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BATH CHARTERS

1. (S 51) Osric, king, grants 100 hides near Bath, Somerset, to Abbess Berta, for the foundation of a minster. A.D. 676 [or 675]
2. (S 1168) Wigheard, with the consent of King Wulfhere (of Mercia), grants forty hides at Slæpi (probably Islip, Oxfordshire) to Abbess Beorngyth and her minster. [A.D. 671 x 672]
3. (S 1167) Æthelmod, with the consent of King Æthelred (of Mercia), grants twenty hides by the river Cherwell, Oxfordshire, to Abbess Beorngyth and Folcburg. [A.D. 680]
4. (S 265) Cynewulf, king of the Saxons, grants five hides at North Stoke, Somerset, to St Peter's minster, Bath. A.D. 808 [for 757 x 758]
5. (S 414) King Æthelstan grants ten hides at Priston, Somerset, and five hides at Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire, to the familia of St Peter's minster, Bath. A.D. 931
6. (S 476) King Eadmund grants ten hides at Corston, Somerset, to Æthelnoth, minister. A.D. 941
7. (S 508) King Eadmund grants five hides at Weston, near Bath, Somerset, to Æthelhere, his minister. A.D. 946
8. (S 627) King Eadwig grants five hides at Bathampton, Somerset, to Hehelm, his fidelis. A.D. 956
9. (S 593) King Eadwig grants ten hides at Corston, Somerset, to Ælfswith. A.D. 956
10. (S 610) King Eadwig grants thirty hides at Tidenham, Gloucestershire, to St Peter's minster, Bath, of which three are to belong to his priest, Wulfgar. A.D. 956
11. (S 643) King Eadwig grants ten hides at Bathford, Somerset, to St Peter's minster, Bath. A.D. 957
12. (S 664) King Eadwig restores five hides at Olveston and five at Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire, to St Peter's minster, Bath. [A.D. 955 x 959]
13. (S 661) King Eadwig restores five hides at Weston, near Bath, Somerset, to St Peter's minster, Bath. A.D. 961 [for 956]
14. (S 694) King Edgar restores five hides at Southstoke, Somerset, to St Peter's minster, Bath. A.D. 961
15. (S 692) King Edgar grants one hide at Geofanstige ('Evesty', lost, in Wellow), Somerset, to Æthelwold, minister. A.D. 961
16. (S 711) King Edgar grants two-and-a-half hides at Stanton Prior, Somerset, to Ælfsige, decurio. A.D. 963
17. (S 735) King Edgar grants seven-and-a-half hides at Stanton Prior, Somerset, to Æscwig, abbot of St Peter's, Bath. A.D. 965
18. (S 777) King Edgar grants ten hides at Cliftune (i.e. Lyncombe), near Bath, to St Peter's church, Bath, in return for 100 mancuses of gold and ten hides at Cumtune (? Chilcompton or Compton Dando, Somerset). A.D. 970
19. (S 785) King Edgar grants ten hides at Corston, Somerset, to God and St Peter. A.D. 972
20. (S 854) King Æthelred grants three-and-a-half hides at Welewestoce (i.e. Radstock), Somerset, to the church of Bath. A.D. 984
21. (S 1538) Will of Wulfwaru, including a bequest of land at Freshford, Somerset, to Ælfhere, abbot of Bath, and gifts of precious objects and a food-rent to the community at Bath. [A.D. 984 x 1001]
22. (S 1034) King Edward grants land at Ashwick, Somerset, to Abbot Wulfwold. A.D. 1061
22A. (S 1034) Latin version of the bounds of Ashwick.
23. (S 1426) Abbot Ælfwig and the community at Bath lease thirty hides at Tidenham, Gloucestershire, to Archbishop Stigand, for his lifetime. [A.D. 1061 x 1065]
24. (S 1555) Divisions and customs of the estate at Tidenham, Gloucestershire.
25. (S 1427) Writ of Abbot Wulfwold declaring that he has given land at Gofestige ('Evesty', lost, in Wellow) and Ashwick, Somerset, to St Peter's minster, Bath. [A.D. 1061 x (1077 x 1078), perhaps 1066]
26. Bounds of Charlcombe, Somerset.