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CHARTERS OF MALMESBURY ABBEY

1. (S 1245) Leuthere, bishop of the Saxons, grants land at Malmesbury to Aldhelm , priest, to support a monastic community. A.D. 675
2. (S 1166) Cenfrith, comes of the Mercians, grants ten hides at Wootton [? Bassett], Wiltshire, to Abbot Aldhelm. A.D. 680
3. (S 71) Æthelred, king of the Mercians, grants fifteen hides near Tettan monasterium (Tetbury, Gloucestershire) to Abbot Aldhelm. A.D. 680 or 681
4. (S 73) Æthelred, king of the Mercians, grants thirty hides west of the highway (i.e. Foss Way) and fifteen hides near Tettan monasterium (Tetbury, Gloucestershire) to Abbot Aldhelm and his successors. A.D. 681
5. (S 1169) King Berhtwald grants forty hides at Somerford Keynes, Gloucestershire, to Abbot Aldhelm for the monastery at Malmesbury. A.D. 685
6. (S 231) Cædwalla, king [of the West Saxons], grants 132 hides on both sides of the wood called Kemble, Gloucestershire, to the church [of Malmesbury]. A.D. 682 [? for 688]
7. (S 234) Cædwalla, king [of the West Saxons], grants to Abbot Aldhelm 140 hides on both sides of the wood called Kemble, Gloucestershire, thirty hides on the east side of the wood at Braydon, Wiltshire, and five hides at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Wylye. A.D. 688
8. (S 1170) Baldred grants one hundred hides near the river Avon around the wood called Stercanlei or Stelcanleag (? cf. Startley in Great Somerford, Wiltshire) and Cnebbanburg or Crebbanburg (cf. Nable's Farm in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire) to Abbot Aldhelm, in exchange for one hundred hides to the east of Braydon Wood, Wiltshire. A.D. 688
9. (S 243) Ine, king of the [West] Saxons, grants forty-five hides, consisting of five hides at Garsdon, thirty hides by Gauze Brook and ten hides by Reodburna, all in Wiltshire, to Abbot Aldhelm for his monstery at Malmesbury. A.D. 701
10. (S 245) Ine, king [of the West Saxons, grants exemption from secular burdens to the churches and monasteries of his kingdom. A.D. 704
11. (S 1251a) Aldhelm, bishop [of Sherborne], declares that he has agreed to remain abbot of his monasteries at Malmesbury, Frome and Bradford on Avon, but confirms that the communities are to be free to elect their own abbots after his death. A.D. 705
12. (S 256) Cuthred, king of the Gewisse, grants ten hides at Wootton [? Bassett], Wiltshire, to Abbot Aldhelm and his familia at Malmesbury. A.D. 745
13. (S 260) Cynewulf, king [of the West Saxons], grants thirty hides at the confluence of the streams called Mearcdaeno and Reodburna (cf. Rodbourne near Malmesbury), Wiltshire, to the familia at Malmesbury. A.D. 758
14. (S 149) Ecgfrith, king of the Mercians, restores thirty-five hides at Purton, Wiltshire, to Abbot Cuthberht and the brethren of Malmesbury minster. A.D. 796
15. (S 320) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, the men of Kent and all the southern English, grants five hides at Minety, Wiltshire, to the monastery at Malmesbury. A.D. 880 [for 838 x 839]
16. (S 294a, S 294b (formerly S 314, S 322)) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, makes a general grant of fiscal privileges, with special reference to lands belonging to Malmesbury at Wroughton, Wiltshire; Elmhamstede; Wootton [? Bassett], Charlton, Minety and Rodbourne, Wiltshire. A.D. 844
17. (S 301) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, grants ten hides at Dauntsey, Wiltshire, to the familia at Malmesbury. A.D. 850
18. (S 305) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, makes a general grant of land and privileges to the churches and thegns of his kingdom, with special reference to lands belonging to Malmesbury at Purton, Lacock, Sutton Benger, Corston, Crudwell, Wiltshire; Kemble, Gloucestershire; and Dauntsey, Wiltshire. A.D. 854
19. (S 306) Æthelwulf, king [of the West Saxons], grants five hides at Tockenham, Wiltshire, to St Peter and the familia at Malmesbury. A.D. 854
20. (S 356) King Alfred, with the consent of the familia of the church of Malmesbury, grants a four-life lease of four hides at Chelworth, Wiltshire, to Dudig, his minister, with reversion to the church at Malmesbury. [A.D. 871 x 899]
21. (S 1205) Ordlaf grants four hides at Chelworth in Crudwell to the familia at Malmesbury, in exchange for four hides at Mannington in Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. A.D. 901
22. (S 1797 (Malm 1)) The familia of the church of Malmesbury lease five hides at Mannington in Lydiard Tregoze, for five lives, to Ordlaf, comes, in exchange for four hides at Chelworth, Wiltshire. A.D. 901
23. (S 1205a) Ordlaf grants four hides at Chelworth in Crudwell, Wiltshire, to the familia at Malmesbury. [? A.D. 904]
24. (S 363) King Edward grants ten hides at Hankerton, Wiltshire, to the church of Malmesbury, in exchange for ten hides at Farmborough, Somerset. A.D. 901
25. (S 415) King Æthelstan grants five hides at Norton, Wiltshire, five at Sumerford (probably Little Somerford, Wiltshire) and five at Ewen, Gloucestershire, to the familia and church of Malmesbury. A.D. 931
26. (S 434) King Æthelstan grants sixty hides at Bremhill, Wiltshire, to the familia at Malmesbury. A.D. 937
27. (S 435) King Æthelstan grants ten hides at Wootton [? Bassett], Wiltshire, to the familia at Malmesbury. A.D. 937
28. (S 436) King Æthelstan grants ten hides at Wootton, sixty at Bremhill, five at Sumerford (probably Little Somerford) and five at Norton, Wiltshire; and five at Ewen, Gloucestershire, to the familia at Malmesbury. A.D. 937
29. (S 629) King Eadwig grants one hundred hides at Brokenborough, Wiltshire, to the monastery at Malmesbury. A.D. 956
30. (S 796) King Edgar restores ten hides at Eastcourt in Crudwell, Wiltshire, to Ælfric, abbot of Malmesbury. A.D. 974
31. (S 841) King Æthelred grants ten hides at Rodbourne near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, to the monastery at Malmesbury. A.D. 982
32. (S 862) King Æthelred grants five hides at Littleton on Severn, Gloucestershire, to Wenoth, minister. A.D. 986
33. (S 1038) King Edward confirms the lands and privileges of Malmesbury Abbey. A.D. 1065.

BOUNDARY CLAUSES FROM MALMESBURY CHARTERS

34. (S 1577) Bounds of Brokenborough and Sutton Benger, Wiltshire.
35. (S 1587) Bounds of Rodbourne near Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
36. (S 1585) Bounds of Norton, Wiltshire.
37. (S 1579) Bounds of Chelworth in Crudwell, Wiltshire.
38. (S 1582) Bounds of Eastcourt in Crudwell, Wiltshire.
39. (S 1584) Bounds of Murcott in Crudwell, Wiltshire.
40. (S 1578) Bounds of Charlton, Wiltshire.
41. (S 1576) Bounds of Brinkworth, Wiltshire.
42. (S 1583) Bounds of Grittenham in Brinkworth, Wiltshire.
43. (S 1586) Bounds of Purton, Wiltshire.
44. (S 1580) Bounds of Dauntsey, Wiltshire.
45. (S 1575) Bounds of Bremhill, Wiltshire.
46. (S 1552) Bounds of Ewen, Gloucestershire.
47. (S 862 (for S 1552a)) Bounds of Littleton on Severn, Gloucestershire.

CHARTER OF BOROUGH OF MALMESBURY

48. (S 454) King Æthelstan grants privileges and five hides near Norton, Wiltshire, to the burgesses of Malmesbury. [A.D. 924 x 939]

SINGLE-SHEET CHARTERS OF UNCERTAIN PROVENANCE

49. (S 96) Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, grants ten hides near the wood called Toccan sceaga (Tockenham, Wiltshire) and the tumulus called Reada beorg to Abbot Eanberht. A.D. 757
50. (S 308) Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, makes a general grant of land and privileges to the churches and thegns of his kingdom, with special reference to one hide at Hardenhuish, Wiltshire, granted to Wiferth, his minister. A.D. 854