A.D. 670 for 924 x 939. King Athelstan to the minster of SS Mary and Peter, Exeter; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Culmstock, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MSS: 1. Exeter, D. & C., 2519 (s. xi; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 2)
2. Exeter, D. & C., 3672, p. 94 (s. xv; bounds only)
3. BL Cotton Ch. xi. 11 (s. xv; bounds only)
4. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 22r (s. xvi; last part only)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 6; K 373; Davidson 1883, p. 267; B 724; Earle, pp. 328-9; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 67; Hooke 1994, p. 138, bounds only.
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 266-7, substitute for original; PN Devon, p. 612 n.; Robertson, Charters, p. 307, suspicious, p. 474, spurious; Finberg, ECDC, no. 23, 11th-century reconstruction of original lost in 1003; Chaplais 1966, pp. 5-9 (no. 1), spurious, MS 1 written in mid 11th-century in same hand as S 387, 389 MS 1 and 433 MS 3 (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9); Blake 1974, pp. 51-2, perhaps forged in the time of Bishop Leofric; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Loyn 1980, pp. 296-7; Hooke 1991-2, p. 89; Hooke 1994, pp. 137-41, on bounds; Abrams 1996, pp. 101-3, on estate history.
A.D. 670 for 924 x 939. King Athelstan to the minster of SS Mary and Peter, Exeter; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Monkton (lost) in Wyke in Shobrooke and Thorverton, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MS: BL Add. Ch. 19516 (s. xi; BM Facs., iii. 7)
Printed: Collier, Trevelyan Papers, i. 1; B 726; Earle, pp. 329-30; Hooke 1994, p. 142, bounds only.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, possibly 11th century; PN Devon, ii., p. xiii; Robertson, Charters, p. 307, suspicious; Finberg, ECDC, no. 24, an 11th-century reconstruction of an original lost in 1003, pp. 4-5, on bounds; Chaplais 1966, pp. 5-9 (no. 2), spurious, written in mid 11th century in same hand as S 386, 389 MS 1 and 433 MS 3 (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9); Blake 1974, pp. 51-2, perhaps forged in time of Bishop Leofric; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Loyn 1980, pp. 296-7; Hooke 1990/1, pp. 200-2, on bounds; Hooke 1994, pp. 141-4, on bounds
A.D. 670 for 924 x 939. King Athelstan to St Petroc's minster; grant of 1 hide (cassatus) at Newton St Petroc, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MSS: 1. Exeter, D. & C., 2518 (s. xi; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 3)
2. BL Lansdowne 966, 70rv (s. xvii)
Printed: Davidson 1883, pp. 268-9; B 725; Earle, pp. 325-6; Hooke 1994, pp. 145-6, bounds only.
Comments: Davidson 1883, p. 268, substitute for original; PN Devon, p. 101 n. 1; Rose-Troup 1933, pp. 124-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 25, 11th-century reconstruction, a blunder because this gift really dates from Eadred's reign; Chaplais 1966, p. 12 (no. 11), spurious, probably written in third quarter of 11th century, mutatis mutandis a replica of S 433, supposed confirmation by Eadred unlikely to be authentic (= 1981 XV, p. 12); Blake 1974, pp. 51-2, probably forged in time of Bishop Leofric; Padel 1978, p. 26 n. 23, probably spurious; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Hooke 1994, pp. 144-7, on bounds.
A.D. 670 for 924 x 939. King Athelstan to the minster of St Mary, Exeter; grant of 6 perticae at Stoke Canon, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MSS: 1. Exeter, D. & C., 2517 (s. xi; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 1)
2. Exeter, D. & C., 1706 (s. xv; bounds only)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 6; K 371 and vol. iii. 411; Davidson 1883, pp. 265-6; B 723; Earle, pp. 326-7; Hooke 1994, p. 134, bounds only.
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 263-5; OS Facs., ii, p. vii-viii, bounds identical with S 971; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 42, spurious; PN Devon, p. 447, on bounds; Rose-Troup 1933, pp. 56-7, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 344, spurious; Finberg, ECDC, no. 22, a more or less clumsy reconstruction made in the 11th century to replace original lost in 1003; Chaplais 1966, pp. 5-9 (no. 3), spurious, written in mid 11th century in the same hand as S 386, 387 and 433 MS 3 (= 1981, XV pp. 5-9); Blake 1974, pp. 51-2, perhaps forged in time of Bishop Leofric; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Loyn 1980, pp. 296-7; Hooke 1994, pp. 134-7, on bounds.
A.D. 670 for 924 x 939. King Athelstan to the monastery of SS Mary and Peter, Exeter; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Stoke (Stoke Canon, Devon). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MS: Exeter, D. & C., 1705 (s. xiv)
Comment: Blake 1974, pp. 51-2, perhaps forged in time of Bishop Leofric; Hooke 1994, p. 137, boundary clause same as in S 389.
Note. This is a conflation of two charters, the text and witnesses of S 386 and the bounds of S 389.
A.D. 843 for 934 (Dorchester, Dorset, 2nd day of Easter). King Athelstan to Milton Abbey; grant of 26 hides at Milborne (St Andrew), 5 at Woolland, 3 at the mouth of the river Frome, i.e. at Ye (St Helen's, now Green Island), and at Ower, 3 at Clyffe in Tincleton, 3.5 at Lyscombe, 1 at Burleston, 1 at Little Puddle, 5 at Cattistock, 6 at Compton Abbas, 2 at Whitcombe, 5 at Osmington, 6 at Holworth, all in Dorset; and a weir at Twynham (Christchurch), Hants.; river rights at Weymouth, Dorset; and 30 hides at Sydling, 2 at Chalmington and 6 at Hillfield, Dorset; and 10 at Ercecombe (Yarcombe) or Stokelonde (Stockland), Devon. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Milton
MSS: English
1. Lost (formerly in K.R. Office)
Latin
2. Lost (formerly in K.R. Office), fo. 10
3. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 40r-41r (s. xvii)
4. Bodleian, Dodsworth 66, 122rv (s. xvii; ex MS 2)
Printed: English: Mon. Angl., i. 196, ex MS 1; K 1119 ex Mon. Angl.; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 349 (no. 4); B 738 ex Mon. Angl.; Robertson, Charters, no. 23 (pp. 44-9) ex Mon. Angl., with translation.
Latin: Mon. Angl., i. 196, ex MS 2; K 375 ex Mon. Angl.; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 350-1 (no. 7); B 739 ex Mon. Angl.Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 104 n. 6, correct date evidently 934; Robertson, Charters, pp. 300-4, possibly a fabrication; Finberg, ECDC, no. 28, identifies Ercecombe as Yarcombe, Devon, adjoining Stockland; Finberg, ECW, no. 580, interpolated; HRH, p. 235, dubious, but subscriptions consistent; O'Donovan 1972, p. 36, belongs in intention to 931 x 934; O'Donovan 1973, p. 105, spurious; PN Dorset, i. 16, 211, 250, 259, 301, 306, 311, 330, 347, iii. 219-20, 222; Hinton 1994, p. 11, on Ower; Hooke 1994, p. 114; Abrams 1996, pp. 187-8, on Ower, p. 235, on Twynham, charter is suspicious; Faith 1997, p. 21 n., on Stockland.
A.D. 850 for 939 or 940. King Athelstan to Byrhtelm, miles; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Eatun. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 173r = p. 345 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 746; Sawyer, Burton, no. 4.
Comments: Drögereit 1952, p. 62, spurious; Hart 1972, p. 127, cited; O'Donovan 1972, p. 42, dates 937/8 x 939; Hart, ECNE, no. 81, spurious, suggests identification with Church Eaton, Staffs.; Sawyer 1978, p. 126, cited; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on alliterative charters, pp. 8-9, authentic, date wrongly copied, no good reason to identify Eatun with one of the Staffs. Eatons; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends the group of alliterative charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on alliterative charters; Keynes 1980/1, p. 216, probably a spurious confection, partly based on an alliterative charter, perhaps of Athelstan, and in part on a charter of Edmund dated 940; Gelling 1981, p. 6, not Church Eaton; Keynes 1985, p. 159 n. 85, on alliterative charters; Hart 1992, p. 435, spurious, location unidentified, p. 439, on dating; Kelly, Abingdon, pp. 000-000, on identification.
A.D. 905 for 931 x 934. King Athelstan to the see of Winchester; confirmation of 100 hides (mansae) at Downton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 14v-15r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1108; B 690; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 88.
Comments: Hill 1910, pp. 52-6, on bounds; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 149-50, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 84, possibly genuine; Finberg, ECW, no. 236, spurious, notes dating impossibilities; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 27), spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 43 n. 75, spurious, witness-list identical with that in S 418.
A.D. 925 (4 Sept.). King Athelstan to St Augustine; restoration of 14 sulungs (aratra) at Werburginland in Thanet, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Lit. E. 19, 1v-2r (s. xiv)
2. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 183rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 104v (s. xiii)
Printed: B 641 ex MS 2; Robinson 1918, p.31 ex MS 2; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 26 ex MSS 2, 3.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 133, authenticity very doubtful; Turner 1915, pp. xxx-xxxi; Beavan 1917, p. 522 n. 18, authentic; Robinson 1918, p. 29, authentic; Robinson 1923, p. 39, witness-list corrupt; Davis 1933, p. 35 n. 3, proposes identification with Way (Wayborough) near Minster, Thanet; Drögereit 1952, p. 63 n. 23, dubious; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 237, on place-names; Stenton 1971, p. 445, cited; Whitelock 1975, p. 17 n. 3; Lapidge 1981, p. 77 n. 74, p. 97 n. 159, possibly drafted by continental scribe resident in England (= 1993, p. 85 n. 19); Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 100-3, authenticity uncertain, may cover land near Margate.
A.D. 925. King Athelstan to Eadric, minister; grant of 7 hides (manentes) at Hwituntune (? Whittington, near Chesterfield, Derbys.), the earlier landbook being unavailable. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 173rv = pp. 345-6 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 642; Sawyer, Burton, no. 2.
Translated: Robinson 1923, pp. 42-5.
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 80-1; Robinson 1923, pp. 42-5; Stenton 1955, p. 53, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 80, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 2-4, authentic, estate cannot be identified with confidence; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Hart 1992, p. 443, cited; Keynes 1993/2, p. 313 n. 55, on a formula; Kennedy 1995, p. 172 n. 162, on proscription of earlier landbook; Keynes 1996, p. 20 n. 45, on witnesses.
A.D. 926. King Athelstan to Ealdred, minister; confirmation of 5 hides (manentes) at Chalgrave and Tebworth, Beds., formerly purchased from the Danes for 10 pounds of gold and silver. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi., 23v-24r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1099; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 83-5; B 659; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 80; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 21.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 103 (pp. 546-7); Fowler 1920, pp. 42-3.
Comments: Stenton 1910, pp. 74-5; Robinson 1918, p. 34, trustworthy; Fowler 1920, no. 3; Gurney 1920, pp. 164-70, bounds describe modern parish of Chalgrave; PN Beds., pp. 115-18, 122, on place-names; Stenton 1955, p. 30, authentic; John 1966, p. 49, on royal style; Stenton 1971, pp. 322-3, cited; Sawyer 1978, p. 125, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 1, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 546; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 52, pp. 42-3; Hart 1992, p. 443, cited; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 21, authentic; cf. S 397.
A.D. 926. King Athelstan to Uhtred; confirmation of 60 hides (manentes) at Hope and Ashford, Derbys., formerly purchased from the Danes for 20 pounds of gold and silver. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 173v-174r = pp. 346-7 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 658; Sawyer, Burton, no. 3.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, pp. 74-5, on beneficiary; Stenton 1910, pp. 74-5, on historical context; Robinson 1918, p. 34, trustworthy; Stenton 1955, p. 30, authentic; John 1966, p. 49, on royal style; Stenton 1971, pp. 322-3, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 101 and p. 167, authentic, may be Worcester formulation; Sawyer 1975/1, pp. 31-5, on beneficiary and his estate; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 6-7, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 52, pp. 42-3; Hart 1992, p. 443 cited; cf. S 396.
A.D. 927. King Athelstan to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Folkestone, Kent, the site of a former minster. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, 200r (s. xii)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. P, 21r (s. xii)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. ii, 13v-14r (s. xi/xii)
4. London, Lambeth Palace, 1212, pp. 321-2 (s. xiii)
5. Bodleian, Tanner 223, 14v-15r (s. xvi)
Printed: Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2220 ex MS 1; K 1100 ex MS 4; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 451 (no. 2); B 660 ex MS 3; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 81; Fleming 1997, pp. 131-2 (no. 43) ex MS 2.
Comments: Robinson 1919, p. 43, cannot be authentic in present form; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 237, on place-names; Harmer 1938, p. 354 n. 3, p. 356 n. 1, not genuine in its present form, cf. S 981; Davies 1972, p. 465, spurious elements; O'Donovan 1973, p. 98, witness-list not in original state; Brooks 1984, pp. 220, 367 n. 82, spurious, formulation not contemporary, witness-list impossible; Fleming 1985, p. 251 n. 6, not genuine in present form, but may preserve authentic tradition; Dumville 1992, p. 51, forged.
A.D. 928 (Exeter, Easter Day, 16 April). King Athelstan to Ælfflæd; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Winterburna. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 206rv (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 240v (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 102 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: B 664 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 670-1 (no. 1235) ex MS 1..
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1939, p. 69, not in Dorset; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. p. ccxxiv (no. 1235), identifies as Winterborne Monkton, Wilts.; Finberg, ECW, no. 229, authentic; Whitelock 1966, p. 100, note on identity of beneficiary; Keynes 1980, p. 41 n. 71, p. 43, 'Æthelstan A' charter; Scott 1981, pp. 112, 201 n. 108; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; BA Facs., p. 9, cited; Dumville 1994, pp. 158-9; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 34, 35, 39, on MS sources, pp. 249-52, on estate, identification remains uncertain; cf. S 400.
A.D. 928 (Exeter, Easter Day, 16 April). King Athelstan to Byrhtferth, minister; grant of 12 hides (mansiones) at Odstock, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 70r-71r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1101; B 663.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, p. 64, unidentified; Forsberg 1942, pp. 154-6, bounds are those of Odstock parish; Finberg, ECW, no. 228, authentic; John 1966, p. 49, on formulation; Hart 1970/1, p. 21, on rubric, p. 32 (no. 122), authentic; O'Donovan 1973, p. 98, some dubious features, p. 113, wording not above suspicion, but dating clause and witness-list acceptable; Keynes 1980, p. 41 n. 71, p. 43; Loyn 1980, p. 292; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; BA Facs., p. 9; Dumville 1994, pp. 158-9, on background; Pelteret 1995, p. 167 n. 15; cf. S 399.
A.D. 929. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Worcester; grant of land at Aust, Gloucs., for a fishery. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 53r-54r (s. xi1)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 194rv (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 111-13, 434-6; K 347 and vol. iii. 405-6; B 665; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 57.
Comments: Robinson 1919, p. 30, spurious; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 37-40, on bounds; Robinson 1938, pp. 184-90, spurious; PN Gloucs., iii. 17, 127, 129-30, 139; Finberg, ECWM, no. 91, spurious; Hart 1972, p. 127, cited; Hart, ECNE, p. 381, reference to St Mary's an anachronism; Keynes 1980, p. 75 n. 150, spurious; Dumville 1992, p. 168 n. 182, forged; Hart 1992, pp. 435-6, spurious; Abrams 1996, pp. 50-1, on estate history; cf. S 402.
A.D. 929. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Worcester; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Water Eaton, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 31rv (s. xi1; no bounds)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 171v-172v (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 67-8, 379-81; K 348; B 666; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 58.
Comments: Robinson 1919, pp. 30-2, spurious; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 85-9, on bounds; Robinson 1938, pp. 184-90, spurious; PN Oxon., p. 489, on bounds; Hart 1972, p. 127, cited; Sims-Williams 1975, p. 3 n. 2; Gelling, ECTV, no. 268, spurious, same bounds as in S 361, may have been forged as a reaction to S 361, which grants the estate to a lay beneficiary; Dumville 1992, p. 168 n. 182, forged; Hart 1992, p. 436, spurious; cf. S 401.
A.D. 930 (3 April, Lyminster, Sussex). King Athelstan to Beornheah, bishop (of Selsey); grant of 4 hides (cassatae) at Medmerry, with woodland at Earnley and meadow outside Chichester, Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Selsey
MSS: 1. Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/1 (Liber A), 24rv (s. xiv)
2. Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 18v (s. xiv)
3. Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/6 (Liber Y), 72rv (s. xiii)
Printed: Mon. Angl. iii. 119 ex MS 2; K 350 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1165 (no. 15); B 669; Barker 1948, pp. 139-42 (no. 26), with translation, pp. 142-5; Kelly, Selsey, no. 17.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 65, authentic; Stevenson 1904, p. 330, n. 6, authentic; Drögereit 1935, p. 366; Barker 1948, pp. 145-8; Bullough 1972, p. 471 n. 38, on Latin vocabulary; Hart 1972, p. 127, cited; Keynes 1980, p. 43 n. 74; Sawyer 1983, p. 295, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; BA Facs., p. 9; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 74-7, authentic basis but seems to have been partly rewritten to include fuller details of appurtenant woodland and meadow; cf. S 405.
A.D. 930. King Athelstan to Cynath, abbot; grant of 10 hides (mansiunculae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., with 2 hides at Aston Somerville, Worcs., and woodland at Fleferth (? Kington, near Flyford Flavell,Worcs.). Latin with English bounds and a note, in Latin, recording King Edgar's confirmation of the land to Osulf, bishop of Ramsbury (A.D. 959 x 970).
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 171-3 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 18r-19r (s. xiii)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 109rv (s. xii; no bounds)
5. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 201v (s. xii; bounds only)
6. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 19rv (s. xvi; ex 2)
7. Bodleian, Gough Berks, 20, 7r (s. xviii; ex 5)
Printed: K 346; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 60-4; B 667; B 668 ex MS 5; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 22.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 150-1 n. 1, spurious or much corrupted, 152 n. 3, spurious; Stenton 1913, pp. 33-4, spurious in present form; Robinson 1923, p. 35, difficult to believe it is spurious; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 116-18, on bounds of Dumbleton; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 41-2, on bounds of Fleferth; Robertson, Charters, p. 299, probably of later date; Drögereit 1952, p. 63 n. 23, pp. 67ff., spurious; Stengel 1960, pp. 59-67, unusual but possibly authentic; PN Gloucs., ii. 11; John 1966, p. 53, on royal style; Finberg, ECWM, no. 92 (pp. 52, 108), authentic basis; O'Donovan 1972, pp. 36-7, 38, 42, citing Whitelock, much of witness-list taken from S 544; O'Donovan 1973, p. 97; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, on alliterative charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165; Hooke 1981, pp. 354-5, on bounds; Keynes 1985, p. 157, plainly spurious but based in part on genuine charter of the 'alliterative' group issued in 940s, perhaps forged in 11th century; Hooke 1990, pp. 158-62, on bounds; Dumville 1992, p. 164 n. 153, p. 168 n. 182, troublesome; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 22, a difficult text with an impossible witness-list, but unlikely to be an outright forgery. Cynath was abbot of Evesham, not Abingdon, and the formulation fits into a recognisable West Mercian diplomatic tradition.
A.D. 930 (Chippenham, Wilts., 29 April). King Athelstan to Eadulf, bishop and the familia at Crediton; grant of 3 hides (cassatae) at Sandford near Crediton, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter (ex Crediton)
MS: Bodleian, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. III (s. x/xi; BA Facs., no. 27)
Printed: B 1343; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 5-9; Hooke 1990/1, p. 210, bounds only; Hooke 1994, p. 117, bounds only.
Translated: Crediton 1913, pp. 188-92.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, pp. 65-80, authentic; Stevenson 1914, p. 702 and n. 62, contemporary, discusses immunity; PN Devon, p. 411 n; Rose-Troup 1942, pp. 248-50, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 18; Bishop 1955, p. 195, probably authentic; John 1965, p. 409 n. 2, not contemporary and likely to be a fabrication, discusses immunity; Chaplais 1966, pp. 10-11 (no. 9), imitative script, possibly forged early in 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 10-11); Finberg 1969, pp. 20-38, authentic with interpolations, discusses bounds (= Finberg 1968, pp. 59-65); Forsberg 1970, p. 74, on detail of bound; Bullough 1972, p. 471 n. 38, on detail of Latin; Keynes 1980, p. 43 n. 74, not authentic in its received form; Chaplais 1981 XV, addendum, spurious; Sawyer 1983, p. 292, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Hooke 1990/1, pp. 202-4, 207-9, on bounds; BA Facs., pp. 8-9, probably 'improved' version of lost original; Crosby 1994, pp. 270-1; Hooke 1994, pp. 117-22, on bounds; cf. S 403; 1387.
A.D. 930. King Athelstan to Worcester minster; grant of land at Clifton-upon-Teme, Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 196rv (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 441-2; K 349; B 700.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 138, spurious; Robinson 1919, p. 32, spurious; Drögereit 1935, p. 421, spurious; Drögereit 1952, pp. 60-1, spurious; Stengel 1960, pp. 56, 62, spurious; John 1966, p. 53, later forgery; Finberg, ECWM, no. 275, spurious; O'Donovan 1972, p. 41, indiction and epact for 934, witness-list consistent with 930; Hooke 1990, p. 143, cited; Dumville 1992, p. 168 n. 182, forged; cf. S 407, 428.
A.D. 930 for 934. See S 428. King Athelstan to St Mary's, Worcester; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Werstfelda, 5 (cassati) at Cofton Hackett, 5 at Rednal in Kings Norton, 2 at Wast Hill and Hopwood in Alvechurch, all in Worcs.; and 3 at Wihtlafesfeld.
A.D. 930 for 934 (Nottingham, 7 June). King Athelstan to the church of St Peter, York: grant of land at Amounderness, Lancs. Latin with bounds.
Archive: York
MSS: 1. Bodleian, Dodsworth 9, 4v-5r (s. xvii; no witnesses)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 42r-43r (s. xvii)
3. York, D. & C., Mag. Reg. Alb., pt 1, 59rv (s. xiv)
4. York, D. & C., Mag. Reg. Alb., pt 2, 78v-79v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii, 129-30; K 352 ex MSS 3, 4 (conflation); Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi, pt 3, p. 1176 (no. 5); B 703 ex K; B 1344 ex MS 3; Farrer, EYC, no. 1, ex MSS 3, 4.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 104 (pp. 548-51).
Comments: Farrer, EYC, pp. 4-5, quotes Stevenson's opinion that it is spurious, but accepts it as authentic; Drögereit 1952, pp. 60-1, spurious; Stenton 1955, p. 30 n. 3, possibly genuine but corrupt and obscure in places; Stenton 1971, p. 342, cited; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary; O'Donovan 1972, p. 36, indiction, concurrent and epact for 934; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 101, 111; Hart, ECNE, no. 119, authentic basis; Whitelock, EHD, p. 548, discrepancy in dating clause probably owing to later tampering, charter may be genuine, certainly has genuine witness-list, on meeting-place; Keynes, 1980, p. 44 n. 78; Sawyer 1983, pp. 286-7; Keynes 1985, p. 173, cited; Keynes 1986, p. 84, cited; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Hart 1992, p. 443; cf. S 428.
A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Abingdon; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Sandford, Oxon. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 20rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 109v-110r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1106; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 68-9; B 681; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 86; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 27.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 38, spurious; PN Berks., iii. 718-19, spurious; Gelling, ECTV, nos 34, 35, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, on formulation; Dumville 1992, p. 168 n. 182, spurious; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 27, spurious.
Note: Birch was confused by the relative order of S 408 and S 410 in the MSS. In MS 2 S 408 is followed by an abbreviated version of S 410, while in MS 1 S 410 is followed by an abbreviated version of S 408. Both texts are essentially identical, except for the name and hidage of the estate, and a reference to bounds in S 410.
A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Abingdon; grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Shellingford, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 19rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 109v (s. xii)
Printed: K 357; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 64-6; B 683; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 60; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 25.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 38, modified version of an authentic charter; PN Berks., ii. 396, iii. 678; Gelling, ECTV, no. 36, authentic basis; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, on formulation; Dumville 1992, pp. 159-60, corrupted; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 25, spurious; cf. S 1546.
A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Abingdon; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Swinford, Berks. Latin
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 19v-20r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 110r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1104; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i, 66-8; B 680; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 84; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 26.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 38, spurious; John 1966, p. 51, spurious; PN Berks., ii. 446-7, iii. 718-19, spurious; Gelling, ECTV, nos 34, 35, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, on formulation; Dumville 1992, p. 168 n. 182, spurious; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 26, spurious; cf. S 408 and Note.
c. A.D. 935 x 938 (? 937). King Athelstan to Ælfheah, minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Farnborough, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost single sheet
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 139-41 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 22v-23v (s. xiii)
4. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 23rv (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 356 and vol. iii. 408-9; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 79-82; B 682; Earle, pp. 369-70, bounds only; PN Berks., iii. 671, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 29.
Comments: Baring 1909, on bounds; Stenton 1913, p. 39, cited; Robinson 1923, p. 47 n. 4, close diplomatic liks with charters of 937; O'Donovan 1973, p. 101, dates 935 x 938; PN Berks., ii. 496-7, 501, iii. 658, 671-3, bounds describe modern parish; Gelling, ECTV, no. 39, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 80, belongs to 935 x 939, p. 68 n. 129, on chrismon; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 29, fundamentally authentic, MS 1 may have been later copy and not an original
A.D. 931 (Colchester, Essex, 23 March). King Athelstan to Ælfric, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) æt Clere (Ecchinswell, Hants.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 34r-35r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1102; B 674; Earle, pp. 353-5, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 82.
Comments: Baring 1909; Crawford 1922, pp. 78-9 and map facing p. 81, on bounds; Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 94-103, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 48, authentic; Forsberg 1970, pp. 21, 43-51, on part of bounds; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 61), authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 352, on witnesses; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, on formulation; Meyer 1981, p. 340; Sawyer 1983, p. 292, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Keynes 1996, p. 22, beneficiary may not have been abbot of Old Minster.
A.D. 931 (Worthy, Hants., 20 June). King Athelstan to Ælfric, minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Watchfield, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 21r-22r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 201r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1103; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 73-6; B 675; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 83; PN Berks., iii. 697, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 23.
Comments: Stenton 1913, pp. 39, 45, cited; Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 137-40, on bounds; Vaughan 1954, p. 63 n. 6, doubtful; O'Donovan 1973, p. 102, epact and concurrent miscopied; PN Berks., iii. 678, 698, bounds cover modern parish; Gelling, ECTV, no. 33, authentic; Loyn 1980, p. 292, cited; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, on formulation; Sawyer 1983, p. 298, meeting-place identified as Kings Worthy, Hants.; Fleming 1985, p. 252, cited; Keynes 1985, pp. 172-3 and n. 148, on witnesses; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 23, authentic.
A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the familia of St Peter's, Bath; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Priston, Somerset, and 5 at Cold Ashton, Gloucs., forfeited by Alfred for conspiracy. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 61-5 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 354 and vol. iii. 406-7; B 670; Hunter, Bath Charts., pp. 8-11; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 59 bis.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, pp. 88, 137 n. 1, cannot be genuine in pesent form, witnesses are of A.D. 941, probably founded upon S 476; Plummer 1899, p. 134, spurious; Robinson 1923, p. 62, spurious; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 90-8, on bounds of Cold Ashton; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 182-5, on bounds of Priston; Turner 1951, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 435, authentic basis, dates 934 x 939; PN Gloucs., iii. 63-4, 78; Finberg, ECWM, no. 93, authentic basis, cf. S 664 for a reference to Athelstan's grant of Cold Ashton; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, suspect, witnesses belong to 937 x 939; Hart, ECNE, pp. 381, 383, dates 937 x 939; Whitelock, EHD, p. 371, forgery; Costen 1983, pp. 27-8, on bounds; Keynes 1985, p. 161, undoubtedly spurious; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 16, dubious; Wormald 1988, no. 30; Abrams 1996, p. 213, questionable; cf. S 415.
A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the familia and church of Malmesbury; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Norton, Wilts.; 5 at Sumerford (? Little Somerford, Wilts.); and 5 at Ewen, Gloucs., forfeited by Alfred for conspiracy. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 16v-18r (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E. 164/24, 129r-130r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 34v-38r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 355; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 304-7; B 671.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 137 n. 1, cannot be genuine in its present form, witnesses are of A.D. 941; Darlington 1955, p. 88, suggests Sumerford was Little Somerford, Wilts.; Finberg, ECW, no. 240, authentic basis, dates 934 x 939; PN Gloucs., i, p. xi; Finberg, ECWM, no. 94, authentic basis, identifies Sumerford as Somerford Keynes, Gloucs.; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, suspect, witnesses belong to 934 or 937 x 939; Whitelock, EHD, p. 371, forgery; Wormald 1988, no. 30; cf. S 414.
A.D. 931 (Lifton, Devon, 12 November). King Athelstan to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 9 hides (cassatae) at Ham, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 16A (s. x1; BM Facs., iii. 3)
2. BL Add. 15350, 81v-83r (s. xii)
Printed: K 353; B 677; B 679, bounds ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 166-8; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 58.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 41, contemporary; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 224-8, on bounds; Fowler 1920, no. 4; Alexander 1931, pp. 350-1, 354-6, on meeting-place; Drögereit 1935, p. 361, original; Vaughan 1954, p. 63 n. 7, original; Darlington 1955, p. 85, contemporary; Stenton 1955, p. 53, MS 1 contemporary, scribe also wrote S 425; Finberg, ECW, no. 231, original; Chaplais 1965, p. 57 n. 81, on endorsement, pp. 59-60, original, probably written by Winchester scribe (= 1973, p. 38 n. 81, pp. 41-2); Hart 1970/1, p. 33 (nos 141-2), original; Brooks 1974, p. 218, bounds not West Saxon; Keynes 1980, p. 16, p. 21 n. 21, pp. 25, 44, original, written by 'Æthelstan A', probably a royal scribe; Sawyer 1983, p. 295, on meeting-place; Chaplais 1985, p. 42 n. 5, pp. 47-9, probably written by a Winchester scribe; Dumville 1987, p. 173, on script; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4; BA Facs., p. 9; Dumville 1992, pp. 80-1, disputes scribe's Winchester connection, p. 110, on estate history, p. 112 n. 272, contemporary; cf. S 425, 1533.
A.D. 931. See Ab 3 (S 1604). King Athelstan to Wulfnoth, minister; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Bultheswrthe (? Beds.).
A.D. 932 (Milton, ? Kent, 30 August). King Athelstan to Æthelgeard (or Æthelweard), minister; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at (West) Meon, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 37v-38v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1107; B 689; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 87.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 224-30, bounds are those of West Meon; Finberg, ECW, no. 49, authentic; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and estate, p. 28 (no. 65), authentic; O'Donovan 1972, p. 42, repurtable, indiction has been miscopied but all other dating details agree; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, on formulation; Sawyer 1983, p. 295, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, on beneficiary.
A.D. 932 (Amesbury, Wilts., 24 December). King Athelstan to Alfred, minster; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at North Stoneham, Hants. Latin with bounds in Old English, Middle English and Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Domit. xiv, 115r-116r (s. xiii; no bounds)
2. Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 18v-19v (s. xv)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 253 ex MS 2; Edward, Liber de Hyda, pp. 124-31 ex MS 2; B 692 ex MS 1 and Edwards; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 223-6 ex Edwards.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 242-7, on bounds; Burgess 1961, pp. 7-9; Finberg, ECW, no. 50, authentic; Hart, ECNE, p. 382, notes minor interpolation; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 263, cited; Keynes 1980, p. 41 n. 71, pp. 43, 44 n. 77; Sawyer 1983, p. 290, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Currie 1995, pp. 109-10, 122-3, on bounds; cf. S 419.
A.D. 932 (Exeter, 9 November). King Athelstan to Beorhtsige, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Bowers Gifford, Essex. Latin.
Archive: Barking
MS: Hatfield House, Ilford Hospital 1/6, 16rv (s. xvi med.)
Printed: (unprinted)
Comments: Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Hart 1993, p. 183.
A.D. 932 (Amesbury, Wilts., 24 December). King Athelstan to Shaftesbury Abbey; grant of 11.5 hides (cassatae) at Fontmell, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 11r-12r (s. xv)
Printed: K 361 and vol. iii. 409-10; B 691; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 8.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, p. 365; Grundy, Dorset, 1936, pp. 103-10, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 577, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 41 n. 71, pp. 43, 44 n. 77, on formulation; Meyer 1981, pp. 335-6 n. 3, on estate history; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; O' Donovan, Sherborne, p. 30, cited; PN Dorset, iii. 80-1, 90-3, 99-100, 102, 103-13; Keynes 1990, p. 237 n. 48, on liturgical obligation; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 32-5, authentic.
A.D. 933 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, 16 December). King Athelstan to the familia of Chertsey Minster; confirmation of land at Chertsey, Thorpe, Egham, Chobham, Frimley, Weybridge, Woodham in Chertsey, Whone Waldesham (i.e. Hundulsham, lost, in Weybridge), Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Molesey, Petersham, Tooting, Streatham, Mitcham, Sutton, Thunderfield, Carshalton (Euualtone), Beddington, Waddington, Coulsdon, Chipstead, Merstham, Chaldon, Banstead with Suthmeresfelda (Canon's Farm, Banstead), Cheam, Cuddington, Ewell, Epsom, Tadworth, Bookham, Effingham, East Clandon, Cobham, Pointers in Cobham, Albury, West Clandon, Byfleet, Dritham, Bisley, all in Surrey; and White Waltham, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Chertsey
MS: BL Cotton Vitell. A. xiii, 38r-39r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 363; B 697; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 62.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 152 n. 3, spurious; PN Hunts., pp. 222-3, Suthmeresfelda is Summerfield (lost; now Canon's Farm) in Banstead, Surrey; Dodgson and Khaliq 1969-70, p. 39, queries identification of Albury, Surrey; O'Donovan 1973, p. 105, forgery; Rumble 1976, pp. 167-9, on place-name forms; Gelling, ECTV, no. 325 (pp. 34, 156-7), spurious; Fleming 1985, pp. 256, 258-60; Keynes 1985, p. 158 n. 75, not acceptable in received form but royal style probably reflects a general usage of Athelstan's reign; Dumville 1992, p. 34 n. 17, p. 46 n. 92, p. 52, spurious, forger may have taken some formulas from a genuine diploma of Athelstan; cf. S 427.
A.D. 933. King Athelstan to the bishopric of Crediton; grant of privileges, in return for 60 pounds of silver. Latin.
Archive: Exeter (ex Crediton)
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 31 (s. x/xi; BM Facs, iii. 4)
Printed: K 362; B 694; Earle, pp. 169-71; Hall 1908, i. 9; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 61.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Chadwick 1905, p. 183 n. 1, date cannot be correct; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, in late 10th-century hand; Finberg, ECDC, no. 20; Chaplais 1966, pp. 11-12 (no. 10), spurious, forged at end of 10th or beginning of 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 11-12); Whitelock 1966, p. 102, on formula; Chaplais 1968, p. 332 n. 169, step from wrapping-tie, but not original (= 1973, p. 83 n. 169); Finberg 1969, p. 53-6, spurious, perhaps forged in 970-80; O'Donovan 1973, p. 111, on dating problem; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, cited; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xxxi, 16, 30, on links with S 294, 422, 423 from Sherborne; Hooke 1994, p. 113.
A.D. 933 (Chippenham, Wilts., 26 Jan.). King Athelstan to the familia of Sherborne Minster; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Bradford Abbas, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Sherborne
MS: BL Add. 46487, 9r-10v (s. xii med.)
Printed: B 695; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 7.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset, 1933, pp. 250-3, bounds describe Bradford Abbas and western part of Castleton; Forsberg 1950, pp. 5-6, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 578, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, on formulation; Sawyer 1983, p. 292, on meeting-place; Keen 1984, pp. 218, 221, on bounds, with map p. 219; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xxvii, xxxi, liii, 29-33, authentic; PN Dorset, iii. 294, 301-2, 310-11, 328.
A.D. 933 (Chippenham, Wilts., 26 Jan.). King Athelstan to the church of Sherborne; grant of 5 or 8 hides (familiae) at Stalbridge Weston, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Sherborne
MS: BL Add. 46487, 12r-13v (s. xii med.)
Printed: B 696; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 8.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset, 1939, pp. 60-65, on bounds, not clear if estate was Stalbridge Weston or Weston in Corscombe; Finberg, ECW, no. 579, may be fabrication modelled on S 422; Hart 1965, pp. 159-60, bounds probably refer to Stalbridge Weston; Finberg 1972, p. 413, on use of familiae; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, on formulation; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 29-33, authentic basis but some unacceptable features, possibly a forgery modelled on an authentic charter of Ealdorman Beorhtwulf mentioned in text; PN Dorset, iii. 283-4, 288-9; 304; Kelly 1990/1, p. 87, unlikely that present text based on charter with lay beneficiary.
A.D. 933. King Athelstan to St Mary's Minster, Wilton; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at North Newnton and 5 hides (cassati) at Oare in Wilcot, in Savernake Forest, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 73r-74v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 39-40; K 1109; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 320-1 (no. 3); Radcliffe 1881, pp. 228-30 ex Mon. Angl., with translation; B 699; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 89.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 80; Jones 1881, on bounds; Radcliffe 1881; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 187-91, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, pp. 8-9, 182, on bounds; Darlington 1955, pp. 30, 91; Finberg, ECW, no. 239, authentic, but Bishop Ælfheah's subscription a difficulty; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 101, 111, date may have been miscopied, perhaps originally 936; Whitelock 1979, pp. 83, 86, 95-6 n. 42, spurious, based on S 348.
A.D. 934 (Winchester, 28 May). King Athelstan to Ælfwald, minister; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at Derantune. (probably Durrington, Sussex) Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 65 (s. x1; BM Facs., iii. 5)
Printed: K 364; B 702; Earle, pp. 171-2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 63; Barker 1948, pp. 150-7, with translation.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Farrer, ECY, i. 4, citing Stevenson, contemporary; Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 41, contemporary; Kärlstrom 1927, p. 147 n. 2; PN Sussex, i. 195 n. 1, identification with Durrington disputed; PN Devon, ii. p. x; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 238-41, on identification; Drögereit 1935, pp. 361-6; Barker 1948, pp. 157-62; Forsberg 1950, p. 47 n.; Stenton 1955, p. 53, original, same hand as S 416; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, written by Winchester scribe, also responsible for S 416 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Stenton 1971, p. 342, cited; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary; Brooks 1974, p. 218 n. 3, dialect of bounds is not West Saxon; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 466 n. 6; Sawyer, Burton, p. 8, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 16, 21, 44, original, product of 'Æthelstan A', probably written by a royal scribe; Chaplais 1985, pp. 47-9, probably drafted and written at Winchester; Dumville 1987, p. 173, on script; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; BA Facs., p. 9; Kelly, Selsey, p. 57, more likely to refer to Durrington, Sussex, than to Darenth, Kent.
Note: Line 5 was erased and rewritten at Christ Church in s. xi/xii, to stress the community's claim to the estate.
A.D. 934 (Buckingham, 13 Sept.). King Athelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassatae) at Kingtone (? Kington St Michael, Wilts.). Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 203r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 235rv (s. xiv)
Printed: K 365 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 59-60 (no. 130) ex MS 2; B 704 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 650 (no. 1203) ex MS 1.
Comments: Jackson 1858, pp. 36-7; Darlington 1955, p. 96; Finberg, ECW, no. 238, authentic; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 78, on formulation; Sawyer 1983, p. 291, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 35, 39, on MS sources, pp. 149-51, on estate, p. 167, on beneficiary.
A.D. 934 (Frome, Somerset, 16 Dec.). King Athelstan to the familia of Holy Trinity, Winchester; grant of 30 hides (cassatae) at Enford, Wilts.; 10 (mansae) at Chilbolton and 10 (cassati) at Ashmanworth, Hants. Latin and English versions, the former with English bounds of Enford, Hants.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15350, 94r-95r (s. xii; Latin)
2. BL Add. 15350, 95rv (s. xii; English)
Printed: K 1110, both versions; B 705 (Latin); B 706 (English); Earle, pp. 355-60, both versions; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 90; Robertson, Charters, no 25 (pp. 48-51), English version, with translation.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 148 n. 1, suspicious; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 228-34, bounds difficult to locate; Robertson, Charters, pp. 304-7, neither version seems to be a direct translation of the other; John 1955, p. 154 n. 4, clause concerning support of clergy from bishop's portion is an interpolation in a genuine charter; John 1965, p. 418; Finberg, ECW, no. 51, authentic basis; Hart 1970/1, p. 34 (nos 164-5), authentic basis; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, suspect, discusses dating problems; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 111-12; Richards 1973, pp. 138-9, on witnesses; PN Berks., ii. 346, on a boundary mark; Keynes 1985, p. 158 n. 75, not acceptable in received form; Pelteret 1995, pp. 307-8; cf. S 420.
A.D. 930 for 934 (London, 7 June). King Athelstan to St Mary's, Worcester; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Werstfelda, 5 (cassati) at Cofton Hackett, 5 at Rednal in Kings Norton, 2 at Wast Hills and Hopwood in Alvechurch, all in Worcs.; and 3 at Wihtlafesfeld. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 182r (s. xi; last part only)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 4v-6r (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 9-12; K 351; B 701.
Comments: Farrer, EYC, i. 4, citing Stevenson, spurious; Robinson 1919, pp. 32-3, spurious, discusses links with S 407, which has the same date and dating problems; Drögereit 1935, p. 421, eccentric in form; Drögereit 1952, pp. 60-1, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 277, spurious; O'Donovan 1973, p. 101, indiction, epact and concurrent correct for 934, probably modelled on S 407; Hooke 1990, pp. 143-4; Dumville 1992, p. 168 n. 182, forged; cf. S 406, 407.
A.D. 930 for 934 (Nottingham, 7 June). See S 407. King Athelstan to the church of St Peter, York: grant of land at Amounderness, Lancs.
A.D. 935. King Athelstan to the nuns of Shaftesbury; grant of 12 hides (manentes) at Tarrant Hinton, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 15rv (s. xv; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pl. 2 (opp. p. 123), in part)
Printed: K 366 and vol. iii. 410-11; B 708; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 9.
Comments: PN Worcs., p. 107, on place-name; Grundy, Dorset, 1938, pp. 82-6, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 581, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 80; Forsberg 1984, pp. 5-6, 8, on details fo bounds; PN Dorset, iii. 110, 119-22, 274; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 37-9, authentic.
A.D. 935. King Athelstan to Wihtgar, minister; lease, for four lives, of 7 hides (mansae) at Havant, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Old Minster Winchester
MS: BL Add. 15350, 99r-100r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1111; B 707; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 91.
Comments: Grundy, Hants., 1926, pp. 118-24, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 53, authentic, indiction 7 for 8; John 1966, pp. 53-4, on royal style; Hart 1970/1, p. 35 (no. 173), authentic; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, dated 935 but with indiction for 934; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 111-12; Keynes 1980, p. 33 n. 54, p. 44 n. 80; Forsberg 1984, p. 5, on bounds; Pile 1984, on bounds; Kitson 1992; Pile 1994; cf. S 467 for a similar lease to a thegn.
A.D. 935 (Cirencester). See LSP 9 (S 1792). Part of dating clause and witness-list from a charter of King Athelstan.
A.D. 936. King Athelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Marksbury, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 186rv (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 208rv (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 128 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: B 709 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart. ii. 550-1 (no. 1027) ex MS 1.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 186-90, bounds appear to be post-Conquest; Finberg, ECW, no. 434, authentic, indiction 8 for 9; John 1966, pp. 53-4, on royal style; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 80, on formulation; Costen 1983, pp. 25-7, on bounds; Costen 1992, p. 44, on estate history, boundary clause probably post-Conquest; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 34, 35, 39, on MS sources, pp. 166-7, on estate.
A.D. 937. King Athelstan to the church at Athelney; grant of 1 hide (mansio) at (East) Lyng, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Athelney
MS: Oxford, Dr D. Rogers, pp. 116-19 (s. xviii)
Printed: Collinson, Somerset, i. 84, bounds only; B 715, bounds only; Finberg, ECW, no. 436 (pp. 130-2).
Translated: Bates, Athelney Register, pp. 155-6.
Comments: Bates, Athelney Register, p. 156; Forsberg 1950, p. 81; Finberg, ECW, no. 436, authentic; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 271 n. 228, cited; cf. S 343.
A.D. 670 (? for 937) or 937. King Athelstan to the minster of St Peter (MS 1; St Mary in MSS 2 and 3), Exeter; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Topsham, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MSS: 1. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. E 206 (Red Book no. 13; dated 937; s. xi med.; OS Facs., i. 14)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. T 37 (dated 670; s. xi med.; BA Facs., no. 30)
3. Stafford, William Salt Lib., S. MS 7 (dated 670; s. xi; OS Facs., ii, Salt)
4. BL Lansdowne 446, 88r (dated 670; s. xviii)
5. London, Lambeth Palace, 582, p. 53 (s. xviii)
Printed: K 369 ex MS 1; K 370 and vol. iii. 411 ex MS 4; B 721 ex MS 1; B 722 ex MSS 2, 3; Earle, pp. 322-3 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 323-4 ex MS 3; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, nos 64, 65; Hooke 1994, pp. 122-3, 125, bounds only.
Comments: Chadwick 1905, p. 183 n. 3, dates 938; Rose-Troup 1933, p. 57, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 307, suspicious; Finberg, ECDC, no. 21; Bishop 1955, p. 196, MS 1 an apograph of s. xi med; Chaplais 1966, pp. 5-9 (nos 4-6), spurious, MS 3 written s. xi med by the same scribe as S 386, 387, 389; MS 2 a duplicate of MS 3, with addition in boundary clause, written c. 1069 in same hand as S 255 MS 1 and Exeter, D. & C., 2528; MS 1 probably written in third quarter of the 11th century; (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9); Alcock and Coombes 1977, 1978, on bounds; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 123, forgery of mid 11th-century, diplomatic links with S 591; BA Facs., p. 9, spurious; Hooke 1994, pp. 122-7, on bounds; cf. S 386-7, 389.
A.D. 937 (Dorchester, Dorset, 21 Dec.). King Athelstan to the familia of Malmesbury; grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Bremhill, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 18rv (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E 164/24, 130rv (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 38r-40r (s. xiii)
Printed: Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 307-9; B 716.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 137 n. 1, apparently authentic; Plummer 1899, p. 132, date is probably 935; Darlington 1955, p.89; Finberg, ECW, no. 242, authentic, indiction 8 for 10; John 1966, p. 50 n., should be treated with reserve; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary; O'Donovan 1972, p. 36, suspect, secular witnesses look more suitable to 931 x 934, but ecclesiastical witnesses belong to 937; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 78, spurious, probably based on an authentic diploma issued in 935, cf. S 435, 436; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4.
A.D. 937 (Dorchester, Dorset, 21 Dec.). King Athelstan to the familia of Malmesbury; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Wootton, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 18v (s. xiv/xv)
2. PRO E 164/24, 130v-131v (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Wood emp. 5, 40r-41v (s. xiii)
Printed: Thorpe, pp. 183-4; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 309-11; B 718.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 137 n. 1, apparently authentic; Darlington 1955, p. 90; Finberg, ECW, no. 243, authentic; John 1966, p. 50 n., should be treated with reserve; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 78, spurious, probably based on an authentic charter issued in 935, cf. S 434, 436; Edwards 1988, pp. 87-8, model for S 1166.
A.D. 937 (Dorchester, Dorset, 21 Dec.). King Athelstan to the familia of Malmesbury; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Wootton, 60 at Bremhill, 5 at Sumerford (? Little Somerford), and 5 at Norton, Wilts.; and 5 at Ewen, Gloucs. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Royal 13 D. ii, 34v-35r (s. xii; part only)
2. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 93v-94r (s. xii)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 31-2; K 1112; Thorpe, pp. 183-4 n.; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 401-3; B 719; Stubbs, William of Malmesbury G.R., i. 153.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 134, spurious; Napier and Stevenson, p. 137 n. 1, composite charter; Stevenson 1904, p. 246 n. 4, apparently prepared and interpolated by William of Malmesbury; Finberg, ECW, no. 244, spurious, composite text based on S 415, 434 and 435; John 1966, p. 50 n., certainly a fabrication; O'Donovan 1972, p. 38, spurious; O'Donovan 1973, p. 101, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 78, spurious, probably based on an authentic charter issued in 935, cf. S 434, 435; Keynes 1996, p. 19 n. 44.
A.D. 937. King Athelstan to Sigulf; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Water Newton, Hunts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Thorney
MSS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., Add. 3020, 16v (s. xiv)
2. BL Add. 5937, 180r (s. xvi; abbreviated)
Printed: M 1837 ex MS 2; K 1114 ex MS 2; B 712 ex MS 2; Hart, ECEE, pp. 150-1 ex MS 1.
Comments: PN Hunts., p. 193, for identification; PN Northants., p. 101 n.; Hart, ECEE, no. 4 and pp. 152-5, authentic; Whitelock 1969, p. 114; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 80, on formulation; Hart 1992, p. 443.
A.D. 937. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Wilton; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Burcombe, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 59r-62v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 858-9; Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 32-3; K 1115; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 321 (no. 4); B 714; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 92.
Comments: Hamper 1829; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 234-6, bounds describe part of the lands of Burcombe Without lying south of the Nadder; Darlington 1955, pp. 30, 92; Finberg, ECW, no. 241, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 21, on rubric; Keynes 1980, p. 24 n. 33, on rubric, p. 44 n. 80, on formulation; Meyer 1981, pp. 351-2, cited.
A.D. 937. King Athelstan to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; confirmation of the beneficial hidation of Chilcomb, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 115v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1113; B 713.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 141, spurious; Harmer, Writs, p. 374 nn. 1, 2, doubtful; Finberg, ECW, no. 54, spurious; John 1965, p. 410 n. 3, may be inflation of S 325; Chaplais 1966/1, p. 171, forgery (= 1973, p. 55); Hart 1970/1, p. 37 (no. 206), spurious; Whitelock, EHD, p. 373, spurious.
c. A.D. 935 x 938 (? 937). See S 411. King Athelstan to Ælfheah, minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Farnborough, Berks.
A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Ælfheah, minister; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Pitminster, Somerset, in return for 200 staterae of gold and silver. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 29r-30r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1117; B 729; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 94.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 30-4, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 380 n. 1, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 439, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 54), authentic; cf. S 475.
A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Æthelred, minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Rimpton, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 53rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1116; B 730; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 93.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, p. 370; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 102-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 440, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 21, on rubric, p. 29 (no. 90), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 24 n. 33, on rubric, p. 44 n. 81, on formulation; Costen 1985, on bounds.
A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Athelstan, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 188v-189r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 212rv (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 42 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 32)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 840-1, ex MS 2; K 372 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 50 (no. 96); B 728 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no 66; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 577-8 (no. 1062) ex MS 1; Hooke 1994, pp. 127-8, bounds only.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, p. 370; Finberg, ECDC, p. 11 (no. 27), the boundaries point to Lyme Regis, although the assessment agrees with that of Uplyme in DB; Hart 1964, pp. 160-1, on bounds, agrees with Finberg; Fox 1970, bounds are those of Uplyme; Hart 1973, p. 125 n. 4, agrees with Uplyme identification (= 1992, p. 581 n. 44); Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 81, on formulation; Scott 1981, pp. 112, 201 n. 108; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 5, on a contiguous estate; Hooke 1994, pp. 127-34, on bounds; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 32, on MS sources, pp. 155-7, on estate.
A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Frithestan, bishop of Winchester; confirmation of privileges and of a grant to Taunton of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, and 3 at Cearn (? Charmouth, Dorset). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 17 (s. xi ?; BM Facs., iii. 6)
2. BL Add. 15350, 22v-23v (s. xii)
Printed: K 374; Thorpe, pp. 185-7; B 727.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 a later imitation; Napier and Stevenson, p. 67, dubious; Plummer 1899, pp. 39, 141, spurious; Robertson, Charters, p. 297, spurious or wrongly dated; Forsberg 1942, on bounds, confirms identificiation of Withiel Florey and suggests that Cearn is Charmouth; Stenton 1955, p. 27, imitative copy, probably of 11th century, but the text is spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 438, spurious, bounds as in S 254, cf. chapter vii; Whitelock, EHD, p. 373, spurious.
A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 25 hides (mansae) at Tichborne and 5 at Beauworth, Hants., to remain forever under episcopal control. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15350, 62v (s. xii)
2. PRO Ch.R. 12 Edw. II, no. 48
Printed: K 1118; B 731.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 156-9, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 55, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 30 (no. 108), authentic; Roberts 1992, on bounds.
A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Ælfric or Alfred, bishop; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at West Orchard, Dorset, with regrant by Alfred to Beorhtwyn, daughter of Wulfhelm. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 15v-16v (s. xv)
Printed: K 376 and vol. iii. 413; B 744; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 68; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 10.
Comments: PN Devon, p. 229 n.; Grundy, Dorset, 1937, pp. 105-7, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 583, authentic; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 105-6, on beneficiary; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 80; PN Dorset, iii. 133-4, 136, 137-9; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 41-3, 'either in its entirety a genuine and unorthodox diploma of 939 or an interpolated text that reached its present form shortly after that date'.
A.D. 939. See S 392. King Athelstan to Byrthelm, miles; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Eatun.
A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Eadburh, his sister; grant of 17 hides (mansae) at Droxford, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 101r-102r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1122; B 742.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 74-9, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 57, authentic, bounds as in S 276; Hart 1970/1, p. 22, on rubric, p. 35 (no. 176), authentic; Forsberg 1973, p. 12, on bounds; Keynes 1980, p. 24 n. 33, on rubric, p. 43 n. 76, on witness-list, p. 44 n. 80; Meyer 1981, p. 347.
A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Eadwulf, minister; grant of 12 hides (mansae) at Meopham, Kent. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Cotton Aug. ii. 23 (s. x1; BM Facs.. iii. 9)
Printed: K 377; B 741; Earle, pp. 173-5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2 no. 69.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Wallenberg 1928, pp. 43-4, on bounds; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 241-6, on place-names; Drögereit 1935, p. 373, original; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxxiii, on script; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, probably written by a Winchester scribe, also responsible for S 464, 512 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Forsberg 1970, p. 74, on a boundary mark; Hart 1970/1, p. 22, on endorsement; Witney 1976, pp. 232-3, on swine-pastures; Keynes 1980, pp. 16, 24, 43, 45, original, product of 'Æthelstan C'; Dumville 1987, p. 173, on script; Dumville 1994, p. 159, on script.
A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Eadwulfu, a nun; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Brightwalton, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 24rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1223; Stevenson, Chron Abingdon, i. 85-7; B 743; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 96; PN Berks., iii. 660, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 30.
Comments: Baring 1909, on bounds; Stenton 1913, pp. 39-40, certainly authentic; Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 225-8, on bounds; John 1966, p. 54, on royal style; PN Berks., i. 237, iii. 657, 659, 660-1, bounds describe modern parish; Forsberg 1979, p. 147, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 40, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 43-4 n. 76, on witness-list, p. 44 n. 81; Dumville 1992, pp. 177-8, on diplomas for nuns; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 30, authentic.
A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Wulfswith, ancilla Dei; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at East Overton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 22 (s. x1; BM Facs., iii. 8)
2. BL Add. 15350, 118r (s. xiv1)
Printed: K 378 ex MS 1; K 1120 ex MS 2; B 734; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 95.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 contemporary; Stevenson 1902, p. 638 n. 61, contemporary; Stenton 1913, p. 39, original; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 240-7, bounds difficult to locate; Robinson 1923, p. 60, contemporary; Brentnall 1939, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 85, contemporary; Finberg, ECW, no. 245, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 22, on endorsement, p. 38 (no. 215), original; Keynes 1980, pp. 24, 43, 45, original, scribe was colleague of 'Æthelstan C'; Dumville 1987, p. 173, on script; Dumville 1992, pp. 178-9, on status of beneficiary; Dumville 1994, p. 159, on script.
A.D. 943 for 924 x 939 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, 6 Oct.). King Athelstan to the church of St Buryan; grant of 1 hide (mansa) in seven places (at Pendrea, Bosanketh, Botilwoelon, Treikyn, Bosliven and Treverven, Cornwall, with land at Burnewhall). Latin with bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MS: Exeter, D.R.O., E/R 4, 25r (s. xiv)
Printed: K 1143; Oliver, Monasticon, pp. 8-9 (no. 1); B 785; Hingeston-Randolph 1894, i. 84-5; Hooke 1994, pp. 22-3, 25-6, bounds only.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, pp. 74, 104 n. 6, 111, dubious; Alexander 1928; Rose-Troup 1935, spurious; Crofts 1949, corrupt copy of genuine document; Crofts 1950, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 78; Finberg 1964, p. 111, probably based on genuine original; O'Donovan 1972, pp. 33, 36, suspect, probably based on material from 931; Padel 1978, pp. 23, 26 n. 23, dubious; Olson 1989, pp. 78-84, genuine basis; Hooke 1994, pp. 22-7, on bounds; Faith 1997, pp. 22-4, on territorial organisation.
c. A.D. 935 x 938 (? 937). See S 411. King Athelstan to Ælfheah, minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Farnborough, Berks.
A.D. 925 (for 927 x 939). King Athelstan to St John's, Beverley; grant of privileges. English.
Archive: Beverley
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. iv. 18 (s. xvi)
2. BL Add. 61901, 69rv (s. xiv)
3. BL Harley 560, 21r-22v (s. xvi)
4. BL Lansdowne 269, 97rv (s. xvii)
5. Bodleian, Dodsworth 9, 22r (s. xvii; incomplete)
6. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 43v-44v (s. xvii)
7. Oxford, University College, 82, p. 7 (s. xv2; extract)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 171-2; Oliver, Beverley, pp. 543-4; Poulson, Beverlac, i. 37-9; K 359 ex Mon. Angl.; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 129-30 (no. 3); Thorpe, pp. 180-2; B 644 ex MS 4; B 645 ex Mon. Angl.; B 1339 ex MS 1; Witty 1921, pp. 37-9.
Comments: Witty 1921, probably concocted in the early 14th century; Hart, ECNE, no. 120a, unlikely to have been authentic.
A.D. 924 x 939. King Athelstan to St Paul's minster; confirmation of privileges. Latin and English versions.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MS: London, St Paul's, Liber B, 20r (s. xiii; both versions; lost)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 301-2, ex MS; Dugdale, St Paul's, p. 185, ex MS; Dugdale, St Paul's (2nd edn), Appendix, pp. 9-10; K 1126; Thorpe, pp. 176-8; B 735-6.
Comments: Hart, ECE, no. 10, spurious; Whitelock 1975, p. 7 n.1 , p. 9, spurious, English version is a translation of the Latin; Gelling, ECTV, no. 214, spurious, English version is earlier than 13th century and may be pre-Conquest.
A.D. 924 x 939. King Athelstan to St Paul's minster, London; confirmation of privileges, and 10 hides (mansae) at Sandon with Rothe (Roe Green in Sandon), 8 at Ardeley with Luffenhall, Herts.; 10 at Belchamp St Pauls with Wickham St Pauls, 8 at Heybridge, 12 at Runwell, 30 in the Sokens, Essex; 10 at West Drayton, Middx; 8 at Barnes, Surrey; 10 at Neasden with Willesden, Middx. Latin.
Archive: London, St Paul's
MSS: 1. London, Guildhall, 25501, 38r (s. xiii)
2. London, Guildhall, 25504, 3r-4v (s. xii)
3. London, St Paul's, D. & C., Liber B (s. xiii; lost)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 300; Dugdale, St Paul's, pp. 184-5 ex MS 3; Dugdale, St Paul's (2nd edn), Appendix, p. 9; K 1127; B 737.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 85 n. 2, dubious; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, spurious, the work of the same forger as S 752, 1035, 1056; Whitelock, Wills, p. 143, doubtful authenticity; PN Middx, pp. 33, 160, 162; Hart, ECE, no. 16, spurious, witnesses from Edgar's reign; Whitelock 1975, p. 7 n. 1, pp. 9, 18, forged; Gelling, ECTV, no. 326 (pp. 83, 107, 157), spurious; Whitelock, EHD, p. 371, St Paul's and Chertsey must have combined to produce spurious documents; Dumville 1992, p. 164 n. 153, perhaps forged at St Paul's on the basis of a diploma of 961 x 971; cf. S 752, 1035, 1056.
A.D. 924 x 939. King Athelstan to the burgesses of Malmesbury; grant of privileges and 5 hides near Norton, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Borough of Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 200r (s. xvii)
2. PRO Ch. R. 10-12 Hen. IV,no. 1
3. PRO Pat. R. 5 Rich. II, pt 1, m. 12
4. PRO Pat. R. 1 Edw. IV, pt 5, m. 23
5. PRO Pat. R. 22 Hen. VIII, pt 1, m. 6
6. PRO Conf. R. 2 Hen VII, pt 2, no. 2
7. PRO Conf. R. 2 & 3 Phil. and Mary, no. 17
8. PRO Conf. R. 6 Eliz., no. 8
9. PRO Conf. R. 2 Jas. I, pt 2, no. 14
Printed: K 1128; Thorpe, pp. 175-6; B 720.
Comment: Watkin 1956, p. 213 and n. 72; Finberg, ECW, no. 247, spurious.
A.D. 934 x 939. King Athelstan to Muchelney Abbey and the brethren there; grant of land at Curry Rivel, 5 hides (mansae) at Stowey in Fivehead, Somerset, and 1 hide held by a layman, Muda. The grant is entered in a gospel-book. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Muchelney
MS: BL Add. 56488, 8v-9v (s. xiv)
Printed: Bates, Muchelney Cart., no. 2 (p. 38), with translation of bounds, p. 39.
Comments: Stevenson 1899, pp. 39-40, spurious, witnesses probably from a genuine charter; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 131-3, bounds describe Drayton and part of Huish Episcopi; Finberg, ECW, no. 437, authentic basis; Chaplais 1966, p. 5, forged (= 1981 XV, p. 5); Jenkins and Owen 1983, p. 65, on record in gospel-book; Edwards 1988, p. 207, probably authentic.
A.D. 927 x 939. Writ of King Athelstan for church and chapter of Ripon. Latin.
Archive: Ripon
MSS: 1. PRO DL 41/6/1 (s. xiii)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 160, 250v (s. xvii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 173; K 358; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 133 (no. 6); Thorpe, p. 179; Fowler 1881, pp. 89-90; B 646 ex Mon. Angl.; B 858 ex MS 1; Earle, p. 438; Harmer, Writs, p. 537, ex Fowler.
Comments: Fowler 1881, pp. 89-90; Farrer, EYC, i. 108, possibly based on a writ of Henry I; V.C.H. Yorks., iii. 367; Harmer, Writs, p. 14 n. 1, spurious, post-Conquest wording; Keynes 1986, p. 90, spurious.
Rhyming English version of S 456.
Archive: Ripon
MSS: 1. PRO DL 41/6/1 (s. xiii; Fowler 1881 facing p. 90)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 160, 250r (s. xvii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 172-3; K 360; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 133 (no. 5); Thorpe, pp. 182-3; Fowler 1881, pp. 90-3; B 647 ex Mon. Angl.; B 859 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 438-9; Witty 1921, p. 39.
Comment: Keynes 1986, p. 90, spurious; Faith 1997, p. 38.
A.D. 924 x 939 (probably 934 x 935). King Athelstan to Wulfsige, minister; grant of 20 hides (cassatae) at Chilmark, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 82rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, p. 46; K 345; B 745.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 83; Darlington 1955, p. 91; Finberg, ECW, no. 235, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 78; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, dates 934 x 935.
Note: Incomplete 'Æthelstan A' diploma, lacking bounds, dating clause and witness-list.
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