A.D. 903 for 946 x 951. King Eadred to Wulfsige, bishop (of Sherborne); grant of 8 hides (cassati) at Thornford, Dorset, with reversion to the refectory of the cathedral community. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Sherborne
MS: BL Add. 46487, fos 11-12 (s. xii med.)
Printed: B 894; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 9.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, dubious or spurious; Grundy, Dorset, 1938, pp. 87-9, bounds follow later parish boundary; Forsberg 1950, p. 6, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 594, authentic, impossible date in postscript; Whitelock 1966, pp. 101, 102, impossible date and anachronistic royal style; Keen 1984, p. 218, on bounds, with map p. 219; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xxvii-viii, 35-6, spurious; PN Dorset, iii. 324, 376-7, 379-81.
A.D. 945. King Eadred to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Brightwell, 15 at Sotwell, 5 at Mackney, and land at Wallingford, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, fos 46r-47 (s. xii)
Printed: K 1154; B 810; PN Berks., iii. 761, bounds only.
Comments: Field 1905, p. 110; Field 1906, pp. 82-5, topographical discussion; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 214-17, on bounds; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and his estates, p. 17 n. 3, spurious, may be heavily modified version of lost authentic charter from 957 x 958; PN Berks., i. 12, 62, ii. 515, 516, 529, iii. 751, 761-2, bounds describe parishes of Brightwell and Sotwell; Gelling, ECTV, no. 50, spurious; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, not acceptable, discusses beneficiary; Faith 1997, p. 149, cited; cf. S 523, 536.
A.D. 946. King Eadred to Æthelgifu, a religious woman; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Tolleshunt, Essex. Latin.
Archive: Barking
MS: Hatfield House, Ilford Hospital, 1/6, fo. 18v (s. xvi med.)
Printed: (unprinted)
Comments: Brooks 1992, p. 7 n. 24, cited in context of grants to religious women.
A.D. 946. King Eadred to Eawyn, a religious woman; grant of 19 hides (mansae) at Hockley, Essex. Latin.
Archive: Barking
MS: Hatfield House, Ilford Hospital 1/6, 18r (s. xvi med.)
Printed: (unprinted)
Comments: Brooks 1992, p. 7 n. 24, cited in context of grants to religious women; cf. LSP 10 (S 1793).
A.D. 946. See LSP 10 (S 1793). King Eadred to Eawyn, a nun; grant of 12 hides (mansae) at Shopland, Essex.
A.D. 946. King Eadred to Heresige, his man; grant of 1.5 hides (mansae) at Swalecliffe, Kent, with grant of the same by Heresige to the church of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's, Canterbury). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 307r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 105v (s. xiii; incomplete)
Printed: K 1176 ex MS 2; B 874 ex MS 2; B 1345 ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 116; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 28.
Comments: Turner 1915, p. xxxii; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 281, on place-names; Drögereit 1935, pp. 383-9; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 109-12, authentic, notice of Heresige's regrant may be suspicious.
A.D. 946. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Didlington, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 36r-39r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 867; Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 21-2; K 412 and vol. iii. 425; Mon. Angl. (rev edn), ii, 326-7; B 818.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 81; Grundy, Dorset, 1934, pp. 111-12, on bounds; Finberg , ECW, no. 592, authentic; Forsberg 1968, pp. 18-19, estate probably coterminous with parish of Chalbury; Keen 1984, p. 227, on element of bounds; PN Dorset, ii. 134-6, 146, 159.
A.D. 946. (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey) King Eadred to Wulfric; grant of 7 hides (manentes) at Warkton, Northants. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: Somers Ch. 11 (lost)
Printed: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302 (no. 11), incomplete, ex MS; Smith, Bede, p. 772, ex MS; K 411; B 815; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 86.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 105 (pp. 551-2).
Comments: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302, MS of unusual type with crosses of differing form; Hart 1972, on charter-type; Hart, ECNE, no. 3, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-viii, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, on 'alliterative' charters, p. 551, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; BA Facs., p. 12; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on 'alliterative' charters.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; restoration of 130 hides at Taunton, Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 23v-24r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1157; Thorpe, pp. 189-90; B 831; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 109.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 40, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 459, spurious, witness-list from S 523; Keynes 1980, p. 103 n. 60, forgery.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Ælfsige, his faithful man; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 17v-18r (s. xii)
Printed: B 832.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 296-8, bounds are those of Bishopstone; Darlington 1955, p. 84; Ekwall 1962, p. 35, identifies as Fifield Bavant; Finberg, ECW, no. 265, authentic, queries Ekwall's identification; Hart 1970/1, p. 26 (no. 30), authentic.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Ælfstan, his faithful minister; grant of 17 hides (mansae) at Wigborough, Essex. Latin.
Archive: Barking
MS: Hatfield House, Ilford Hospital 1/6, 15v-16r (s. xvi med.)
Printed: (unprinted)
Comments: Hart 1993, p. 183, on estate.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister and miles; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Brightwell, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 47v-48r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1156; B 830; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 108; PN Berks., iii. 763, bounds only.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 217-18, on bounds; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and his estate, p. 17 n. 3, wholly authentic, discusses estate history, p. 28 (no. 80), authentic; PN Berks., ii. 516, iii. 751, 763, bounds describe modern parish of Brightwell, without Mackney; ; Gelling, ECTV, no. 53, authentic; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, on beneficiary; cf. S 517, a forgery conflating detail from several diplomas granting land to Æthelgeard, including S 523.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Eadric, his faithful comes; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Ashdown Park in Ashbury, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 209rv (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 245rv (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 108 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 843, ex MS 2; Warner 1826, Appendix, pp. lii-iii, ex Mon. Angl.; K 415 and vol. vi. 232-3, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 51-2 (no. 103); B 828 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 89; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 686-7 (no. 1272) ex MS 1; PN Berks., iii. 694, bounds only.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, pp. 377-9; Forsberg 1950, pp. 158-9, on bounds; PN Berks., ii. 344-7, iii. 677, 694-6, not clear if bounds cover whole parish of Ashbury or only its western half; Gelling, ECTV, no. 52, authentic but bounds modernized; Forsberg 1984, p. 4, on bounds; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 34, 39, on MS sources, pp. 47-9, on estate, the 14th-century cartularies note that Eadric gave the land to Dunstan; cf. S 288, 525, 1504.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Eadric, his faithful comes; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Washington, Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 37rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1159; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 141-4; B 834; Earle, p. 381, bounds only; Barker 1949, pp. 64-8, with translation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 40.
Comments: PN Sussex, i. 240-2, 226-7, ii. 233, 281; Drögereit 1935, pp. 383-9; Barker 1949, pp. 68-70; Forsberg 1950, p. 110, on bounds; Bevan 1986, on bounds; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 40, authentic; cf. S 524, 714, 1377, 1504.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Eadwulf, priest; grant, for, life of 10 hides (mansae) at Leckford, Hants., with reversion of 5 hides to Nunnaminster in Winchester and 5 hides to the church where he is buried. Latin with bounds in Old English, Middle English and Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MS: Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 23rv (s. xv)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 289; Edward, Liber de Hyda, pp. 161-5; B 824.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 172-4, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 66, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 33 n. 54, on transaction; Keynes 1996, p. 23, on beneficiary; cf. S 1419.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Edmund, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Hankham, Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wells
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vitell. E. v, 123v-124r (s. xvi; abbreviated)
2. Wells, D. & C., Liber Albus II, 288v-289r (s. xv/xvi)
Printed: K 416 and vol. iii. 426; HMC Wells (1885), pp. 194-6; B 821 ex MS 2; B 822 ex MS 1; Barker 1949, pp. 59-62, with translation.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, pp. 372-7, authentic; Barker 1949, pp. 62-4; Dulley 1966, pp. 26-8, on bounds.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Oswig, minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Merstham, Surrey. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii 83 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 13)
2. Bodleian, James 24, pp. 73-4 (s. xvii; abbreviated)
Printed: K 413 and vol. iii. 425-6; B 820; Earle, pp. 182-4, incomplete; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 87.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Drögereit 1935, pp. 383-9, original; Barker 1949, p. 57; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, original, written by Winchester scribe also repsonsible for S 497, 510, 535, 552 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); PN Oxon., ii. 302, on a personal name in bounds; Rumble 1971, on bounds; Rumble 1976, pp. 165-8, esp. on place-name, p. 172, on swine-pastures, p. 174, on boundary; Gelling, ECTV, no. 327, original; Keynes 1980, p. 16, product of 'Edmund C'; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, on script.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Wulfric, miles; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Denchworth, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claudius B. vi, 35v-36v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claudius C. ix, 199rv (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1158; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 136-9; B 833; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 110; PN Berks., iii. 744, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 41.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 42, on beneficiary; Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 95-6, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 423; Finberg 1972, pp. 492-3, on reference to common land; PN Berks., i. 8, 12, ii. 292-3, 472, iii. 739, 744-5, bounds describe modern parish of Denchworth; Forsberg 1979, pp. 149-50, on detail of bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 54, authentic; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 41, authentic; cf. S 657.
A.D. 947. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Idmiston, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 202r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 233v-234r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 104 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: Hoare, Wilts., Hundred of Alderbury, pp. 55-6; K 417 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn) i. 58 (no. 126) ex MS 2; B 829 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 642-3 (no. 1196) ex MS 1.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, pp. 383-9; Darlington 1955, p. 96; Finberg, ECW, no. 266, authentic; Brooks 1992, p. 8, on beneficiary; Abrams 1996, pp. 10, 30, 34, 39, on MS sources, pp. 143-5, on estate; cf. S 541, 775.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfheah, his minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Knoyle, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 1r-3r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 1-2; K 422 and vol. iii. 428; B 870; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 93.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 81; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 19-21, bounds describe West Knoyle; Finberg, ECW, no. 269, authentic.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfric, his faithful minister; grant of 11 hides (mansae) at Alverstoke, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 69v-70r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1163; B 865; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 112; Civil 1953, pp. 43-6, with translation.
Comments: Hughes 1918; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 80-1, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 424, suspicious; Civil 1953, pp. 38-43, on topography; Finberg, ECW, no. 68, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 31 (no. 121), authentic; Sawyer 1978, p. 155, on place-name and estate history; Keynes 1980, p. 103 n. 60, treats as authentic.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfsige, his most faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Ailsworth, Northants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. BL Egerton 2733, 40r-42v (s. xiii)
2. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 30r-31r (s. xii)
3. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 127v-28r (s. xiiii; no bounds)
Printed: K 423 and vol. iii. 428 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 381 (no. 6) ex MS 2; B 871 ex MS 2.
Comments: PN Northants., p. 228 n. 1, on bounds; Hart, ECEE, no. 163, authentic; Hart 1970, p. 34, on hidage; cf. S 1377.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfthryth, a religious woman; grant of 8 hides (mansae) in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MSS: 1. BL Harley 61, 3v-4v (s. xv)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 38, 3v-4r (s. xvii; ex 1; no bounds)
Printed: Mon. Angl. i. 215; K 418 and vol. iii. 426-7; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 478-9 (no. 5); B 868; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 90; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 16.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1935, pp. 117-22, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 593, authentic; Hart, ECEE, p. 253, addendum to Finberg; HRH, p. 229, no grounds for suspicion; PN Dorset, i. 1-2, 6, 10, 14, 15, 18, 26-33, 64; Dumville 1992, pp. 177-8, on beneficiary; Hinton 1994, esp. pp. 12-16, on bounds; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 68-70, authentic; cf. S 573, 632.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfwyn, a religious woman; grant of 6 hides (mansae), equated with 6 sulungs, at Wickhambreux, Kent, in return for 2 pounds of purest gold. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Stowe Ch. 26 (s. x med.; OS Facs., iii. 27)
Printed: B 869.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, pp. 383-9, original; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 277-81, on place-names; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60 original, written by Winchester scribe, also responsible for S 497, 510, 528, 552 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Finberg 1972, p. 415, on units of assessment; Sawyer, Burton, p. 25, original; PN Berks., i. 205, on element in bounds; Keynes 1980, pp. 16, 33 n. 55, original, product of 'Edmund C', record of payment seems to have been inserted as an afterthought; Chaplais 1985, p. 43 n. 6, boundary clause written later than subscriptions in a space left blank; Dumville 1992, pp. 177-8, on beneficiary; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, on script.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Mackney and 5 at Sotwell, Berks. Latin with English.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 54rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1161; B 864.
Comments: Field 1905, p. 110; Field 1906, pp. 49-52; Drögereit 1935, p. 424, suspicious; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary (referring to this charter as no. 86), p. 17 n. 3, basically authentic but with two interpolations, p. 29 (no. 91), authentic basis; PN Berks., i. 12, ii. 516, 529, iii. 751; Gelling, ECTV, no. 55, pre-Conquest fabrication based on same materials as S 517; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, not acceptable, discusses beneficiary.
A.D. 948 (Godeshylle, ? Gadshill, Kent). King Eadred to Canterbury Cathedral; grant of 30 hides (mansi) at Twickenham, Middx. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 394-5 (s. xiii)
Short version
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 200r (s. xii)
3. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 21v (s. xii)
4. London, Lambeth Palace 1212, p. 323 (s. xiii)
5. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 16r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2220 ex MS 2; K 1160 ex MS 4; B 860 ex MS 1; B 861 ex MS 4; Earle, p. 414 ex MS 4Fleming 1997, pp. 132-3 (no. 45) ex MS 3.
Comments: Hall, Studies, p. 200, suspicious; PN Middx, p. 29; Drögereit 1952, p. 58, spurious; Hart, ECNE, p. 92 n. 1, probably a late forgery; Gelling, ECTV, nos 217-18, MS 1 authentic; Brooks 1984, p. 232, spurious, draftsman probably not English.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Crowland Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of land etc. at Crowland, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Whaplode, Algarkirk, Dowdike, Drayton, Bucknall, Hallington, Gerimthorp, Langtoft, Deeping, Baston, Thetford, Rippingale, Laithorpe, Kirkby, Lincs.; Wellingborough, Addington, Elmington, Glapthorn, Worthorpe, Peakirk and Badby, Northants.; Morborne, Hunts.; Thurning, Northants. (formerly Hunts.); Beeby, Sutton, Stapleton, Leics.; Cottenham, Oakington and Dry Drayton, Cambs.; and at Standon, Herts. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Crowland
MSS: 1. BL Arundel 178, 41r-42r (s. xvi)
2. PRO Conf. R. 1 Hen. VIII, pt 2, no. 7
3. PRO Pat. R. 17 Ric. II, pt 1, m. 31
4. PRO Pat. R. 1 Hen. IV, pt 2, m 8
5. Oxford, All Souls College, 32, 4v-6v (s. xv)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, pp. 874-5; Mon. Angl., i. 167-8; Alford 1663, iii. 294-6; Fulman 1684, pp. 32-6 ex MS 1; K 420 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 114-15 (no. 11); Birch, Ingulf, pp. 56-61; B 872 ex MS 1.
Comments: Riley 1862, pp. 127-8, possibly authentic basis; Searle 1894, pp. 174-5; Napier and Stevenson, p. 85 n. 2, spurious; Roffe 1995, pp. 104-8, post-Conquest compilation, list of estates taken from Crowland Domesday
A.D. 948 (for 868) King Æthelred to Cuthred, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Balking, Berks. Latin.
See now S 338a.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; confirmation of 55 hides (mansae) at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 11 (s. xi ?; BM Facs., iii. 14)
2. BL Add. 15350, 15v-16r (s. xii)
Printed: K 421 and vol. iii. 427-8; Bond 1878, p. 6, in part, ex MS 2; B 862 ex MSS 1, 2; B 863 ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 184-5, bounds only, ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 92.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Hill 1910; Stevenson 1914, p. 689 n. 2, contemporary; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, p. 150, on bounds, cf. S 229; Drögereit 1935, p. 424, suspicious; Darlington 1955, p. 84; Finberg, ECW, no. 268, spurious; John 1965, p. 411, authentic, although MS 1 probably not contemporary; Hart 1970/1, p. 26 (no. 28), spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 103 n. 60, forgery; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 71, script of MS 1 is imitative.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Idmiston, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 202rv (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 234r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 105 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: Hoare, Wilts., Hundred of Alderbury, p. 56; K 419 and vol. vi. 233 ex MS2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn) i. 58-9 (no. 127) ex MS 2; B 867 ex K and MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 91; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 643-48 (no. 1197) ex MS 1.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 16-19, fails to trace bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 96; Finberg, ECW, no. 267, authentic; Brooks 1992, p. 8, on beneficiary; Abrams 1996, pp. 10, 30, 34, 39, on MS sources, pp. 143-5, on estate.
A.D. 948 (? for 947). King Eadred to Wulfric, his minister and miles; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Stanmore in Beedon, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 34v-35r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1164; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 131-4; B 866; PN Berks., iii. 651, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 42.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 42, on beneficiary; Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 222-4, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, pp. 207-8, on bounds; PN Berks., i. 5, 232, ii. 497, 503, iii. 649, 651-2, bounds describe roughly two-thirds of the modern parish of Beedon; Forsberg 1979, pp. 147-8, 150, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 56, authentic; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 42, authentic; cf. S 687.
A.D. 949. King Eadred to Ælfsige, gold- and silver-smith, his man; grant of 1 hide (mansa) on the Isle of Wight and 1 at Winterburnan in the land of the Gewisse (? Wilts.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 76v-78r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 42-3; K 428 and vol. iii. 431; B 879; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 96.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 81-2; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 22-3, unable to trace bounds, unconvinced by identification of the Winterburnan hide with Laverstock; Drögereit 1935, pp. 389-90; Kökeritz 1940, p. 207, for bounds of Ningwood, Isle of Wight; Forsberg 1950, pp. 38-9, on a boundary mark; PN Wilts., p. xli, Laverstock identification is probably untenable; Darlington 1955, p. 93, queries Laverstock identification; Finberg, ECW, no. 70 (pp. 43-4, 89-90), authentic.
A.D. 949. King Eadred to Æthelmær, praeses; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Chetwode and Hillesden, Bucks. Latin with English bounds, and note, in English, referring to Chadshunt, Warwicks.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 143-4 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 24rv (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 424 and vol. vi. 233-4 ex MS 2; B 883 ex MS 2; Earle pp. 370-2 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 94; Reed 1979, p. 169, bounds only; Baines 1982, pp. 3-6, with translation pp. 7-8; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 43.
Comments: Robinson 1923, p. 59; PN Bucks., pp. 58, 62, 64, 218; PN Warwicks., p. 249; Drögereit 1952, p. 63 n. 23, p. 64 n. 29, p. 66, suspicious; Ekwall, DEPN, p. 94; Barker 1967, p. 87, on subscription of reeve of Bamburgh; Hart 1972, on charter-type; HRH, p. 229, genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; Gelling, ECTV, no. 149, authentic; Reed 1979, pp. 169-73, on bounds; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 373-2, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Baines 1982; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; BA Facs., p. 12; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on 'alliterative' charters; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 43, authentic.
A.D. 949. King Eadred to Athelstan, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansi) at Eatun, in return for 60 mancuses of gold. Latin with beginning of English bounds.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 175r = p. 349 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 885; Sawyer, Burton, no. 10.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 88-9 (no. 10).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, p. 89; Hart, ECNE, no. 84, probably a post-Conquest forgery, suggests connection with Church Eaton, Staffs.; Sawyer, Burton, p. 16, too many unusual features to be accepted without question as authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 112, on notification formula; Gelling 1981, p. 6, not Church Eaton; Hooke 1983, pp. 32, 56 n. 99, insufficient evidence to confirm identification with Water Eaton, near Penkridge, Staffs.; Hart 1992, p. 313, post-Conquest forgery; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1140 n. 1, cited with reference to formulation.
A.D. 949. King Eadred to Canterbury Cathedral; grant of Reculver minster and its lands, estimated at 26 hides (cassati). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. R 14 (? s. x med. or s. x2; Red Book no. 14; OS Facs. i. 15; Ramsay et al. 1992, frontispiece, in part)
2. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 57 (s. xi; BM Facs. iii. 15)
3. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 395-6 (s. xiii)
Short version
4. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 200r (s. xii)
5. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 21v (s. xii)
6. London, Lambeth Palace 1212, p. 323 (s. xiii)
7. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 15v (s. xvi; faulty)
8. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 16r (s. xvi)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 86-7, ex MS 2; Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2220 ex MS 4; K 425 and vol. iii. 428-9 ex MS 2; K 1166 ex MS 6; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 455-6 (no. 6); B 880 ex MSS 1, 2; B 881 ex MS 6; Earle, pp. 185-9 ex MSS 1, 2; Fleming 1997, p. 133 (no. 46) ex MS 5.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 2 contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 281-5, on place-ames; Drögereit 1952, p. 56, n. 87, forged; Chaplais 1966/1, pp. 164-5, may be genuine, unlikely to be Dunsan's autograph (cf. his subscription) but perhaps written at Glastonbury (= 1973, pp. 47-8); Barker 1967, p. 87; Chaplais 1968, p. 316 and n. 9, some punctuation marks in MS 1 may have been inserted subsequently, perhaps by Dunstan himself (= 1973, pp. 64-5); Finberg 1972, pp. 415, 492, on unit of assessment; HRH, p. 229, has been supposed a forgery, subscriptions are consistent; Witney 1976, p. 272, identifies Ceolulfingtun with Chilmington in Great Chart; Whitelock, EHD, p. 378, has several unusual features; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 40, probably not authentic; Brooks 1984, pp. 232-6, authenticity uncertain, perhaps early forgery, p. 378 n. 153, on script; Chaplais 1985, p. 44, on production; Lapidge 1988, pp. 91-2; Brooks 1992, pp. 17-18, contemporary Glastonbury formulation, MS 1 may be an authentic original of Dunstan himself; Gough 1992, on bounds; Lapidge 1993, pp. 134, 152 n., pp. 185-6, dates MS 1 to last third of 10th century, MS 2 to 11th century, and discusses Dunstan connection; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 71, agrees with Lapidge; Keynes 1994, pp. 184-5.
A.D. 948. King Eadred to Frithuric, his minister; grant of four hides (mansae) at Ofærtune Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 118v (s. xiv1)
Printed: K 1162; B 875; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 111.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, p. 247, probably not Overton, Wilts., or Overton, Hants.; Darlington 1955, p. 85; PN Wilts., p. 305, identifies as West Overton, Wilts.; Hart, ECEE, no. 5, authentic, suggests identification with Orton (Waterville), Hunts; Hart 1970/1, p. 38 (no. 216), authentic.
A.D. 949. King Eadred to Uhtred, dux and miles; grant of land at Bakewell, Derbys. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 174v-175r = pp. 348-9 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 884; Sawyer, Burton, no. 9.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, doubtful or spurious; Bridgeman 1916, pp. 87-8; Drögereit 1952, pp. 62-5; John 1966, p. 55, on royal style; Hart 1972, on charter-type; Hart, ECNE, no. 104, authentic; Sawyer 1975/1, pp. 31-4, on beneficiary and his estates; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one, pp. 6-7, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, p. 316, on lack of an assessment, pp. 431-45, on 'alliterative' charters; cf. S 396.
A.D. 949 (Somerton, Somerset, Easter). King Eadred to Ulfketel, miles; grant of 4 hides (cassata) in Suthtone (? Sutton Maddock, Salop.), with licence to buy a fifth. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 174rv = pp. 347-8 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 876; Sawyer, Burton, no. 8.
Comments: Drögereit 1952, pp. 58, 62, spurious; Hart 1972, on charter-type; Hart, ECNE, no. 103, authentic, tentatively identifies as Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.; Sawyer, Burton, p. xxx, possibly refers to Sutton Maddock, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one, p. 14, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; PN Shrops., i. 288; Hart 1992, p. 316, on lack of an assessment, pp. 431-45, on 'alliterative' charters.
A.D. 949. King Eadred to Wulfric, miles; grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucs., with bounds of 20 hides at Bourton, 7 hides at Maugersbury and 7 hides at Daylesford, Gloucs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Evesham
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 6 (s. xvi/xvii; BA Facs., 43)
2. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 72v (s. xii; bounds only; with introductory sentence from S 114)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 265-6; K 426 and vol. iii. 429 ex MS 1; K 1360 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), iii. 36-7 (no. 1); B 882 ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 95.
Comments: Taylor 1894/1, pp. 296-7; Stenton 1905, p. 698, on MS 2 (= Stenton 1970, p. 1); Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 9-11, 28-30, 181-2, on bounds, 'Daylesford' survey describes part of Adlestrop; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 20-2, 49-52, 165-6, on bounds; Drögereit 1952, pp. 62-3, doubtful; PN Gloucs., i. 3, 14, 17, 165, 196-8, 207-8, 212-16, 220, 222-4, on bounds; John 1966, p. 55, on royal style; Finberg, ECWM, no. 99, authentic; Hart 1972, on charter-type; Sawyer, Burton, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is oneWhitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Hooke 1985, pp. 87, 99, 210; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; BA Facs., p. 12, MS 1 a facsimile transcript of apparently original charter of King Eadred; Dumville 1992, p. 34 n. 21, p. 41 n. 58, unimpeachable; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on 'alliterative' charters; Dumville 1993, p. 142, early modern script-facsimile, original apparently written in Caroline script; Dumville 1994, p. 162.
A.D. 949. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister and miles; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Merton, Surrey. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 199v (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 229r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 112 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: Hoare, Wilts., Hundred of S. Damerham, pp. 22-3; B 878 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 628-9 (no. 1168) ex MS 1.
Comments: Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. p. ccxii; Gelling, ECTV, no. 328, authentic; Brooks 1992, p. 8, on beneficiary; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 34, on MS sources, pp. 115-17, 168, 173-4, on estate history, p. 132 n. 353, on beneficiary.
A.D. 949. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful man; grant of 18 hides (mansae) at Welford, Berks., in exchange for land at Pendavey in Egloshayle, Cornwall. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 44 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 16)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 38rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 198r (s. xii; bounds only)
4. Bodleian, James 21, pp. 157-8 (s. xvii)
Printed: K 427 and vol. iii. 430-1 ex MS 1; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 145-8, ex MSS 2, 3; B 877 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 189-92; PN Berks., iii. 663, bounds only; Kelly. Abingdon, no. 44.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Stenton 1913, p. 42, original; Stevenson 1914, p. 689 n. 2, contemporary; Grundy, Berks. 1928, pp. 23-30, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 389-90, original; Finberg, ECDC, p. 17 (no. 80); Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, written by Winchester scribe also responsible for S 497, 510, 528, 535 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); PN Berks., i. 12, 234, 272, iii. 657, 663-5, bounds difficult to interpret on ground; Parkes 1976, p. 162 and n. 7, on script; Sawyer 1978, p. 154, original; Forsberg 1979, p. 148, on bounds; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 16, 26, original; Gelling, ECTV, no. 57, original; Keynes 1980, p. 16, product of 'Edmund C'; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, on script; Hooke 1994, pp. 18-19; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 44, original.
A.D. 950 (Abingdon, Berks.). King Eadred to the monastic community at Barking; grant of 4 hides (manentes) at Lippanwelle (? in Barnstaple hundred) and 4 at Ciricdune (? at Chingford, Essex). Latin.
Archive: Barking
MS: Hatfield House, Ilford Hospital 1/6, 17rv (s. xvi med.)
Printed: (unprinted)
Comments: Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 5, an 'alliterative' charter; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on charter-type.
A.D. 950. King Eadred to Glastonbury Abbey; confirmation of the grant by King Edmund of 15 hides (cassati) at Pucklechurch, Gloucs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Taunton, Somerset Record Office, DD/CC 111489 (s. xi/xii; BA Facs., 32)
2. PRO, PRO 31/5/12/18 (s. xix)
Printed: Warner 1826, pp. liii-iv (no. v) ex MS 1; B 887 ex MS 1*.
Comments: Hickes, Inst. Gramm., p. 139; Warner 1826, Introduction, pp. cx-xii; Chadwick 1905, p. 187 n. 1; Robertson, Charters, pp. 336-7, discusses date of witness-list; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 199-219, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 4, 7, iii. 44, 49, 50, 64-8, 70, 72-3, 78; Finberg, ECWM, no. 100, authentic; O'Donovan 1973, p. 99, witness-list incompatible with date; Scott 1981, pp. 118, 203 n. 118; Abrams 1989, questionable; BA Facs., p. 10, forgery, draws on charters of mid 950s; Abrams 1996, p. 12, on production of MS 1 and its later transmission, p. 36, on MS sources, pp. 211-14, on estate, charter not genuine.
A.D. 951. King Eadred to Ælfheah, his faithful minister; grant of 8 hides (cassati) at Northtune. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MSS: 1. Lost single sheet
2. Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 175v = p. 350 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: Burton, Leicestershire, p. 209 ex MS 1; Alford 1663, iii. 301; B 891 ex MS 2; Sawyer, Burton, no. 12 ex MS 2.
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, p. 91; Drögereit 1935, pp. 391-4; Hart, ECNE, p. 168 (no. xii), authentic; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 20-1, authentic, may refer to Norton juxta Twycross, Leics.; Keynes 1980, p. 17, on formulation, p. 68 n. 129, on chrismon.
A.D. 951. King Eadred to Ælfhere, his kinsman; grant of 20 hides (mansiunculae) at Buckland (Denham), Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 196r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 224r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 116 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: B 889 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 610 (no. 1134) ex MS 1.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1939, p. 68, unable to identify bounds; Barker 1949, p. 73, seems genuine; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. p. ccvi, associates with Buckland Newton in Dorset; Ekwall, DEPN, pp. 72, 276, identifies as Buckland Denham, Somerset, mention of Kilmersdon in bounds confirms this; Finberg, ECW, no. 466, authentic, accepts as Buckland Denham; Chaplais 1966/1, p. 164, cited (= 1973, p. 47); Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B', p. 384, cf. GL 79 (S 1737); Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 40, probably authentic, p. 48 n. 87; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. pp. 173, 185; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 34, 39, on MS sources, pp. 63-4, on estate history, accepts Buckland Denham identification, pp. 189, 345.
A.D. 951. King Eadred to Ælfsige, miles; grant of 5 hides at Haddon, Hunts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Thorney
MSS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., Add. 3020, 17rv (s. xiv)
2. BL Add. 5937, 180r (s. xvi; abbreviated)
Printed: M 1837 ex MS 2; K 1167 ex MS 2; B 893 ex MS 2; Hart, ECEE, pp. 155-6 ex MS 1.
Comments: Hart, ECEE, no. 6, and pp. 156-9, authentic; Whitelock 1969, p. 114, corrects a reading; Hart 1972, on charter-type; HRH, p. 229, probably authentic; Sawyer, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one, p. 18, considers relationship with S 557; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on charter-type.
A.D. 951. King Eadred to Wulfhelm, miles; grant of land at Marchington, Staffs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 175rv = pp. 349-50 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 890; Sawyer, Burton, no. 11; Hooke 1983, p. 103, bounds only.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 89-90 (no. 11).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 90-1; Hart 1972, on charter-type; HRH, p. 229, genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 85 and p. 168, authentic, cf. S 556; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one, p. 18, authentic, very similar to S 556 but probably not issued on the same occasion; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Hooke 1983, pp. 103, 105-6, 107, on bounds; PN Staffs., i. 8, 16; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on charter-type.
A.D. 951. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 25 hides (mansae) at Chieveley, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original.
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 155-8 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 39r-40r (s. xiii)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 112rv (s. xii; no bounds)
5. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 198r (s. xii; bounds only)
6. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 25rv (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 430 and vol. vi. 234, ex MS 2; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 151-5, ex MSS 3, 4, 5; B 892 ex MSS 2, 3, 4; Earle, pp. 373-4, bounds only, ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 97; PN Berks., iii. 652-3, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 45.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 42, on beneficiary; Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 237-43, bounds cover western part of Chieveley parish and also Peasemore; Stenton 1955, p. 72, accepted; PN Berks., iii. 649, 652-5, bounds describe parish of Beedon and western part of parish of Chieveley, excluding Oare and Curridge; Forsberg 1979, pp. 147-8, bounds cover western part of Chieveley and eastern half of Peasemore; Gelling, ECTV, no. 60, authentic; Forsberg 1984, p. 4, on bounds; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 45, authentic; cf. S 687.
A.D. 952 (for 953 x 955). King Eadred to Ælfwine, vassalus; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Barkham, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 145-6 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 41v-42r (s. xiii)
4. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 26rv (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 431 and vol. vi. 235 ex MS 2; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 162-5, ex MSS 2, 3; B 895 ex MSS 2, 3; PN Berks., iii. 642-3, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 47.
Comments: Stenton 1913, pp. 40-1, cited; Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 201-2, on bounds; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, unexceptionable but date may have been miscopied; PN Berks., i. 91, iii. 640, 642-3, on bounds, not certain charter refers to Barkham, Berks.; Gelling, ECTV, no. 61, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 68 n. 129, on chrismon; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 47, probably a fabrication, formulation points to 960s or later, MS 1 unlikely to have been contemporary, witness-list from a charter of 953 x 955.
A.D. 953. King Eadric to Ælfric, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Curridge, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 40rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1169; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 156-7; B 900; PN Berks., iii. 655, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 49.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 41, cited; Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 244-5, on bounds; Finberg 1972, p. 488, on reference to common land; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; PN Berks., i. 242, iii. 649, 655-6, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 63, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 47-8, on charter-type; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 173; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 49, authentic.
A.D. 953. King Eadred to Ælfsige, minister, and his wife Eadgifu; grant of 33 hides (cassati) at Æscesburh (Uffington, Berks.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 38v-39r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1168; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 149-51; B 899; PN Berks., iii. 689, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 48.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 42, cited; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 154-66, on bounds; Gelling 1968, on topography; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, on date; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; PN Berks., i. 17, ii. 344, 379-80, 383, iii. 676-7, 690-1, bounds describe modern parish of Uffington, cf. also S 1208; Gelling, ECTV, no. 62, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 47-8, on charter-type; Hooke 1987, pp. 99-100, on detail of bounds; Hooke et al. 1987, on bounds; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 173; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 48, authentic; same bounds in S 1208.
A.D. 953. King Eadred to Eadgifu, famula Dei and his mother; grant of 30 hides (mansiones) at Felpham, Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 12rv (s. xv)
Printed: K 432 and vol. iii. 431; B 898; Barker 1949, pp. 71-2, with translation; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 17.
Comments: PN Sussex, i. 93, 105, 117-18, 142; Barker 1949, pp. 72-3; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Tittensor 1977, pp. 351-2; Keynes 1980, pp. 46-8, on charter-type; Gardiner 1984, p. 77; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 173; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 71-2, authentic.
A.D. 955. King Eadred to Ælfgyth, a nun at Wilton; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at (East) Pennard, Somerset, in return for 120 gold solidi. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, NMR 10565 (s. x med.; OS Facs., ii, Marquess of Bath 2)
2. Liber Terrarum, no. 68 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 33)
Printed: HMC Fourth Report (1874), Appendix, pp. 227-8; B 903.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 65-71, 233-4, bounds refer to East Pennard; Barker 1949, p. 73, contemporary; Finberg, ECW, no. 469, original; Chaplais 1966/1, pp. 163-4, original, script similar to that in Bodleian, Hatton 30 (= 1973, p. 47); Barker 1967, p. 91, original; Hart 1972, p. 128 n. 23, diplomatic characteristic of Winchester; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, pp. 46-8, on charter-type; Costen 1992, pp. 39-40, on estate; Dumville 1992, pp. 177-8, on beneficiary; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, on script; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. pp. 174, 186-7, original; Abrams 1996, pp. 10, 11, on MS 1, p. 19 n. 56, on endorsement, pp. 66, 123, on details of bounds, pp. 195-8, on estate.
A.D. 955. King Eadred to Ælfheah, his kinsman and minister; grant of 8 hides (cassati) at Compton Beauchamp, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 40v-41r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1172; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 158-9; B 908; Earle, pp. 383-4; PN Berks., iii. 692, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 50.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 41, cited; Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 87-9, on bounds; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; PN Berks., i. 3-4, ii. 346-7, 360, iii. 677, 692-4, bounds cover western part of parish of Compton Beauchamp; Gelling, ECTV, no. 65, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 46-8, on charter-type; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. pp. 174, 188; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 50, authentic; Abrams 1996, pp. 93-4, on possible links with Gl 77 (S 1735a).
A.D. 955. King Eadred to Ælfsige, bishop of Winchester; grant, for four lives, of 10 hides (mansiunculae) at Highclere, Hants., with reversion to St Peter's (Old Minster), Winchester. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 31v-32r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1170, B 905.
Comments: Crawford 1922, p. 76; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 133-5, on bounds; Barker 1949, p. 73, probably spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 77, authentic, original extant at Winchester in 1643; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 57), authentic; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Keynes 1980, p. 33 n. 54; Edwards 1988, p. 142, cited; Keynes 1994, pp. 174-5, spurious in received form, but certain elements derive from an authentic 'Dunstan B' charter; cf. S 1491.
A.D. 955. King Eadred to Ælfsige Hunlafing, thegn; grant of 5 hides at Alwalton, Hunts. English with bounds.
Archive: Peterborough
MS: London, Soc. Ant., 60, 51r-52r (s. xii)
Printed: K 433, without bounds; B 909; Robertson, Charters, no. 30 (pp. 56-9), with translation.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 154, genuine; PN Hunts., pp. 180, 181, 193, 195; Robertson, Charters, pp. 311-14, probably translated from Latin; Drögereit 1952, p. 63 n. 23, p. 64 n. 29, p. 66; Hart, ECEE, no. 7, authentic, bounds cover whole of Alwalton; John 1966, p. 55, on royal style, authenticity not in doubt; Hart 1972, p. 126 n. 12, probably translation of 'alliterative' charter, cf. S 574; Keynes 1978, p. 171, on valediction; Dumville 1979, p. 7 n. 1; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on charter-type; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on charter-type; Hart 1992, pp. 131-45, on charter-type, see esp. p. 434.
A.D. 955. King Eadred to Æthelwold, abbot; grant of Abingdon, with 10 hides at Ginge, 10 at Goosey, 30 at Longworth and 30 at Cumnor, Berks. Latin with English bounds of 20 hides at Abingdon.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 33v-34v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 111rv (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 196r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 101-2; K 1171; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 514-15 (nos 8-9); Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 124-7; B 906; Earle, pp. 381-2, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 114; PN Berks., iii. 732, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 51.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 9, spurious; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 96-102; Gelling 1957, on bounds; Chaplais 1966, p. 165, not authentic (= 1973, p. 49); John 1966, pp. 195-6, should have benefit of doubt; Whitelock 1973, p. 246 n. 82, forgery; PN Berks., i. 14, 15, ii. 393, 411, 433, 438, 453, 454, 459, 460, 462, 469, iii. 719, 720, 732-4, on bounds; Forsberg 1979, pp. 140-2, on place-name, pp. 146, 149, on details of bounds; Gelling, ECTV, nos 64, 142, spurious, bounds have no connection with charter; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, p. 27 n. 40, unlikely to be authentic; Edwards 1988, p. 168; Lapidge 1993, p. 188, spurious; Blair 1994, p. 104, on detail of bounds; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 51, probably spurious; cf. Ab 1 (S 1603).
A.D. 955. King Eadred to Dunstan, abbot; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Badbury, Wilts., in return for 150 gold solidi. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 207r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 242r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 67 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 33)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 842, ex MS 2; K 434 and vol. vi. 235-6 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 51 (no. 102); B 904 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 676 (no. 1244) ex MS 1.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 205-10, bounds cover parish of Chisledon, including Badbury; Barker 1949, p. 73, looks genuine; Forsberg 1950, p. 7, bounds describe eastern part of Chisledon, i.e. the former manor of Badbury; Darlington 1955, p. 96; Finberg, ECW, no. 273, authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, pp. 46-8, on charter-type; Carley 1985, p. 40, 124; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 174; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 33, 39, on MS sources, pp. 52-3, on estate.
A.D. 955. King Eadred to Uhtred Cild, pedissequus; grant of land at Chesterfield, Derbys. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 175v-176r = pp. 350-1 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 911; Sawyer, Burton, no. 13.
Comments: Drögereit 1952, pp. 62-5, dubious; Hart 1972, discusses charter-type; Hart, ECNE, no 105 and p. 169, authentic; Sawyer 1975/1, p. 34, on beneficiary; Dumville 1979, p. 7 n. 1, p. 8, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one, p. 22, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980/1, pp. 215-16, on queen's style in witness-list; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, p. 316, on lack of an assessment, pp. 431-45, on charter-type.
A.D. 956 for ? 953 x 955. King Eadred to Brihtric, minister; grant of 5 hides (caracti) at Henstridge, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MSS: 1. BL Harley 61, 6v-7r (s. xv)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 38, 6rv (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: K 455 and vol. iii. 445; B 923; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 18.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 109-12, on bounds; Forsberg 1942, p. 158, bounds probably cover parish of Abbas Combe and Temple Combe; Barker 1949, p. 73; Forsberg 1950, p. 159, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 467, authentic; Whitelock 1973, pp. 241, 246 n. 80, on subscription of Archbishop Wulfstan of York; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Keynes 1980, pp. 46-8, on charter-type; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. pp. 174, 187-8, 192 n. 109, charter has been for some reason redated; Abrams 1996, pp. 137-9, discusses relationship with Gl 83 (S 1740a), another Henstridge charter in favour of Brihtric, apparently preserved at Glastonbury; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 74-6, probably authentic, estate likely to be Abbas Combe; cf. S 571, another misdated charter in favour of the same beneficiary.
A.D. 956. King Eadred to Brihtric, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Rimpton, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 52rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1174; B 931.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 105-9, on bounds; Whitelock, Wills, pp. 117-18; Finberg, ECW, no. 468, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 29 (no. 87), authentic; Whitelock 1973, pp. 241, 246 n. 80, dubious; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Keynes 1980, p. 48 nn. 89, 90, not authentic; Costen 1985, on bounds; PN Dorset, iii. 390, 393; Keynes 1994, pp. 175, 187-8, 192 n. 109, spurious in received form, but certain elements derived from a 'Dunstan B' charter, witness-list perhaps not to be trusted as it stands; Abrams 1996, pp. 137-8, 258; cf. S 570, 1512.
A.D. 956 for 954 x 955. King Eadred to Ely Abbey; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Stapleford, Cambs., to be in the charge of Wulfstan, the king's sequipedus; with an additional grant of 3 hides at Bardfield in Stapleford and a mill and pasture at Derneforde (Dernford Farm, Cambs.). Latin.
Archive: Ely
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity Coll., O. 2. 1, 52v-53r (s. xii)
2. Ely, D. & C., Liber Eliensis, 50v-51r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Laud. Misc. 647, 22r (s. xii)
Printed: B 1346; Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 102.
Comments: Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 416, possibly an adaptation of a genuine charter of Eadred in favour of Wulfstan (and cf. foreword by Whitelock, p. xii); Hart, ECEE, no. 51, authentic, regnal year points to 954 x 955; Whitelock 1969, pp. 112-13, original beneficiary probably Wulfstan; Hart 1972, on charter-type; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1985, pp. 159-60, on 'alliterative' charters; Hart 1992, pp. 431-45, on charter-type.
A.D. 956. King Eadred to Wihtsige, minister; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Corfe and Blashenwell, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 12v-13r (s. xv)
Printed: K 435 and vol. iii. 432; B 910; Earle, p. 428, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 98; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 20.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1935, pp. 123-8, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 596, authentic basis; O'Donovan 1973, p. 98, indiction for 955, probably tampered with; PN Dorset, i. 5, 6, 8, 10, 14-15, 18, 19, 26-33, 64; Hinton 1994, esp. pp. 12-16, on bounds; Keynes 1994, p. 192 n. 109, for some reason redated; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 82-3, spurious conflation of S 534 and S 632, perhaps forged shortly after the Conquest.
A.D. 957. King Eadred to Wulfhelm, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Little Aston and Great Barr, Staffs. Latin with English and English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 74v-75r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1155; B 987; Hooke 1983, p. 102, bounds only.
Comments: B 987 n., suggests it is a charter of Eadwig; Grundy, Hants. 1921, p. 64; Ekwall 1925, suggests identification with Little Aston and Great Barr, Staffs.; Ekwall, DEPN, p. 450, identifies the stræt lea, stret lie of the bounds as Streetly, Warwicks.; Forsberg 1970, pp. 20, 27-31, 43, on element in bounds; Hart 1970/1, p. 32 (no. 129), authentic basis; Hart 1972, p. 126, on formulation; Hart, ECNE, no. 87, authentic charter of Eadwig which has been tampered with, perhaps drawn up by Abingdon scribe, accepts Ekwall's identifications; Keynes 1978, p. 171; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, on charter-type; Hooke 1983, pp. 31, 100, 102-3, 104, on bounds; Chaplais 1985, p. 50, perhaps drafted by Bishop Cenwald; Forsberg 1987, on bounds; Gould 1987, on bounds; Hart 1992, p. 435, forgery; Keynes 1994, pp. 176, 192 n. 109, spurious in received form, but based in part on a charter of the 'Dunstan B' type.
A.D. 958. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister: grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Æscesbyrig (i.e. Woolstone, Berks.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 103rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1178; B 902; PN Berks., iii. 682, bounds only.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 166-9, on bounds; Gelling 1968, on topography and bounds; Hart 1970/1, p. 15, authentic diploma of Eadwig with Eadred's name substituted, p. 36 (no. 179), authentic basis; PN Berks., i. 7, 15, ii. 383, iii. 675, 682-4, bounds describe eastern half of modern parish of Woolstone; Forsberg 1979, p. 147, on detail of bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 85, authentic basis; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 125, on formulation; Hooke et al. 1987, on bounds; Keynes 1994, p. 192 n. 109, charter of Eadwig crudely altered; cf. S 687.
A.D. 958. Eadred, king of Mercia, to Wulfric, his devoted minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Austrey, Warwicks. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 177r = p. 353 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 1021; Sawyer, Burton, no. 18.
Comments: Whitelock, Wills, p. 152, king and date incompatible but witnesses no later than 956, discusses beneficiary; Whitelock 1959, p. 74, spurious; Hart 1970/1, p. 14 n. 3, on similarly problematic texts; O'Donovan 1972, p. 33, not acceptable; Whitelock 1973, p. 244 n. 48, suspect; Hart, ECNE, no. 54 and p. 169, authentic basis, Eadred's name substituted for Edgar's; Sawyer, Burton, p. 30, spurious, modelled on a charter of 958 in the name of Edgar, king of the Mercians; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134; Hart 1992, p. 450, apparently authentic charter issued in 958 by Edgar which has been tampered with; Keynes 1994, p. 192 n. 109, fabricated.
A.D. 958. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Boxford, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 41rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197v-198r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1177; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 160-2; B 1022; PN Berks., iii. 669, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 77.
Comments: Baring 1909, on bounds; Stenton 1913, p. 42, cited; Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 210-12, on bounds; Hart 1970/1, p. 14 n. 3, one of several charters in which King Eadred's name has been substituted for that of Eadwig; PN Berks., i. 12, 233, 236, iii. 658, 669-70, bounds describe modern parish of Boxford; Gelling, ECTV, no. 87, authentic basis; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134; Keynes 1994, p. 192 n. 109, charter of Eadwig crudely altered; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 77, authentic basis; cf. S 687
A.D. 946 x 951 (? 949). King Eadred to Ælfgar, his faithful miles and minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Weonfelda (probably Wokefield, Berks.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 42rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1175; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 165-7; B 888; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 115; PN Berks., iii. 647, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 46.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 443 n. 46, on detail of bounds (= Stenton 1970, p. 57 n. 4); Stenton 1955, p. 72, on detail of bounds; Stenton 1970, p. 291, on place-name; PN Berks., i. 10, 166, 204, 227-8, iii. 641, 647-8, bounds describe area approximating to modern parishes of Wokefield and Sulhamstead Bannister; Forsberg 1979, p. 140, queries identification of Weonfelda with Wokefield; Gelling, ECTV, no. 58, authentic; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 46, authentic.
A.D. 951 x 955 (or 957 x 959). King Eadred (? for Eadwig or Edgar) to Burhelm, his minister; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Old Swinford, Worcs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wells
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vitell. E. v, 124rv (s. xvi; incomplete)
2. Wells, D. & C., Liber Albus II, 289v-290r (s. xv/xvi)
Printed: HMC Wells (1885), p. 196; B 1023 ex MS 2; Hooke 1990, p. 162, bounds only.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 92-3 (no. 13).
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 88 n. 2, dates it 958-9; Bridgeman 1916, pp. 93-4; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 72-5, on bounds; PN Devon, p. 546 n.; Hart 1970/1, p. 14 n. 3, charter of Edgar as king of the Mercians, with Eadred's name substituted; Finberg, ECWM, no. 279, authentic; Hart, ECNE, p. 381, authentic basis, witnesses belong to Edgar's reign; Sawyer, Burton, p. 30 n. 1, Eadred's name apparently subsitututed for Eadwig's; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 85, on formulation; Hooke 1990, pp. 162-7, on bounds; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52, witness-list tampered with; Keynes 1994, pp. 175, 192 n. 109, probably spurious in received form, witness-list seems to be derived from 'Dustan B' charter, with the intrusion of 'Archbishop' Oscytel.
A.D. 946 x 955. King Eadred to Wulfheah, his man; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Little Langford, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 86r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 97rv (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 62 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 33)
Printed: B 901 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., i. 201 (no. 326) ex MS 1.
Comments: Darlington 1955, p. 97; Finberg, ECW, no. 270, authentic, probably Little Langford; Scott 1981, pp. 116, 202 n. 112; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 33, 37, on MS sources, pp. 158-60, on estate, p. 320 n. 11, on missing bounds; cf. Wil 1 (S 1811).
Note: Bounds, dating clause and witness-list omitted by cartularist.
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