171 n. 1, on script; Dumville 1992, p. 60, forgery, script not especially close to that of the annals, suggests Chaplais's date for MS 1 may be too late; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1145, suspicious; Faith 1997, p. 34, cited.
A.D. 909. King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 20 hides (mansae) at Overton, with woodland at Tadley, 15 hides at North Waltham and 5 at Bradley, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15350, 56r-57r (s. xii)
2. BL Add. 15350, 57rv (s. xii; no bounds)
Printed: K 1092 ex MS 2; K 1094 ex MS 1; B 625 ex MS 1; B 626 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, nos 75, 76.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 322 n. 6, very suspicious; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 172-7, on bounds of Overton, pp. 261-2, on bounds of Tadley, pp. 284-5, on bounds of North Waltham, pp. 299-300, on bounds of Bradley; Finberg, ECW, nos 43, 44, spurious; John 1965, p. 415; Hart 1970/1, p. 29 (nos 95-6), spurious; Stenton 1971, p. 283, cited; PN Berks., i. 101, on element of bounds; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1145, suspicious.
Note. The two texts have significantly different formulation.
A.D. 909. King Edward to the familia of St Peter's, Winchester; confirmation of 50 hides (manentes) at Whitchurch, Hants., previously granted by Hemele, comes. Latin with English bounds of Whitchurch and Ashmanworth, Hants., and a note, in English, that Ashmanworth is to belong to the familia after King Edward's death.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 92r-93v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1091; B 624; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 74.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 694 n. 32, spurious; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 91-4, on bounds of Ashmanworth; Crawford 1922, pp. 73-5, and map facing p. 81, on bounds; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 295-9, on bounds of Whitchurch; Finberg, ECW, no. 42, a composite text, but authentic basis; Hart 1970/1, p. 34 (no. 162), authentic basis; PN Berks., i. 9; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Keynes 1993/2, p. 313 and n. 55, forger had access to some genuine material; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1145, suspicious.
A.D. 921 (Wilton, Wilts., 11 Jan.). King Edward to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Collingbourne Kingston, Wilts. Latin with bounds in Old English, Middle English and Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 717, 36r-37r (s. xvi; ex 2)
2. Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 16rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 235 ex MS 2 (Latin only); Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 105-11 ex MS 2; B 635 ex MS 2.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, pp. 66-7, witnesses are of 931; Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 41, spurious; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 216-21, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 237, authentic basis, indiction and witness-list point to 933; Bonney 1969, pp. 60-4 and map p. 62, bounds probably refer to the territory of Aughton, a tithing at the north end of Collingbourne Kingston; O'Donovan 1972, p. 36, witness-list belongs to 931 x 934; O'Donovan 1973, p. 98; Sawyer 1974, p. 113; Keynes 1980, p. 35 n. 62, p. 44 n. 77, on details of formulation; Dumville 1992, p. 111 n. 264, witness-list belongs to 934 and formulation to Athelstan's reign; Kitson 1993, pp. 644-5, 651 n. 2, on bounds; Keynes 1996, p. 21, authentic charter of Athelstan modified at New Minster; cf. S 1533.
A.D. 899 x 909. King Edward to Asser, bishop of Sherborne, and his familia; grant of 6 hides (manentes) at Wellington, 5 at West Buckland and 12 at Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, in exchange for the minster at Plympton, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wells
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vitell. E. v, 124v (s. xvi; incomplete)
2. Wells, D. & C., Liber Albus II, 290rv (s. xv/xvi)
Printed: K 1083 ex MS 1; HMC Wells (1885), pp. 196-7; B 610 ex MS 2.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. lxvi n. 1, possibly genuine; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Robinson 1918, p. 54; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 37-44, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 17; Finberg, ECW, no. 422, authentic; Davies 1972, p. 470, dubious; Fleming 1985, p. 253; Rumble 1987, p. 227, on West Busckland; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. liv, not above suspicion, authenticity difficult to establish; Dumville 1992, p. 45, cited; Hooke 1994, p. 113; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1144, the estates later passed to Wells Minster and S 380 was used by Bishop Giso of Wells in drawing up S 1024 for Bath Abbey; Pelteret 1995, p. 167 n. 15; Keynes 1997, p. 231, model for S 1034.
King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 20 hides (manentes) at Crawley and 8 at Hunston, Hants., with appurtenant land at Ticcenesfelda wicum (in Ampfield, Hants.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 54v-55v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1096; B 629; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 78.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 82-3, bounds of Ticcenesfelda wicum describe part of Ampfield; Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 42-6, on bounds of Crawley; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 147-9, on bounds of Hunton; Grundy, Hants. 1927, p. 323; Finberg, ECW, no. 47, spurious, and cf. chapter vii; John 1965, p. 415; Hart 1970/1, p. 29 (no. 92), spurious; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 261, dubious; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1145, suspicious.
King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 60 hides (manentes) at Farnham, Surrey, and 10 at Bentley, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 58r-59r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1093; B 627.
Comments: PN Surrey, pp. 165-6, bounds are those of the hundred of Farnham; Forsberg 1950, pp. 203-4, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 45, spurious; John 1965, p. 415; Hart 1970/1, p. 30 (no. 99), spurious; O'Donovan 1973, p. 105, on error in witness-list; Gelling, ECTV, no. 324, spurious; Dumville 1992, p. 43 n. 62, on Farnham; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1145, suspicious.
King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 10 hides (manentes) at Highclere, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 33v-34r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1095; B 628; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 77.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 322 n. 6, very suspicious; Crawford 1922, p. 76, on bounds; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 133-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 46, spurious, bounds identical with those of S 258 and 565; John 1965, p. 415; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 60), spurious; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1145, suspicious.
King Edward to the familia of Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 50 hides (manentes) at Hurstbourne (Priors) and 10 at Stoke, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 110, pp. 301-2 (s. xvi med.)
Printed: Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 212 (no. 10); K 334 ex Mon. Angl,; B 593 ex Mon. Angl..
Comments: Maitland 1897, p. 331, spurious; Stevenson 1904, p. 192 n. 6, spurious; Finberg, ECW, p. 34, conflation of S 358 and 359.
c. A.D. 909. King Edward and the community at Winchester to Bishop Denewulf; lease, for three lives, of 20 hides at Tichborne, Hants., with an annual food-render and reversion to the church of Winchester. English with bounds,
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 62v-63v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1088; Thorpe, pp. 158-61, with translation; B 622; Robertson, Charters, no. 20 (pp. 38-43) with translation.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 150-66, bounds cover Cheriton and Beauworth; Robertson, Charters, pp. 296-8, there are dating difficulties, witnesses include Denewulf's successor; Finberg, ECW, no. 37, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 31 (no. 109), authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 462, on food-render; O'Donovan 1973, p. 109; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 466 n. 6; Roberts 1992, on bounds.
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