Charters of the Burton Abbey
, ed. P. H. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters 2 (Oxford: Published for The British Academy by The Oxford University Press, 1979).CONTENTS
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1. (S 224) Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, grants two hides at Stantun to the Ealhhelm. A.D. 800 [? for 914]
2. (S 395) King Athelstan grants seven hides æt Hwituntune to Eadric, minister. A.D. 925.
3. (S 397) King Athelstan confirms sixty hides at Hope and Ashford, Derbyshire, to Uhtred, his fidelis. A.D. 926
4. (S 392) King Athelstan grants five hides at Eatun to Beorhthelm (Byrhtelm), miles. A.D. 850 [for 939]
5. (S 479) King Edmund grants forty hides at Alrewas, Bromley, Barton, Tatenhill, Branston, Stretton, Rolleston, Clifton, and Haunton, Staffordshire, and Linton, Derbyshire, to Wulfsige the Black (Wulfsye prenomine Maur'). A.D. 942
6. (S 484) King Edmund grants land at Walton on Trent, Coton in the Elms, Cauldwell, Drakelow, Derbyshire. Newbold, Staffordshire, and Linton, Derbyshire, to Wulfsige the Black (Wulfsie prenomine Maur') A.D. 942
7. (S 1606) King Edmund grants land at Croxall, Catton, Walton on Trent, Drakelow, Stapenhill, Derbyshire, Linton, Derbyshire, and at Sulueston' [? Silverstone, Northamtonshire], to Wulfsige the Black (Wulfsie). A.D. 942
8. (S 549) King Eadred grants four hides in Suthtone, with licence to buy a fifth, to Ulfketel, miles. A.D. 949
9. (S 548) King Eadred grants land at Bakewell, Derbyshire, to Uhtred, miles and dux. A.D. 949
10. (S 545) King Eadred grants ten hides at Eatun to Athelstan (Æðestan), minister. A.D. 949
11. (S 557) King Eadred grants land at Marchington, Staffordshire, to Wulfhelm, miles. A.D. 951
12. (S 554) King Eadred grants eight hides æt Northtun to Ælfheah, minister. A.D. 951
13. (S 569) King Eadred grants land at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, to Uhtred Child, pedisequus. A.D. 955
14. (S 623) King Eadwig grants eight hides at Braunston, Northamptonshire, to Eadwig, minister. A.D. 956
15. (S 628) King Eadwig grants three hides æt Mortune to Mæglsothen, his man. A.D. 956
16. (S 599) King Eadwig grants five hides æt Niwantune to Æthelgeard. A.D. 956
17. (S 602) King Eadwig grants land at Darlaston, near Stone, Staffordshire, to Æthelnoth, minister. A.D. 956
18. (S 576) King Eadred grants five hides at Austrey, Warwickshire, to Wulfric, minister. A.D. 958
19. (S 707) King Edgar grants ten hides at Hilmarton and Littlecott, Wiltshire, to Wulfmær, minister. A.D. 962
20. (S 720) King Edgar grants three hides æt Duddestone [? Duddeston, near Birmingham] and three æt Ernlege [? Upper Arley, Worcestershire], to Wulfgeat, minister. A.D. 963
21. (S 739) King Edgar grants ten hides at Parwich, Derbyshire, to Ælfhelm, minister. A.D. 966
22. (S 749) King Edgar grants thirteen hides at Breedon, Wifelesthorpe, Ætheres dune [? Atterton], and Diseworth, Leicestershire, to Æthelwold, bishop, for the church at Breedon. A.D. 967 [for 972]
23. (S 768) King Edgar grants one hide at Stantun [? Stanton by Newhall, Derbyshire), to Wulfric, bishop. A.D. 968
24. (S 853) King Æthelred grants three hides at Brighthampton, two at Aston Bampton, and one at Lew, Oxfordshire, to Ælfwine, minister and scriptor. A.D. 984
25. (S 863) King Æthelred grants twelve hides æt Æsce to Æthelsige, minister. A.D. 987
26. (S 879) King Æthelred grants land at Bedintun [Pillaton, Staffordshire], to Wulfric, minister. A.D. 996
27. (S 878) King Æthelred grants three hides at Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, to Wulfric, minister. A.D. 996
28. (S 906) King Æthelred confirms the endowment of Burton Abbey and grants privileges. A.D. 1004
29. (S 1536) The Will of Wulfric. A.D. 1002 x 1004
30. (S 917) King Æthelred grants land at an unspecified place to an unnamed minister. A.D. 1007
31. (S 920) King Æthelred exchanges two and a half hides at Rolleston, Staffordshire, for the vills of Aldsworth and Arlington, Gloucestershire, with Abbot Wulfgeat and the Abbey at Burton. A.D. 1008
32. (S 922) King Æthelred grants eight hides at Weston upon Trent, one hide in Morley, one in Smalley and Kidsley, one in Crich, and one in Ingleby, Derbyshire, to Morcar, minister. A.D. 1009
33. (S 923) King Æthelred grants two hides at Hallam, Derbyshire, to Elemod [? Æthelmod], minister. A.D. 1011
34. (S 924) King Æthelred grants five hides æt Ufre [? Mickleover, Derbyshire], to Morcar, minister. A.D. 1011
35. (S 930) King Æthelred grants one and a half hides at Wetmoor, Staffordshire, to Abbot Wulfgeat and the Abbey at Burton. A.D. 1012
36. (S 929) King Æthelred grants five hides æt Burtune to Theodulf, his man. A.D. 1012
37. (S 928) King Æthelred grants two hides æt Ecgintune [? Eckington, Derbyshire] to Morcar, minister. A.D. 1012
38. (S 1017) King Edward grants two hides at Berghe to Tofig, comes. A.D. 1048