A.D. 955 for 956. King Eadwig to Brihtric, his minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Hendred, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 48r (s. xiii)
2. Oxford, Corpus Christi Coll., 255, 61r (s. xvi; ex 1)
Printed: K 1179; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 189-91; B 975; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 117; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 53.
Comments: PN Berks., ii. 479; Gelling, ECTV, no. 77, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108, anomalous witness-list; Hart 1992, p. 441, spurious, utilizes a lost authentic text; ; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 53, probably authentic, indiction correct for 956; cf. S 724.
A.D. 955. King Eadwig to the nuns of Wilton; grant of 100 hides (mansiunculae) at Chalke, Wilts. Latin with English bounds and an English passage added after the witness-list.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 81v, 83r-87v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 859-62; Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 46-7; K 436 and vol. iii. 433-6; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 321-3 (no. 5); B 917; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 99.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82-3; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 25-42, bounds relate to the lands of Broad Chalke, Bower Chalke, Ebbesborne Wake, ? Alvediston, Berwick St John and Tollard Royal, with appended surveys of land in Berwick St John, parcel of land in Broad Chalke, and Semley; Forsberg 1950, p. 126; Darlington 1955, pp. 81, 91; Finberg, ECW, no. 274, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 49-50, treats as authentic, discusses date; Meyer 1981, p. 352, cited; PN Dorset, iii. 116, 123; Lapidge 1993, pp. 289-90, on witness-list; Kelly, Shaftesbury, p. 88, authenticity uncertain, bounds may have been compiled later, perhaps in conjunction with compilation of bounds in S 630, covering adjacent property.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to St Mary's Abbey, Abingdon; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Ginge, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 47rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 114rv (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 196v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1194; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 186-9; B 981; PN Berks., iii. 746, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 58.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 695 n. 33, a very suspicious text, p. 700 n. 49, spurious; Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 114-17, on bounds; PN Berks., i. 10, 13, ii. 469, 475, iii. 740, 746-7, bounds describe southern part of modern parish of Ardington, which includes West Ginge; Gelling, ECTV, no. 79, authentic, bounds are probably 10th-century; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 65, 'Group Two'; Keynes 1996/1, p. 117, treats as dubious, proem and sanction may be based on a text of S 92; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 58, authenticity uncertain, probably spurious.
A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to St Mary's Abbey, Abingdon; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Tadmarton, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 149-51 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 31v (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 442 and vol. iii. 438-9; B 967; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 68.
Comments: Grundy, Oxon., p. 67, on bounds; PN Oxon., ii. 406-7, 421, 488, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 274, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 57-8, 'Group Three', p. 68 n. 130, spurious, p. 75 n. 151, not authentic; Hart 1992, p. 132 n. 51, spurious; Blair 1994, p. 78; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 68, forged to give clear title to the whole Tadmarton manor, which was otherwise covered by three separate charters in favour of laymen (S 611, 617, 618). The bounds of these charters were included in S 584 without modification.
A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to Ælfheah, his kinsman and faithful minister; grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Ellendune (Wroughton), Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 93v-94r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1184; B 948; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 119.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 54-5, bounds describe Wroughton and Lydiard Millicent and probably Lydiard Tregorze; Darlington 1955, p. 85; Thomson 1955, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 278, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 34 (no. 163), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 57-8, 66, 'Group Three'.
A.D. 956 for 959. King Eadwig to Ælfheah, his kinsman and minister; grant of 4 hides (mansi) on the river Nadder, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 45v-48r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 25-6; K 479 and vol. iii. 453-4; B 1030; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 116.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 293-5, bounds probably describe south-western part of modern parish of Wilton; Darlington 1955, p. 92, tentatively assigns to Wilton parish; Finberg, ECW, no. 289, authentic, indiction and regnal year point to 959; HRH, p. 229, possibly genuine but doubtful, subscriptions are consistent with 958 x 959; Keynes 1980, p. 112, no conclusive argument against authenticity; cf. S 631.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Ælfhere, his comes: grant of 20 hides (mansi) at Cuddesdon, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 33 (? s. xi; BM Facs., iii. 17)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 50r-51r (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 115rv (s. xii; no bounds)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 198rv (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 437 ex MS 1; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 200-3 ex MSS 2, 3, 4; B 945 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 291-2, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 70.
Translated: Hassall 1956, pp. 28-9.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is rather later; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 17-22, on bounds; Barker 1949, p. 77, contemporary text; PN Oxon., i. 9, 10, 14, 16, 167-8, 170, 172, 176, ii. 485, on bounds; Hassall 1956, pp. 27-30; Lobel 1957, pp. 96-8, on bounds; Bishop 1971, p. xi n. 1, dates MS 1 s. xi1; Finberg 1972, p. 493, cited; Sawyer 1974, p. 114; Gelling, ECTV, no. 270, authentic, MS 1 a slightly later copy; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-60, 66, 'Group Four', p. 67 n. 127, p. 68 n. 128, pp. 68-9 n. 133, unlikely to be original; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9; Blair 1994, p. 78, on hidage; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 70, probably authentic, although MS 1 not contemporary; cf. S 588, an almost identical charter in favour of the same beneficiary.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Ælfhere, his comes; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Wormleighton, Warwicks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 55v-56r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1205; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i, 224-6; B 946; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 71.
Comments: PN Warwicks., p. 275 n., on bounds; Hart, ECNE, no. 53, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-60, 66, 68 n. 128, 'Group Four'; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9; Hooke 1996, p. 112; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 71, authentic; cf. S 587, an almost identical charter in favour of the same beneficiary.
A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Ælfric, his fidelis; grant of 40 hides (mansae) at Alresford, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 21rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1189; B 938; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 122.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 69-77, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 79, authentic; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Keynes 1980, pp. 51-3, 'Group One'; Keynes 1992, p. 86 n. 137; cf. S 1557 for fuller version of bounds.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Ælfric, his minister; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Bayworth, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 54v-55r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 116rv (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 200r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1202; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 219-21; B 932; PN Berks., iii. 726-7, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 60.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 47-56, on bounds; PN Berks., ii. 438, 444, 446, 454, 456, 459, 461, 463, iii. 718, 727-9, bounds describe modern parishes of Wootton and Sunningwell (which include Bayworth); Gelling, ECTV, no. 70, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 63-4, 'Group Two'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 60, authentic.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Ælfsige, his fidelis; grant of 25 hides (mansae) at Benham, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 52v-53r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 199v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1199; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 210-12; B 942; PN Berks., iii. 668, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 72.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 42, cited; Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 42-4, on bounds; Chaplais 1966, p. 6, compares formulation with S 433 MS 1 (= 1981 XV, p. 6); PN Berks., i. 11, 267, iii. 658, 668-9, bounds may describe whole of modern parish of Speen; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Forsberg 1979, p. 148, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 73, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-61, 66, 'Group Four'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 72, authentic.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Ælfsige, his minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Kettering, Northants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. BL Egerton 2733, 38r-40r (s. xiii)
2. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 29rv (s. xii)
3. Bodleian, Top. Northants. c. 21, 69rv (s. xviii)
4. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 127rv (s. xiii; incomplete)
Printed: K 443 and vol. iii. 439 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 381 (no. 7) ex MS 2; B 943 ex MS 2.
Comments: PN Northants., p. 184 n. 1, on bounds; Hart 1970, p. 34, on hidation; Hart, ECNE, no. 5, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 64-5, 'Group Two', p. 67 n. 127, p. 68 n. 128; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9; cf. S 1377.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Ælfswith, the faithful woman; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Corston, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 70-1 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 457 and vol. iii. 446; B 957; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 15-16; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 107.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 204-6, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 471, authentic; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6, cited; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108, p. 67 n. 127, cited; Costen 1983, p. 29, on bounds; Abrams 1996, p. 254 n. 72, on estate.
A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Ælfwine, his familiar; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Milton, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 41 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 18)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 53rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 115v-116r (s. xii; no bounds)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 199v (s. xii; bounds only)
5. Bodleian, James 21, pp. 159-60 (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: K 444 ex MS 1; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 213-15; B 935; PN Berks., iii. 714, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 54.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, doubtful if MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 111-12, on bounds; Bishop 1957, p. 333, on script; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxix, on script; Bishop 1971, p. xix, MS 1 'earliest dated attempt at Caroline minuscule'; Finberg 1972, p. 511, cited; PN Berks., i. 13, ii. 416, 523, iii. 702, 714, bounds describe modern parish of Milton; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6, not certain if MS 1 contemporary; Gelling, ECTV, no. 71, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 51-3, 62 n. 110, p. 68, 'Group One'; Dumville 1993, pp. 16, 18, 52, 142, on script, MS 1 original; Chaplais 1995, pp. 105-6, MS 1 may be a copy, perhaps written in 980s; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 54, MS 1 probably original.
Note: The words and sex cotsetlan were added by another scribe at the end of the bounds.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Ælfwine, his faithful minister and miles; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Yaxley and 5 at Farcet, Hunts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Thorney
MS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., Add. 3020, 17v-18r (s. xiv)
2. BL Add. 5937, 180v (s. xvi; abbreviated)
Printed: M 1837 ex MS 2; B 940 ex MS 2; Hart, ECEE, pp. 159-60 ex MS 1.
Comments: PN Hunts., pp. 185, 201, 202; Bishop 1957, p. 372; Hart, ECEE, no. 8 and pp. 160-5, authentic; Whitelock 1969, p. 114, corrects a reading; Finberg 1972, p. 491 n. 4, on an appurtenance; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108, pp. 65, 68 n. 128, on formulation; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Ælfwold, his faithful minister; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 22v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1186; B 960; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 120.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, p. 55, cannot identify estate; Forsberg 1942, p. 151, bounds are those of Withiel Florey; Finberg, ECW, no. 473, authentic, several landmarks in common with S 254; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 65, 68 n. 128 'Group Two'; Dumville 1993, p. 73 n. 330, cited.
A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Ælfric, his adoptivus parens; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Hanney, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 51r-52r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 59r-60r (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 199r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1191 ex MS 2*; K 1196 ex MS 1; K 1197 ex MS 2; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 204-7, 239-42, ex MSS 1, 2; B 941 ex K 1191 and MS 2*; B 949 ex MSS 1, 3; B 950 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, nos 126, 127; PN Berks., iii. 742, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 55.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 125-7, on bounds; John 1966, p. 182, on formulation; HRH, p. 229, subscriptions are consistent; PN Berks., i. 8, 14, 17, ii. 477, iii. 739, 742-3, bounds describe East Hanney, although correspondence with later parish is not exact; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Gelling, ECTV, no. 72, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 49 n. 93, pp. 51-3, 62 n. 110, 63 n. 111, 'Group One'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 63, cited; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 55, probably authentic, although versions of the text in MSS 1, 2 are very different and it is difficult to decide priority.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his princeps; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Chidden in Hambledon, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 67rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1192; B 976; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 124.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 108-10, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 82, authentic; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and his estates, p. 31 (no. 116), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 65, 67 n. 127, p. 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'; Pile 1984, revises Grundy's interpretation of bounds; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, discusses beneficiary.
A.D. 956 (? ii). King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his karus; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Niwantune. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 176v = p. 352 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 944; Sawyer, Burton, no. 16.
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, p. 95; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and his estates; Hart, ECNE, p. 169 (no. xvi), authentic, estate unidentified; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xxix, 26, authentic, possibly refers to Newton Solney, Derbys.; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108, pp. 65, 68 nn. 128, 131, truncated witness-list but may belong to 'Group Two'; Hart 1992, p. 313, authentic, pp. 445-9, on Eadwig's charters; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, on beneficiary.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelhild, the noble lady; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Droxford, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 102rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1181; B 953.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 79-81, bounds cover Swanmore and part of Droxford; Finberg, ECW, no. 80, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 35 (no. 177), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 64, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 63, on relationship with S 601.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelhild, the noble lady; grant of 15.5 hides (mansae) at Ipplepen, Dainton and Abbotskerswell, Devon, and also 1 hide (hiwisc) at Bittleford in Widdecombe and 1 at Bromleage (? Brimley in Bovey Tracy), Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Sherborne (ex Horton)
MS: BL Add. 46487, 30rv (s. xii med.)
Printed: B 952; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 18.
Comments: PN Devon, i. 513 n., on bounds, and i. 467, 526, on identifications; Rose-Troup 1933, pp. 55-8, on bounds; Finberg ECDC, p. 12 (no. 35); Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 64, 68 nn. 128, 131, 'Group Two'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 62-4, authentic, reference to hides at Bittleford and Bromleage probably a late addition; Hooke 1990/1, p. 194, on topography and assessment; Hooke 1994, pp. 152-5, on bounds; cf. S 600.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Æthelnoth, minister; grant of land at Darlaston, near Stone, Staffs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Burton
MSS: 1. Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/1/41 (? s. x med. or s. xi2; BA Facs. 4; Hart, ECNE, frontispiece; Sawyer, Burton, pl. II, in part)
2. Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 176v = p. 352 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 954 ex MS 2; Hart, ECNE, pp. 172-4 ex MS 1; Sawyer, Burton, no. 17 ex MSS, 1, 2; Hooke 1983, pp. 85, 87, bounds only.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, p. 96 (no. 16).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, p. 97; Hart 1970/1, p. 24, on endorsement; Hart, ECNE, no. 86 and pp. 174-9, authentic, MS 1 contemporary copy, discusses bounds; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xiii, 28-9, suspicious because MS 1 is a later imitative copy; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-60, 'Group Four', pp. 68-9 n. 133, unlikely to be original, cf. S 646; Keynes 1980/1, p. 216, on formulation; Brooks 1982, p. 464, more likely to be an original than a later forgery; Hooke 1983, pp. 85, 87-9, on bounds; PN Staffs., i. 16; BA Facs., p. 4, not clear if MS 1 contemporary or later copy; Hart 1992, pp. 445-7, on Eadwig's charters; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 71, MS 1 written in imitative script.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelnoth, his faithful minister; grant of 13 hides (mansae) at Fyfield, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 57v-58r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1206; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 232-4; B 977; PN Berks., iii. 709, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 61.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 109-10, on bounds; PN Berks., i. 14, ii. 408-9, iii. 701, 709, bounds describe southern part of modern parish of Fyfield; Forsberg 1979, pp. 148-9, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 78, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 65, 66, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 61, authentic.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelsige, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at East Stoke on Hayling Island, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 100rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1193; B 979; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 125.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, p. 126, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 83, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 35 (no. 174), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 65, 66, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'.
A.D. 955 or 956. King Eadwig to Æthelwold, abbot, and his abbey at Abingdon; grant of 20 hides (mansiunculae) at Abingdon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original.
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 147-8, 153-4 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 44v-45v (s. xiii)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 113v (s. xii; no bounds)
5. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 198v (s. xii; bounds only)
6. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 31r, 32rv (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 441 and vol. iii. 437-8 ex MS 2; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 175-8 ex MSS 3, 4, 5; B 924 ex MSS 2, 3, 4, 5; Earle, pp. 374-5, bounds only, ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 101; PN Berks., iii. 735, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 52.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 102, 137-41, on bounds; HRH, p. 229, subscriptions consistent; Whitelock 1973, pp. 241, 246 n. 80, dubious; PN Berks., i. 14, 15, ii. 438, 453, 459, iii. 719, 735-7, bounds seem to describe the same area as S 567, corresponding to modern parishes of Abingdon, Kennington and Radley, and part of St Helen's Without; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Gelling, ECTV, no. 68, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, pp. 49-50, 53, p. 62 n. 108, witness-list points to date very early in 956; Keynes 1994, probably a forgery, with some elements of 'Dunstan B' formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 53, authenticity uncertain, in MSS 3 and 4 the date is 955.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelwold, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bleadon, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 107v-108r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1182; B 959.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 154-60, on bounds; Bishop 1957/1, p. 372; Finberg, ECW, no. 472, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 185), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 63-4, 'Group Two'; Abrams 1996, p. 51, on boundary mark, p. 63 n. 75, on estate.
Note: The succession to the estate is restricted to the beneficiary's descendants (in genere suo).
A.D. 956 (ii; 13 Feb.). King Eadwig to Æthelwold, abbot, and his monks; grant of a wood at Hawkridge, Berks., for the building of a church at Abingdon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 46r-47r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 114v-115r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 199r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1208; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 183-5; B 919; Earle, pp. 385-6, bounds only; PN Berks., iii. 645, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 57.
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 42, spurious; Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 210-11, on bounds; HRH, p. 229, doubtful, but subscriptions are consistent; PN Berks., i. 16, 154, iii. 640-1, 645, bounds describe area in northern part of the modern parish of Bucklebury; Forsberg 1979, p. 149, on detail of bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 67, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, pp. 50, 54-6, 63-4, 'Group Two', p. 56 n. 105, may be spurious, but the witness-list is genuine; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 57, probably authentic.
A.D. 906 for 956 (i). King Eadwig to Æthelwold, his fidelis; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Wudetune. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 110rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1183; B 969; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 118.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, p. 64; Ekwall 1929, p. 26, suggests it is a lost estate in Offlow Hundred, Staffs; Ekwall, DEPN, p. 85, under Cannock; Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 189), authentic; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Keynes 1980, pp. 52-3, 62 n. 110, 'Group One', verbal parallels with S 594; Hooke 1983, p. 32, not Staffs.; PN Staffs., i. 56 (citing wrong ref.), not Staffs.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Alfred, his optimas; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Didlington in Chalbury and 1 at Uddens in Holt, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 32v-36r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 19-21; K 454 and vol. iii. 444-5; B 958; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 105.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Dorset 1934, pp. 112-14, on bounds of Didlington; Grundy, Dorset 1936, pp. 121-3, on bounds of Uddens; Finberg, ECW, no. 599, authentic; Forsberg 1968, pp. 18-19, bounds probably coterminous with parish of Chalbury; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 65, 66 n. 125, p. 67 n. 127, 'Group Two'; PN Dorset, ii. 134-6, 152-3, 158.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to St Peter's Abbey, Bath, and to Wulfgar, abbot; grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Tidenham, Gloucs., of which 3 are to belong to the abbot. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 57-8 (s. xii2)
2. BL Lansdowne 863, 89v (s. xvi)
Printed: K 452 and vol. iii. 444; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 264 (no. 4); B 927; Earle, pp. 375-6, bounds only; Hunt, Bath. Carts., pp. 5-6.
Comments: Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 239-43, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 11, 14; iii. 268-9, 369; Finberg, ECWM, no. 101, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 414 n. 4, pp. 511-12, cited; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-60, 66, 67 n. 127, 'Group Four'; cf. S 1426, 1555.
A.D. 956 (iv; Cheddar, Somerset, 29 Nov.). King Eadwig to Beorhtnoth, his faithful princeps; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Tadmarton, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 161-2 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 49v-50r (s. xiii)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 117r (s. xii; no bounds)
5. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix. 200r (s. xii; bounds only)
6. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 33r (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 448 and vol. iii. 442; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 197-200 ex MSS 3, 4, 5; B 966; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 73.
Comments: Grundy, Oxon., pp. 66-7, on bounds; Whitelock 1966, p. 102, authentic, on reference to a palace at Cheddar; PN Oxon., ii. 406-7, 421, 488, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 273, authentic, bounds describe area in east of modern parish of Tadmarton; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-61, 66, 67 n. 127, 'Group Four', p. 68 n. 131, on pictorial invocation; Hart 1992, p. 132 n. 51, pp. 445-9; Balir 1996, p. 119, on reference to Cheddar; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 73, authentic.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Beornric, his faithful minister; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at (Little) Langford, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 69r-71r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 37-8; K 446 and vol. iii. 439-40; B 934.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 282-3, bounds are those of Little Langford; Darlington 1955, p. 93; Finberg, ECW, no. 277, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-60, 66, 68 n. 128, 'Group Four'; Abrams 1996, pp. 158-60, on estate history.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Beornric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Poolhampton, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 40rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1187; B 974; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 121.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 179-80, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 81, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 29 (no. 68), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-60, 66, 67 n. 127, p. 68 n. 128, 'Group Four'.
A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Brihthelm, his faithful presbyter; grant of land at Kennington, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 53v-54r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 115r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 199r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1200; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 216-18; B 971: Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 128; PN Berks., iii. 725, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 56.
Comments: Stubbs, Memorials, p. xcii n.; Stenton 1913, p. 48; Grundy, Berks. 1926, pp. 102-5, on bounds; Sisam 1953/1, p. 342 n. 3; Forsberg 1973, p. 14, on bounds; Whitelock 1973, p. 235, on beneficiary; PN Berks., ii. 453-4, 457, iii. 717-18, 725-6, bounds describe modern parish of Kennington, with part of Radley; Gelling, ECTV, no. 75, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 50-3, 'Group One'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 56, authentic; cf. S 1292.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Brihthelm, his kinsman, bishop-elect; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at (Church) Stowe, Northants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 159-60 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 33v (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 449 and vol. iii. 443; B 986; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 102; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 62.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 41, cited; PN Northants., p. 30 n., on bounds; John 1960, p. 99, authentic; Hart 1970, pp. 33, 34, on hidation; O'Donovan 1973, p. 107, on beneficiary; Whitelock 1973, p. 235, on beneficiary; Hart, ECNE, no. 6, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 50, 54-6, 64-5, 67 n. 127, p. 68 n. 128, 'Group Two', p. 68 n. 131, on pictorial invocation; Brown et al. 1981, on bounds; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 62, authentic.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Brihthelm, bishop, and the brethren of Chichester; grant of 60 hides (mansae). Latin.
Archive: Selsey
MSS: 1. Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/1 (Liber A), 23v (s. xiv)
2. Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/2 (Liber B), 19rv (s. xiv)
3. Chichester, W.S.R.O., Ep. VI/1/6 (Liber Y), 75rv (s. xiii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 120 ex MS 2; K 459 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1166 (no. 17); B 930 ex MSS 1, 2; Barker 1949, pp. 73-4 (no. 36), with translation, pp. 75-6; Kelly, Selsey, no. 19.
Comments: Barker 1949, pp. 76-9; Peckham, Chichester Cart., no. 56; Whitelock 1973, p. 235, spurious; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108, p. 67 n. 127, anomlaous witness-list; Kelly, Selsey, pp. 79-80, probably spurious but modelled on genuine diploma of 956.
Note. According to the rubric in MS 3 the 60 hides were located in Oving, Eartham, Halnaker and Up Waltham, Sussex.
A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to Brihtnoth, his minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Tadmarton, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 48r-49r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 116v (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 200rv (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1195; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 191-4; B 964; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 67.
Comments: Grundy, Oxon., pp. 64-5, on bounds; PN Oxon., i. 14, ii. 488; Chaplais 1968, pp. 328-9, proem includes passage borrowed from Marculf's Formulary (= 1973, p. 79); Gelling, ECTV, no. 271, authentic, bounds describe northern part of modern parish of Tadmarton; Keynes 1980, pp. 57-8, 'Group Three'; Hart 1992, p. 132 n. 51, pp. 445-9; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 67, authentic; cf. S 584, 611, 618.
A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to Brihtric, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Tadmarton, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 43 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 19)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 49rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 116v-117r (s. xii; no bounds)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 200v (s. xii; bounds only)
5. Bodleian, James 21, pp. 158-9 (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: K 453; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 194-7; B 965; Earle, pp. 192-3, incomplete; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 66.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 65-6, on bounds; Barker 1949, p. 73; PN Oxon., i. 14, 15, 18, ii. 406-7, 421, 488; Gelling, ECTV, no. 272, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 57-8, 66, 'Group Three', p. 68, apparent original; Hart 1992, p. 132 n. 51, pp. 445-9; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 71, script of MS 1 not s. x med., perhaps s. x2; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 66, original; cf. S 584, 611, 617.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Eadric, his faithful minister; grant of 50 hides (mansae) at Meon, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 38v-39r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1190; B 982; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 123.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 205-9, bounds cover part of East Meon, with Steep, Langrish and Oakshott in Froxfield; PN Sussex, i., p. xliv, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 84, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 28 (no. 66), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-61, 68 n. 128, 'Group Four'.
A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Eadric, his man; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Padworth, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 57rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 58rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1204; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 230-1, 235-6; B 984; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 129; PN Berks., iii. 645, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 74.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 41; Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 117-20, on bounds; PN Berks., i. 214, iii. 641, 645-6, on bounds; Forsberg 1979, p. 145, on detail of bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 80, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-60, 68 n. 128, 'Group Four'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 74, authentic, charter is duplicated in the cartulary without significant variants.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Eadric, his carus; grant of 16 hides (cassati) at Pyrford, Surrey. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 55rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1203; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 222-4; B 955; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 63.
Comments: PN Surrey, p. 132 n., bounds include Pyrford, Horsell and part of Woking; Gelling, ECTV, no. 330, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 64-5, p, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'; Blair 1991, pp. 32, 111-12, on bounds; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 63, authentic.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Eadric, his minister; grant of 22 hides (mansae) at Welford, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 52rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 115v (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 199r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1198; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 207-10; B 963; PN Berks., iii. 665-6, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 64.
Comments: Baring 1909; Grundy, Berks. 1928, pp. 23-30, on bounds; PN Berks., i. 12, 272, iii. 657-8, 665-7, bounds similar to those of S 552; Forsberg 1979, pp. 145-8, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 74, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 65, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 64, authentic.
A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to Eadwig, his faithful minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Braunston, Northants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Burton
MSS: 1. Burton-on-Trent, Museum, Burton Muniment 2 (s. xi; OS Facs., iii, Anglesey 1)
2. Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 176r = p. 351 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 978; Sawyer, Burton, no. 14.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 97-8 (no. 17).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 98-9; Ekwall 1925, pp. 153-4; PN Northants., pp. 14-15, on bounds; Jeayes 1937, no. 2; Beresford 1957, pp. 41-4, on bounds; Hart 1970, pp. 34-5, on hidage; Hart, ECNE, no. 4 and p. 169, reservations about authenticity, MS 1 perhaps a slightly later copy, possibly written by an Abingdon scribe; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 23-4, MS 1 appears to be an 11th-century copy of an authentic charter; Keynes 1980, pp. 57-9, 68 n. 128, 'Group Three', p. 68 nn. 130, 133, unlikely to be original; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9, on Eadwig's charters; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 71, MS 1 written in imitative script.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Edmund, his optimas; grant of 10 (altered to 16) hides (cassati) at Annington, Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 45 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 20)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 56v-57r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, James 21, pp. 156-7 (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: K 445 and vol. iii, p 439; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 227-9; B 961; Earle, p. 193, incomplete; Barker 1949, pp. 79-81, with translation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 65.
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 42, authentic; Barker 1949, pp. 81-2, contemporary; Bishop 1957/1, pp. 371-2, scribe also wrote S 646; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxviii, on script; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, original, written by Winchester scribe also responsible for S 646 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Parkes 1976, p. 163 n. 4, on script; Sawyer, Burton, p. 26, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 63-5, 'Group Two', p. 67, on scribe, p. 68 n. 131, on chrismon; Forsberg 1984, p. 10; BA Facs., p. 4, queries script-identification with S 646; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, on script; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 65, MS 1 original.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Elswius, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Nettleton, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 202v (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 234v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 50 (no. 98) ex MS 2; B 933 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 646 (no. 1199) ex MS 1.
Comments: Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. p. ccxvi, probably originally a grant to a layman, reference to abbot is interpolated; Finberg, ECW, no. 276, authentic basis; HRH, p. 229, ? interpolated, subscriptions are possible but only 3 survive; Keynes 1980, p. 33 n. 56, p. 62 n. 108, p. 68 n. 128; Scott 1981, p. 203 n. 119, abbot's name probably interpolated; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 35, 39, on MS sources, pp. 179-80, on estate, authenticity of charter uncertain; cf. S 504.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to St Mary's, Glastonbury; confirmation of a vineyard with 2 hides (mansiunculae) at Panborough, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 134rv (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 149v (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 76 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 33)
Printed: K 438 and vol. vi. 236 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 46-7 (no. 8) ex MS 2; B 920 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 362-3 (no. 638), ex MS 1.
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 42, spurious; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 113-14, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 470, authentic basis; Hudson and Neale 1983, bounds cover all of Panborough and Northload; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108; Scott 1981, pp. 120, 203 n. 119; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 33, 35, 38, on MS sources, pp. 130-1, 191-3, on estate history, charter may represent a grant fo liberty for an estate already in Glastonbury's possession, p. 322; cf. S 607.
A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Hehelm, his fidelis; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Bathampton, Somerset, with a note that Hehelm promised the land to Bath Abbey after his death. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 76-75* (s. xii2)
Printed: K 440 and vol. iii. 436-7; B 973; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 20-1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 100.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 213-14, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 474, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 52-3, 62 n. 110, p. 67 n. 127, 'Group One'.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Mæglsothen, his man; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Mortune (? Morton, Derbys.). Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 176rv = pp. 351-2 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 951; Sawyer, Burton, no. 15.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, p. 94 (no. 14).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, p. 95; Hart, ECNE, no. 106 and p. 169, authentic, p. 347, on beneficiary's name; Sawyer, Burton, p. 25, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9, on Eadwig's charters.
A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Malmesbury Abbey; grant of 100 hides (mansae) at Brokenborough, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15667, 12r (s. xiii)
2. BL Lansdowne 417, 18v-19v (s. xiv/xv)
3. PRO E 164/27, 131v-132r (s. xiii)
4. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 41v-43r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 460 ex MS 2; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 311-13 ex MS 3; B 921 ex Brewer and MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Darlington 1955, p. 88; Watkin 1956, p. 213 and n. 75; Finberg, ECW, no. 275, authentic, perhaps abbreviated; Keynes 1980, pp. 52-3, 62 n. 110, p. 67 n. 127, 'Group One'; Haslam 1984, p. 112, on estate; cf. S 1577.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to the minster at Shaftesbury; grant of 80 (or 90) hides (mansae), with the bounds of land at Donhead (St Andrew and ? St Mary) and Easton Bassett, Wilts.; and at Compton Abbas, Sixpenny Handley and Iwerne Minster, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 20v-21v (s. xv)
Printed: K 447 and vol. iii. 440-1; B 970; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 21.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 34-6, 57-60, on bounds; Grundy, Dorset 1935, pp. 114-17, on bounds; Grundy, Dorset 1936, pp. 116-18, 131-4, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 95; Finberg, ECW, no. 281, authentic; Barker 1967, p. 85, unreliable; Forsberg 1970, pp. 41-2, on part of bounds; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Keynes 1980, p. 62 nn. 108, 110; Jackson 1984, pp. 168-9, on part of Donhead bounds; PN Dorset, ii. 266, iii. 99-102, 113-24, 128-9, 131, 139; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 86-92, authenticity uncertain, not genuine in present form, but cf. S 582, 629.
A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Wigstan (Wistan), his fidelis; grant of 4 hides (mansae) on the river Nadder (at Burcombe, Wilts.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 48v-50r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, p. 27; K 456 and vol. iii. 446; B 985; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 106.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 236-8, bounds describe part of Burcombe; Forsberg 1950, p. 86, on beginning of bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 92, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 283, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 52-3, 67 n. 127, 'Group One'; Meyer 1981, pp. 351-2, cited; cf. S 586.
A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Wihtsige, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Corfe and Blashenwell, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 16v-17v (s. xv)
Printed: K vol. iii. 433, bounds only; Finberg, ECW, p. 171, witness-list only; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 19.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1935, pp. 123-8; Finberg, ECW, no. 598, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108, on witness-list, p. 68 n. 128, on formulation; PN Dorset, i. 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 18, 26-33; Hinton 1994, esp. pp. 12-16, on bounds; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 78-80, authentic, covers estate adjacent to that in S 534; cf. S 573, a fabrication conflating S 534 and 632.
A.D. 956 (Cirencester, Gloucs.). King Eadwig to Worcester minster, at the instance of Brihtnoth; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Phepson in Himbleton, Worcs., with salt-furnaces. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 150r-151r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 333-4; K 451; B 937; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 104.
Translated: Jones 1958, pp. 106-7.
Comments: Robinson 1923, p. 59; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 151-2, on bounds; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, unsatisfactory; Drögereit 1952, pp. 62-5; Finberg, ECWM, no. 280, authentic; Hart 1972, p. 126, on formulation; Dumville 1979, p. 7 n.; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends the 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; Keynes 1980, p. 49 n. 93, p. 62 n. 108, p. 82 n. 165; Hooke 1981/1, pp. 149-50, on salt-workings; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hooke 1990, pp. 167-9, on bounds, with map p. 168; Hart 1992, pp 132, 431-45, on formulation.
A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to Wulfric, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) in the common land at Charlton, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 58v-59r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1207; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 237-8; B 925; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 130; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 69.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 42; Bishop 1957/1, p. 372; Finberg 1972, pp. 488, 489-90; PN Berks., ii. 474; Gelling, ECTV, no. 69, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 57-8, 'Group Three'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 69, authentic.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Wulfric, one of his proceres; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin. with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 17rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1188; B 962.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 55-7, canot trace bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 84; Bishop 1957/1, p. 372; Finberg, ECW, no. 279, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 26 (no. 30), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-5, 63-5, 68 n. 128, 'Group Two'.
A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Wulfric, his princeps; grant of 7 hides (cassati) at Millbrook, with a haga in Southampton, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive. Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 12 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 21)
2. BL Add. 15350, 63v-64r (s. xii)
3. BL Add. 15350, 78rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 450 ex MS 1; B 926 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 194-5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 103.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 contemporary; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 242-4, on bounds; Barker 1949, p. 77, contemporary; Burgess 1964; Finberg, ECW, no. 78, original; Ker, Catalogue, p. lix, scribe of MS 1 probably wrote 951 annal in Parker Chronicle (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 173); Chaplais 1965, p. 57 n. 81, pp. 59-60, original, Winchester scribe (= 1973, p. 38 n. 81, pp. 41-2); Hart 1970/1, p. 31 (no. 110), p. 33 (no. 136), original; Keynes 1980, pp. 20-1, 25, 54-5, 65, 'Group Two', p. 67, on scribe, p. 68 n. 131, on chrismon; Chaplais 1985, p. 49, restates Winchester attribution of scribe; Dumville 1992, pp. 63-4 and n. 63, queries attribution of scribe and script to Winchester, S 636 a royal-chancery product; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, on script; Hough 1996, on element in bounds.
A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Wulfric, the huntsman; grant of 1.5 hides at Zeals and Donhead, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Christ Church (Twynham)
MS: BL Cotton Tib. D. vi, 27v (s. xiv)
Printed: K 458, with wrong reference; B 968 ex K.
Comments: PN Devon, ii. 375 n.; PN Wilts., p. xl; Finberg, ECDC, p. 16; Darlington 1955, p. 78; Finberg, ECW, no. 280, authentic, note on identifications; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Keynes 1980, pp. 52-3, 63 n. 112, p. 68, 'Group One'.
A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to Wynsige, his faithful minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 41v-42r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1185; B 983.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 283-8, on bounds; Grundy, Hants. 1921, p. 64; Finberg, ECW, no. 282, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 28 (no. 71), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 57-8, 68 n. 128, 'Group Three'; cf. S 763.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Ælfheah, his very faithful dux; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Buckland, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 60rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 116r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 199v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1210; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 242-4; B 1005; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 131; PN Berks., iii. 715, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 75.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 230-3, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 338, date could be wrongly copied, Ælfheah may not have become earl until 959; PN Berks., i. 16, ii. 385, iii. 702, 715-16, bounds cannot be identified precisely; Gelling, ECTV, no. 84, authentic; Rumble 1987, p. 223, on place-name; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 75, probably authentic, dating clause likely to be unreliable.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Ælfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 19rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1209; B 1004.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 298-9, bounds describe lands of Bishopstone; Darlington 1955, p. 84; Finberg, ECW, no. 287, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 26 (no. 33), authentic.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Sotwell, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MS: Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 24rv (s. xv)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 314 (omits bounds); Edward, Liber de Hyda, pp. 170-3; B 988; PN Berks., iii. 763, bounds only.
Comments: Field 1905, pp. 110-12; Field 1906, pp. 7-12; Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 218-20, on bounds; Whitelock, Wills, p. 117; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and his estates, p. 17 n. 3, wholly authentic; PN Berks., ii. 516, 529, iii. 751, 763, bounds describe modern parish of Sotwell; Gelling, ECTV, no. 82, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 124, p. 69 n. 134, on formulation; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, on beneficiary; cf. S 1496.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Æthelred, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Upton (Lovell), Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 31r-32v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 18-19; K 468; B 992; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 112.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 60-2, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 391-4; Darlington 1955, p. 93; Finberg, ECW, no. 285, authentic.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to St Peter's Abbey, Bath; grant, at the request of his sacerdos Wulfgar, of 10 hides (mansae) at Bathford, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 75*-77 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 463 and vol. iii. 451; B 1001; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 22-3; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 110.
Comments: Skrine 1883; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 215-16, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 476, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134, on formulation.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Huna; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Lym. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 189r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 212v (s. xiv)
Printed: B 995 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 578 (no. 1063) ex MS 1.
Comments: Finberg, ECDC, p. 11 (no. 27); Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 110, on formulation; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 36, 29, on MS sources, pp. 155-7, estate probably at Colway in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
A.D. 957. (a) King Eadwig to Lyfing, his faithful minister; grant of 9 hides (mansae) at Loceresleage (for Lotheresleage, lost, in Hendon) and at Tunworth (lost, in Kingsbury), Middx. Latin with English bounds.
(b) The bounds of Battersea, Surrey. English.Archive: Westminster
MSS: 1. London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. IV (s. xii; OS Facs., ii. Westminster 3; Taylor 1925, plate 26)
2. BL Add. 4558, 151r-154r (s. xviii)
Printed: B 994.
Comments: Browning 1891, pp. 216-17; Taylor 1925, pp. 9-16, 304; PN Surrey, p. 12 n.; PN Middx, pp. 5, 6, 9, 50 n., 61-3, 219-20, bounds include present parish of Kingsbury and northern part of Hendon, Addendum p. xxxiii; Hart 1953, p. 26 = Hart, ECEE, p. 141, bounds of Battersea closely related to those in S 1248; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, probably authentic; Gelling, ECTV, no. 220, authentic, and no. 351, on bounds; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 125, on formulation; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9, on Eadwig's charters.
A.D. 957 (Edington, Wilts., 9 May). King Eadwig to Oda, archbishop; grant of 40 hides at Ely, Cambs. Latin.
Archive: probably Ely
MSS: 1. Bodleian, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. V (s. x med.; BA Facs., 5; Bishop 1957/1, plate 1, part only)
2. BL Add. 5819, 3r (s. xviii)
Printed: K 465 ex MS 2; B 999 ex MS 2; B 1347 ex MS 1; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 10-11 (no. 5) ex MS 1.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, pp. 80-8, original; Plummer 1899, p. 94, on identification; Robinson 1919, p. 44 n. 1, on identification; Robinson 1923, p. 119; Miller 1951, p. 15; Bishop 1957/1, pp. 371-2, scribe also wrote S 624; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, original, witten by Winchester scribe also responsible for S 624 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Hart, ECEE, no. 52, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 365, cited; Sawyer, Burton, p. 28, chrismon similar to those of S 602 and 649; Keynes 1980, pp. 25, 67, 68 n. 133, probably written by royal scribe; Sawyer 1983, p. 293, on meeting-place; Brooks 1984, pp. 224, 354 n. 55, probably a personal gift to Oda, not intended to enrich Canterbury; BA Facs., p. 4, original, clearly from Ely, queries script-identification with S 624; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9, on Eadwig's charters; Dumville 1993, p. 94; Wareham 1996, p. 47, on estate.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Oswulf, bishop; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Stanton St Bernard, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 16r-18r (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 7-8; K 467 and vol. iii. 454-5; B 998; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 111.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 210-15, same bounds in S 685; Darlington 1955, pp. 10, 91; Finberg, ECW, no. 286, authentic; cf. S 685, covering the same estate and in favour of the same beneficiary.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to New Minster, Winchester; grant of 7 hides (cassati) at South Heighton, Sussex. Latin with bounds in Old English, Middle English and Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MS: Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 24r (s. xv)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 314; Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 167-70; B 1000.
Comments: Forsberg 1950, pp. 208-9; Bell 1978, p. 44 and p. 231 n. 20, confirms identification; Keynes 1980, p. 112 n. 85, forged, probably at same time as S 360, 370; Brooks 1982, pp. 193-4, probably forged at end of 10th century; Keynes 1996, p. 34 n. 1, spurious.
A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Wulfstan, his faithful minister; grant of 9 hides (mansae) at Conington, Hunts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: Winchester, D. & C., Library Showcase (s. x med.; OS Facs., ii. Winchester 2)
Printed: B 1003.
Comments: Stevenson 1912, p. 8, contemporary; PN Hunts., pp. 182, 187; Drögereit 1935, pp. 391-4; Chaplais 1965, p. 57 n. 81, on endorsement, pp. 59-60, original, written by Winchester scribe (= 1973, p. 38 n. 81, pp. 41-2); Hart, ECEE, no. 9, original, discusses bounds; Chaplais 1968, p. 332 n. 169, step from wrapping-tie (= 1973, p. 83 n. 169); Potts 1974, p. 1, on a boundary mark; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 24, on step from wrapping-tie (= 1981, XIV 16 n. 24); Sawyer, Burton, p. 28, chrismon very similar to those of S 602, 646; Keynes 1980, pp. 17, 67, original; Hart 1992, pp. 447-8, original; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, 160, on script.
A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Ædwold (Eadwold), his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Drayton, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 61rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 199v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1213; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 247-9; B 1032; PN Berks., iii. 712, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 78.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 99-100, on bounds; Finberg 1972, p. 489, cited; O'Donovan 1972, p. 33, acceptable; PN Berks., i. 13, 14, 15, 17-18, ii. 406, iii. 702, 712, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 89, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 125, on formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 78, authentic.
A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Cenric, his faithful propincernarius; grant of 2 hides (cassaturae) at Cern (? Pusey, Berks.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 61v-62r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1214; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 250-1; B 1035; PN Berks., iii. 705, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 79.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 48 n. 2, estate is in Dorset; Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 235-6, bounds of Charney Basset, Berks.; PN Berks., ii. 389-90, 477, iii. 699, 705-6, bounds probably refer to a small estate in the north of Pusey; Forsberg 1979, p. 143, queries Berks. identification, estate perhaps located near river Char in Dorset; Gelling, ECTV, no. 91, authentic; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 79, authentic.
A.D. 958 (for 959). King Eadwig to Ceolweard, minister; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Hamp, near Bridgewater, Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Athelney
MS: Oxford, Dr D. Rogers, pp. 89-91 (s. xviii)
Printed: Finberg, ECW, no. 483 (pp. 140-1).
Translated: Bates, Athelney Register, pp. 145-6.
Comments: Bates, Athelney Register, p. 146; Robinson 1918, p. 66, authentic, date should be 959; Stenton 1955, p. 23, authentic, considers subscription of Archbishop Brihthelm; Finberg, ECW, no. 483, authentic; O'Donovan 1972, p. 34, on attestation of Archbishop Brihthelm, indiction points to 959; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134, cited.
A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Eadheah, his faithful man; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) and 25 segetes at Ayshford in Burlescombe and Boehill in Sampford Peverell, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 67v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1211; B 1027; Hooke 1994, p. 156, bounds only.
Comments: Ekwall 1925, pp. 155-6, on bounds; PN Devon, ii. 546 n., on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 391-4, accepted; Finberg, ECDC, no. 36 (p. 12); Hart 1970/1, p. 31 (no. 117), authentic; Finberg 1971, on bounds; Finberg 1972, p. 494, on estate; Hooke 1994, pp. 156-60, on bounds.
A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Eadric, his faithful minister; grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Longworth, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi., 60v-61r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1212; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 245-7; B 1028; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 132; PN Berks., iii. 706, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 80.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1926, pp. 116-17, on bounds; John 1966, pp. 197-8, genuine, discusses estate history; PN Berks., i. 14, ii. 392, 393, 395, iii. 699-700, 706, bounds probably describe modern parishes of Longworth and Draycott Moor; Gelling, ECTV, no. 88, authentic; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 80, authentic.
A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Wulfgar Leofa, his karus: grant of land at Shaftesbury, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 16v (s. xv)
Printed: K 470 and vol. iii. 452; B 1026; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 22.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1938, p. 75, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 602, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134, on formulation; PN Dorset, iii. 139, 148, 153, 156, 158; Rutter 1989, on bounds; Kelly, Shaftesbury, p. 94, authentic, number of hides is left blank in MS.
A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Wulfgar, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Thornton in Marnhull and Iwerne Courtney, Dorset, to be attached to the beneficiary's estate at Hinton St Mary (cf. S 502). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MSS: 1. BL Harley 61, 6rv (s. xv)
2. Bodleian, Dodsworth 38, 5v-6r (s. xvii; ex 1; bounds omitted)
Printed: Hutchins 1774, ii. 509 (bounds omitted); K 474 and vol. iii. 453; B 1033; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 114; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 23.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1936, pp. 129-31, on bounds; Grundy, Dorset 1937, pp. 95-9, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 603, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134, on formulation; PN Dorset, ii. 37, 41, iii. 110, 112, 128, 138, 159, 164, 171, 178; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 96-8, authentic, but some possibility of interpolation.
A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Wulfric, his most faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Denchworth, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 62rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1215; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 252-4; B 1034; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 81.
Comments: PN Berks., i. 8, 12, 292-3, ii. 472; Gelling, ECTV, no. 90, authentic, same bounds as S 529; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 81, authentic; cf. S 529, 687.
A.D. 959 (17 May). King Eadwig to Abingdon Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of lands. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 43r-44v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 112v-113r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1224; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 169-74; Thorpe, pp. 192-5; B 1046; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 4; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 83.
Comments: Stubbs, Memorials, pp. xciv-v, no decisive mark of forgery, MS omits the difficult subscription of Archbishop Oda; Plummer 1899, p. 151, doubtful; Stevenson 1912, p. 6, n. 17, suspicious; John 1966, pp. 186-209, esp. 188-94, substantially authentic, discusses Orthodoxorum formulation; HRH, p. 229, doubtful; O'Donovan 1972, pp. 33-4, on dating difficulties; Whitelock 1973, p. 244 n. 47, suspicious; Brooks 1974, pp. 229-30, charter-type suspicious; Gelling, ECTV, no. 93, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, p. 27 n. 40, pp. 98-100, spurious, based on S 876; Lapidge 1993, pp. 127, 188; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 83, almost certainly authentic; cf. S 673, 786, 788, 812, 876.
A.D. 956 for 959. See S 586. King Eadwig to Ælfheah, his kinsman and minister; grant of 5 hides (mansi) on the river Nadder, Wilts.
A.D. 958 for 959. King Eadwig to Oscytel, bishop; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Southwell, with dependencies at Normanton, Upton, Fiskerton, Farnsfield, Kirklington, Morton, Gibsmere, Bleasby, Goverton, Halloughton and Halam, Notts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: York
MS: York, D. & C., Mag. Reg. Alb., pt 1, 58r-59r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 129; K 472 (without bounds); Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1176 (no. 3); B 1029; B 1348, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 113; Farrer, EYC, no. 2, with translation of bounds, pp. 8-9.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 108 (pp. 556-7); Lyth 1982, p. 60.
Comments: Stenton 1910, pp. 79-81, seems to be founded on a 10th-century original; Farrer, EYC, pp. 7-10, citing Stevenson, authentic, date should be 956; Harmer, Writs, p. 75, unexceptionable; Stenton 1955, pp. 67-8; Stenton 1970, pp. 364-70, on background; Stenton 1971, pp. 365, 436, 494-5, 514, cited; Finberg 1972, pp. 464, 491, 492, 523; Hart, ECNE, no. 114, authentic basis, date and error, indiction points to 956; Whitelock, EHD, p. 556, treats as authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 62 n. 108, p. 67 n. 127, p. 68 n. 128, on formulation; Lyth 1982, on bounds; Keynes 1986, p. 84, cited; Hart 1992, pp. 313-14, 316, 447; Lyth and Davies 1992, on bounds; Faith 1997, p. 44.
A.D. 959. King Eadwig to New Minster, Winchester; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Bighton, Hants., with lease, for life, by the Minster to Ælfric, the king's minister, in return for 60 mancuses of gold. Latin with bounds in Old English, Middle English and Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MS: Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, LIber Abbatiae, 24v-25r (s. xv)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 318 (omits bounds); Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 174-8; B 1045.
Comments: Robinson 1918, p. 65, peculiar form of Archbishop Brihthelm's attestation vindicated by S 652; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 107-8, on bounds; Stenton 1955, pp. 22-3, abnormal in form but undoubtedly genuine; Finberg, ECW, no. 88, authentic; HRH, p. 229, doubtful in form, subscriptions consistent but not numerous; O'Donovan 1972, p. 34; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134, cited
A.D. 961 for 956 (iv). King Eadwig to the church of St Peter, Bath; restitution of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Weston, near Bath, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 75-6 and recto and verso of slip between pp. 76 and 75* (s. xii2)
Printed: K 485 and vol. iii. 455-6; B 1009; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 19-20.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 216-21, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, p 19, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 475, authentic but misdated, belongs to 956 x 958; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, certainly spurious, pp. 59-6, witness-list is 956 'Group Four', p. 66, spurious but modelled in part on a genuine 'Dunstan B' charter, p. 67 n. 127; Keynes 1994, pp. 176, 182, spurious in received form but based in part on a 'Dunstan B' charter, perhaps one of King Edgar, and in part on a charter of King Eadwig issued in 956.
A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Ælfswith, matrona; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Kemsing, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 80v (s. xiv; incomplete; lacks date, bounds and witness-list)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, p. 45; K 476; B 1031.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; B 1031 n., on Kemsing and St Edith of Wilton; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 285, on place-name; Kelly, pers. comm., probably authentic.
A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Bathingbourne in Godshill, Isle of Wight. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Evesham
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 20r (s. xii; end erased)
2. Bodleian, James 29, p. 41 (s. xvii; incomplete)
Printed: K 475 and vol. iii, p. 453; B 1025; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 115.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 103-4, on bounds; Kökeritz 1940, pp. 144-5, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, pp. 209-10, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 86, authentic; Hart 1970/1, pp. 15-17, on beneficiary and his estates, assigns to 958 on basis of formulation; Hart, ECNE, p. 382, redates 955 x 957; Keynes 1996, pp. 86-7, on beneficiary; cf. Ev 1 (S 1662)..
Note. Previously listed as S 1663.
(A.D. 956 [ii].) King Eadwig to Æthelwold, abbot, and the monks at Abingdon; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Hinksey, Seacourt and Wytham, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 45v-46r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 113v-114r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 198v-199r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1216; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 179-82; B 1002; Earle, pp. 384-5, bounds only; PN Berks., iii. 729-30, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 59.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1926, pp. 55-60, on bounds; Finberg 1972, p. 511, cited; PN Berks., iii. 718, 730-1, bounds describe modern parishes of Wytham and North and South Hinksey; Gelling, ECTV, no. 86, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, p. 26, on formulation; Keynes 1980, p. 49 n. 93, pp. 54-6, 65, witness-list belongs to 956 'Group Two'; Pelteret 1995, p. 169; Faith 1997, pp. 44, 80 and map p. 45; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 59, probably authentic.
A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to the church of St Peter, Bath; restoration of 5 hides (mansae) at Olveston, and 5 at Cold Ashton, Gloucs., granted to the minster by King Athelstan (cf. S 414). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 71-3 (s. xii2)
Printed: B 936; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 16-17; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 108.
Comments: Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 182-95, on bounds; PN Gloucs., iii., pp. xii, 112, 114-15, 119, 121-3, 136-7, 139, 211, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 103, authentic; Keynes 1985, p. 161, dubious.
A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Eadric, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Leckhampstead, and a mill on the river Lambourn, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 115v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 133v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1217; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 476-7; B 996; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 133; Kelly, Abingdon, cf. no. 37.
Comments: B 996 n., an adaptation of S 491; PN Berks., i. 12, 254; Gelling, ECTV, no. 92, spurious; Kelly, Abingdon, cf. no. 37, version of S 491 with the donor's name altered, perhaps forged in 11th century.
(A.D. 956 [i].) King Eadwig to Wiferth, his faithful vassallus; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Knoyle, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 3r-4v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 2-3; K 462 and vol. iii. 451; B 956; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 109.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 21-2, bounds describe West Knoyle; Darlington 1955, p. 91; Finberg, ECW, no. 284, authentic; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Keynes 1980, pp. 52-3, 62 n. 110, on the basis of witness-list, classifies as 956 'Group One' diploma.
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