A.D. 867. See S 337. Edgar (? for Æthelred), king, to St Paul's minster; grant of land at Navestock, Essex.
A.D. 958 (Penkridge, Staffs.). Edgar, king of Mercia, to the familia of St Werburgh, Chester; grant of 17 hides (manentes) at Hosely, Flint; Cheavely, Huntington, Upton, Aston (? Aston Sutton) and Barrow (? Great Barrow), Cheshire. Latin.
Archive: Chester
MSS: 1. BL Add. 6032, 50v-51r (s. xviii; dated 957)
2. BL Harley 1965, 3v (s. xiv; dated 958)
3. BL Harley 1967, 184r (s. xvi)
4. BL Harley 2060, 37r (s. xvi)
5. BL Harley 2071, 17r (s. xvii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 200, ex MS penes William Vernon of Shakerley; K 473 ex Mon. Angl.; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 384 (no. 2); B 1041 ex Mon. Angl. and MS 2; Birch 1888, pp. 14-15 ex MSS 1, 2; Tait, Chester Cart., pp. 8-10.
Comments: Tait, Chester Cart., pp. xvii-xviii, 10-13, authentic; Hart, ECNE, no. 121, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 69 nn. 135, 137, diplomatic links with S 677 and 723, possible that same draftsman wrote all three charters; Hooke 1983, p. 19; Brooks et al. 1984, pp. 145-6, on diplomatic links with S 712a; PN Staffs., i. 87; BA Facs., p. 12; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52; PN Chesh., ii. 161, iii. 261-2, iv, 116-17, 118.
Note. Date of 858 in most editions derives from error in Mon. Angl.
A.D. 922 for ? 972. King Edgar to Eadric, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Winterburnan (Winterbourne Bassett, Wilts.), of which 5 hides lie in the common land. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Harley 596, 16v-17v (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: B 1145.
Comments: B 1145 n., perhaps Winterbourne Monkton, Wilts.; Napier and Stevenson, p. 119, on date; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 24-5, fails to trace bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 13, on identification; Ekwall, DEPN, p. 525, identifies as Winterbourne Bassett and Monkton, Wilts.; Finberg, ECW, no. 654, authentic; Hart, ECEE, pp. 253-4, identifies as Winterbourne Bassett, discusses bounds; Finberg 1972, pp. 488, 493, on reference to common land; HRH, p. 230, possibly genuine, subscriptions consistent with 964 x 974.
A.D. 951 for ? 961. King Edgar to Æthelnoth, his faithful man; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Clyst wicon (? Clyst St Mary, Devon). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MS: Exeter, D. & C., 2520 (s. xi; OS Facs., ii. Exeter 4)
Printed: Davidson 1883, pp. 273-4; B 1103; Hooke 1994, p. 161, bounds only.
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 272-3, identifies as Clyst St Mary; PN Devon, p. 585 n., on bounds; Rose-Troup 1933, p. 58, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 37, probably a reconstruction of a lost original; Chaplais 1966, pp. 5-9 (no. 7), spurious, unlikely to have been forged before last quarter of 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9); Alcock 1971, bounds cover Clyst St Mary; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 51, imitative script; Hooke 1994, pp. 161-4, solution of bounds remains uncertain, probably Clyst St Mary.
A.D. 951 for ? 959 (Glastonbury). King Edgar to the church of St Peter, Westminster; restoration of 5 hides (mansiunculae) on the north side of the river Thames between the Tyburn and the Fleet, Middx, in return for 120 solidi of gold in an armlet. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Westminster
MSS: 1. London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. V (? s. x2; OS Facs., ii., Westminster 4)
2. London, Westminster Abbey, Muniment Bk 11, 75v (s. xvi; incomplete)
Printed: Widmore, Enquiry, Appendix iv; K 569 ex Widmore, with date 971; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 291 (no. 2); B 1048; Robinson 1911, p. 170, bounds only, ex MS 1.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 90 and n. 1, early 11th-century hand, reads like a genuine charter, wrongly dated 951, probably 971; Robinson 1909, p. 12, apparently genuine, original or very early copy, should be dated 959; Robinson 1911, p. 170; Stevenson 1912, p. 8, MS 1 not in contemporary hand; PN Middx, pp. 6-7, 113, 168, 173, and p. 222, on bounds; Gelling 1954, on bounds, with map; Chaplais 1968, p. 332 n. 169, step from wrapping-tie, but not original (= 1973, p. 83 n. 169); Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, probably authentic; Whitelock 1975, p. 22 n., no basis for dating 971; Harvey 1977, p. 355; Gelling, ECTV, no. 225, authentic, note on bounds; Keynes 1980, p. 48 nn. 89, 90, 'Dunstan B' type, unlikely to be authentic in present form; BA Facs., p. 10, written in second half of 10th century, conceivably 'original', cf. S 1351; Brooks 1992, p. 22 n. 72, contemporary single sheet, tampered with to make it appear that the charter had once been sealed; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 71, non-contemporary Square Minuscule, not s. x med.; Keynes 1994, p. 177, spurious in received form, but perhaps based in part on a 'Dunstan B' charter; cf. S 951.
Note. Text breaks off after the bounds. The single sheet ends in a step (not from a wrapping-tie) and appears to have been trimmed, probably when an originally composite charter was separated into its constituent parts (see also S 1450, 1451).
A.D. 955 for ? 973. King Edgar to St Andrew, Rochester, and Ælfstan, bishop of Rochester; grant of 10 hides (mansae) or sulungs at Bromley, Kent. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Rochester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 33 (s. x2; BM Facs., iii. 26)
2. BL Cotton Vitell. E. v, 196r (s. xvi)
3. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), 150r-152r (s. xii1; facsimile)
4. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, DRb/Ar2 (Liber Temporalium), 9rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Hearne, Textus Roffensis, pp. 120-3; Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 189-90; K 518 and vol. iii. 464-5; Thorpe, pp. 216-18; B 1295; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 132; Campbell, Rochester, no. 29; Barker 1977, pp. 183-5.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 299-301, on place-names; Barker 1949, p. 96, doubtful, witness-list seems to belong to 972 or 973; Finberg 1972, pp. 415, 492, on unit of assessment; Campbell, Rochester, p. xvi, script of MS 1 later than 973 but before 1000, pp. xvi-xviii, on bounds, pp. xxiv-v, spurious; Witney 1976, p. 220, on swine-pastures; Barker 1977, spurious; Wormald 1986, p. 161, fabricated in late 10th century; Dumville 1994, p. 146 n. 71, script of MS 1 is non-contemporary Square Minuscule; Kennedy 1995, p. 153 n. 88.
A.D. 956. King Edgar to Ælfstan, miles; grant of [7 hides at] Harwell, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 49v-50r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1273; B 1183; PN Berks., iii. 764, bounds only.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 150 and n. 3, obviously spurious; Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 215-18, on bounds; Hart 1970/1, p. 14, Edgar's name substituted for Eadwig's, p. 29 (no. 83), authentic basis; PN Berks., i. 11, ii. 480, 484, 521, iii. 752, 764-5, bounds describe modern parish of Harwell; Gelling, ECTV, no. 81, authentic basis; Keynes 1980, p. 63, forgery modelled on authentic instrument of 956.
Note. No assessment is given in the text, but the rubric and bounds mention 7 hides.
A.D. 958 for 959. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; confirmation of privileges and restoration of 10 hides (mansae) at Ginge, 15 at Goosey, 30 at Longworth and 5 at Bessels Leigh, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 63r-65v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 117v-118r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 196v-197r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 102-3; K 1221; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 515-16 (no. 10); Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 256-64; B 907, bounds of Goosey only; B 1047; Earle, pp. 387-8, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 2; PN Berks., iii. 707, 724, 745, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 84.
Comments: Field 1907, pp. 44-6, on bounds; Stevenson 1912, p. 6 n. 17, suspicious; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 118-19, 146-7, 195-8; Robinson 1923, p. 169, obviously forged; Grundy, Berks. 1926, pp. 117-20, on bounds; Barker 1949, p. 78, spurious; Chaplais 1966, p. 23, dubious (= 1981 XV, p. 23); Chaplais 1966/1, p. 165, not authentic (= 1973, p. 49); John 1966, pp. 181-209, esp. pp. 194-8, interpolated; HRH, p. 229, doubtful; Whitelock 1973, p. 245 n. 54, dubious; PN Berks., i. 5, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, ii. 389, 393, 411, 438, 443-4, 469, iii. 700, 707-8, 717, 724-5, 739-40, 745, on bounds; Forsberg 1979, p. 149, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 94, fabrication; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, p. 27 n. 40, pp. 98-100, spurious, based on S 876; Blair and Millard 1992, p. 348, cited; Lapidge 1993, pp. 127, 188; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 84, more likely than not to be authentic.
Note. Bounds of Goosey previously listed as S 1543 because Birch incorrectly printed them separately.
A.D. 958. King Edgar to Ælfheah, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Orton (Waterville), Hunts. Latin.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. BL Egerton 2733, 42v-44v (s. xiii)
2. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 31r-32r (s. xii med.)
3. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 128r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 471 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 381-2 (no. 7) ex MS 2; B 1043.
Comments: PN Hunts., p. 193; Whitelock 1959, p. 75, authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 10, authentic, cf. S 679; Sawyer, Burton, p. 20, perhaps same beneficiary as S 554; Keynes 1980, p. 69, compare S 679, example of 'centralized' production in 958; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52.
A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Æthelric, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Wootton, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 108v-109r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1219; B 1042; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 1.
Comments: Ekwall 1925, pp. 156-7, on bounds; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 91-2; on bounds; PN Oxon., i. 7, ii. 293, 490, on bounds; Whitelock 1959, p. 75, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 187), authentic; HRH, p. 229, ? genuine, but subscriptions doubtful; O'Donovan 1973, p. 113, on a witness; Whitelock 1973, p. 233, on a witness; Gelling, ECTV, no. 276, authentic, bounds describe only small portion of modern parish; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 135, on royal style; Hart 1992, pp. 450-1; Blair 1994, p. 78, on hidage, pp. 108, 196 n. 93, on Wootton; John of Worcester, p. 407 n., on witnesses.
A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Athelstan, his comes; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Ham, Essex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 83rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1220; B 1037.
Comments: B 1037, Ham is in Wilts.; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, p. 228, not in Wilts.; PN Essex, p. 94 n., on bounds; Hart, ECEE, p. 250; Hart 1970/1, p. 11 n. 1, on beneficiary, p. 33 (no. 144), authentic; Hart, ECE, no. 15, authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 85, on charter-type, p. 69, diplomatic links with S 678; Hart 1992, pp. 450-1; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 176.
A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Eadwald, his minister; grant of 3 hides (mansiunculae) at Coundon, Warwicks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Coventry
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Gloucester, Gloucestershire Record Office, D2026/L10/26 (s. xvi/xvii; ex 1)
Printed: Keynes 1994, p. 166.
Comments: Keynes 1994, esp. pp. 166-8, 177, authentic 'Dunstan B' diploma; Hooke 1996, p. 110, on estate.
A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Ealhstan, his faithful minister; grant of 6 hides (manentes) at Staunton on Arrow, Herefords., and a messuage (haga) in Hereford, in return for 40 mancuses of gold. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wells
MS: Wells, D. & C., Wells Cathedral Charter 1 (s. x med.; OS Facs., ii, Wells)
Printed: Birch 1880/1, pp. 226-7; B 1040.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 109 (pp. 558-9).
Comments: Birch 1880/1, pp. 227-9; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on endorsement; Stenton 1971, p. 531, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 418, authentic, with discussion of bounds; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 557-8; Keynes 1980, p. 28 n. 47, pp. 69-70, apparent original, probably same draftsman as S 667, 723; Brooks et al. 1984, pp. 145-6, diplomatic links with S 667, 712a, 723; Coplestone-Crow 1989, p. 182; BA Facs., p. 12, probably drafted by Mercian scribe; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52; Hooke 1992, p. 57, map of bounds, p. 62 n. 63, solution differs from Finberg's; Dumville 1994, pp. 144-51, 156 n. 123, p. 160, on script.
A.D. 958. Edgar, king of Mercia, to Eanulf, his minister; grant of 14 hides (mansiunculae) at Ducklington, Oxon., with the old church at Astlea and appurtenant land. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 75v-76r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1218; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 308-10; B 1036; Earle, p. 386, bounds only; PN Oxon., ii. 486, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 82.
Comments: Grundy, Oxon., pp. 28-33, on bounds; PN Oxon., i. 6, 11, 18, ii. 302, 317, 319, 324, 486, on bounds; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Gelling, ECTV, no. 275, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 85, on charter-type, p. 69, diplomatic links with S 676; Blair and Millard 1992, pp. 342-5, on bounds; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52; Blair 1994, pp. 78, 130-2, 133, 137, 144, 192 n. 158, on topography and hidage; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 177; Crossley 1996, p. 111, on bounds, with map p. 112; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 82, authentic.
A.D. 958. King Edgar to Oscytel, bishop; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Sutton, Notts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: York
MSS: 1. Bodleian, Dodsworth 9, 3v (s. xvii; no bounds or witnesses)
2. York, D. & C., Mag. Reg. Alb., pt 1, 57v-58r (s. xiv)
Printed: B 1044; B 1349, bounds only; Farrer, EYC, no. 3; Davies 1983, p. 21, ex MS 2, with translation of bounds.
Comments: Stenton 1910, p. 81; Farrer, EYC, pp. 11-12, on bounds; Drögereit 1952, p. 64 n. 29; Whitelock 1959, p. 75, authentic; Stenton 1971, pp. 284, 436, cited; Forsberg 1972, p. 402, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 115, authentic; Keynes 1986, p. 84; Sawyer, Burton, p. 14, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 124, p. 69, compare S 674, example of centralized production; Davies 1983, on bounds; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52.
A.D. 959. King Edgar to Ælfwine, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Highclere, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 31rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1225; B 1051; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 5.
Comments: Crawford 1922, p. 76, on bounds, map opposite p. 81; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 136-7, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 89, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 56), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 75-6, diplomatically close to S 681, probably drafted by 'Edgar A'; Edwards 1988, p. 142, new set of bounds drawn up for the charter, probably because draftsman did not have access to earlier Winchester doucmentation, cf. S 258, 383, 565.
A.D. 959. King Edgar to Quen, his faithful matrona; grant of land at Howden and Old Drax, Yorks., with dependencies at Howden, Knedlington, Barnhill (Hall, west of Howden), Caville (in Eastrington), Thorpe Lidget, Hive, Eastrington, Belby (in Howden) and Kilpin, all Yorks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 33r-34v (s. xii)
2. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 128v-129r (s. xiii; no bounds)
Printed: K 480 and vol. iii. 454; B 1052; Hutchinson 1891, p. 365 n., with translation, pp. 363-4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 117; Farrer, EYC, pp. 12-13 (no. 4), with translation of bounds.
Comments: Hutchinson 1891; Plummer 1899, p. 153, suspicious; Stenton 1910, pp. 80-1; Farrer, EYC, pp. 14-15; Stenton 1955, p. 68, on reference to soke; Stenton 1971, p. 495, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 122, authentic, with discussion of bounds; Sawyer, Burton, p. 14, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 135, on royal style, pp. 75-6, may be early work of 'Edgar A', compare S 680; Lawson 1984, p. 730; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52, authentic.
A.D. 960. King Edgar to the church of St Mary, Abingdon; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Drayton, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 66v-67r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 118v-119r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1228; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 270-3; B 1058; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 6; PN Berks., iii. 713, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 85.
Comments: PN Berks., i. 13, 14, 15, 17, ii. 418, iii. 702, 713, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 96, authentic basis, bounds as in S 650, with one extra boundary mark; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, on formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 85, authenticity uncertain.
A.D. 960. King Edgar to his kinsman Brithhelm, bishop; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Bishopstoke, Hants, for his lifetime, with reversion to Old Minster, Winchester. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 112v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1227; B 1054.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 112-14, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 90, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 194), authentic; PN Berks., ii. 403, cited; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation; Currie 1995, pp. 110, 123, on bounds.
A.D. 960. King Edgar to Eanulf, his faithful minister; grant of 9 hides (cassati) at Tywarnhayle in Perranzabuloe and St Agnes, and 2 (mansae) at Bosowsa in Ladock, Cornwall. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MSS: 1. Exeter, D. & C., 2522 (s. x med.; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 5; Hooke 1994, p. 4)
2. BL Lansdowne 966, 69rv (s. xvii)
Printed: Davidson 1883, pp. 271-2; B 1056; Hooke 1994, p. 5.
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 269-71; Finberg, ECDC, no. 83 (p. 17); Chaplais 1966, pp. 12-13 (no. 12), MS 1 contemporary, perhaps from same scriptorium as S 795 (= 1981 XV, pp. 12-13); Keynes 1980, p. 70 n. 138, apparent original; Padel, CoPNE, pp. 87, 100-1, 143, 197; Olson 1989, p. 95; Hooke 1991-2, pp. 84-5, on bounds; Dumville 1994, p. 155 n. 117, late style of Square Minuscule; Hooke 1994, pp. 28-33, on bounds.
A.D. 960. King Edgar to Oswulf, bishop; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Stanton St Bernard, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 11r-13v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 5-6; K 482 and vol. iii. 454; B 1053; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 119.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 82; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 210-15, bounds identical with those in S 647; Darlington 1955, p. 10 n. 51, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 290, authentic; cf. S 647, covering the same estate and in favour of the same beneficiary.
A.D. 960. King Edgar to the Abbey of Saint-Denis, Paris; restoration of property at Rotherfield, Hastings and Pevensey, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Paris, Saint-Denis
MSS: 1. Paris, Archives nationales, K. 17, no. 3 (? s. xi2; Atsma and Vezin 1988, plates IV, V, VI)
2. Paris, Archives nationales, LL. 1156, 82v-83r (s. xiii)
3. Paris, Archives nationales, LL. 1158, p. 552 (s. xiii/xiv)
Printed: Doublet 1625, pp. 817-18; Alford 1663, iii. 324-5, ex Doublet; Felibien 1706, Pièces Justificatives, pp. lxxix-lxxx (no. 105); Madden 1856, pp. 366-7; Tardif 1866, pp. 146-7 (no. 234); B 1057 ex Doublet etc.
Comments: Madden 1856; Douët D'Arq, no. 9996; Stevenson 1891, forged in France at end of 11th century, written in script imitative of Anglo-Saxon minuscule and may be partly based on a genuine lost Anglo-Saxon diploma; Stevenson 1912, pp. 6-7 n. 18; Bresslau 1918, p. 47, spurious, partly based on S 1028; Atsma and Vezin 1988, pp. 219, 226-7, 229, may be corrupt and altered copy of a genuine Anglo-Saxon privilege.
A.D. 960. King Edgar to Wulfric, minister: restitution of forfeited lands at Æscesburuh (Woolstone), Denchworth, Garford, Chieveley, Stanmore in Beedon, Chaddleworth, Boxford, Benham, Berks.; Worting, Tichborne, Hants.; Stedham, Tillington, Patching, Poynings and Newtimber, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 40 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 22; Golden Age, p. 163 [no. 166])
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 71rv (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, James 21, pp. 161-2 (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: K 481; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 289-91; B 1055; Earle, pp. 195-7; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 118; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 86.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Stenton 1913, p. 42, on ebenficiary; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, 'Edgar A'; Stenton 1955, p. 67, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 91, original; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, perhaps written by Abingdon scribe, scribe also wrote S 690, 703, 706, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Gelling 1968, on Æscesburuh; Stenton 1971, p. 488, cited; PN Berks., i. 232, 233, 241, 267, ii. 289, 380, 383, 410, 472; Gelling, ECTV, no. 95, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 70-2, 74, original, product of 'Edgar A'; Golden Age, pp. 163-4 (no. 166); Hooke et al. 1987, on topography; Wormald 1988, no. 36; Lapidge 1993, pp. 188-9, original; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, 160, on script of MS 1; Pelteret 1995, p. 269, cited; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 86, original.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Burbage, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 81v-82r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 120r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1236; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 334-9; B 1067; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 12; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 88.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 62-5, on bounds; Crawford 1921, pp. 297-8, on bounds; PN Wilts., p. 337, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 97; Finberg, ECW, no. 291, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 582, has been regarded with some suspicion; Keynes 1980, pp. 11 nn 16, 17, p. 72 n. 143, forgery modelled on S 690; Lapidge 1988, p. 93 n. 34, not above suspicion; Dumville 1992, pp. 109-10, 112, forgery concocted 975 x c. 1150; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 88, authenticity uncertain, perhaps a forgery based on S 690; cf. S 937.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 50 hides (cassati) at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hants., and 13 predia in Winchester, with the bounds of Crux Easton, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 77v-78v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 119r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. Bl Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1235; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 317-21; B 1080; B 1144 from MS 3; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 11; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 89.
Comments: Crawford 1922, pp. 67-8, on bounds, with map p. 80, pp. 72-3, on identification; Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 58-60, on bounds; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 153-6, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 98, authentic; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 457; Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 582, regared with some suspicion; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, witness-list perhaps modelled on that of S 690, p. 74 n. 149, suspicious; Edwards 1988, p. 184, authenticity very doubtful; Lapidge 1988, p. 93 n. 34, not above suspicion; Dumville 1992, p. 110 n. 257; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 89, authenticity uncertain; cf. S 937.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 22 hides (cassati) at Ringwood, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 39 (s. x med.; BM Facs., iii. 23; Bishop 1971, pl. IX [no. 11]; Golden Age, p. 162 [no. 165])
2. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 83rv (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 119v-120r (s. xii; no bounds)
4. Bodleian, James 21, pp. 160-1 (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: K 487; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 340-3; B 1066; Earle, pp. 197-9, incomplete; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 120; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 87.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 193-6, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, 'Edgar A'; Forsberg 1950, p. 207, on bounds; Bishop 1957, p. 333, on script; Finberg, ECW, no. 93, authentic; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, scribe of main text possibly from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); John 1966, pp. 182-3, on formulation of Oswald's subscription; Bishop 1971, p. xix, on script, p. 9 (no. 11); Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, p. 36 n. 65, pp. 70-3, original, 'Edgar A' formulation, probably work of a royal scribe; Golden Age, pp. 162, 164 (no. 165); Chaplais 1985, pp. 49-50, every reason to think MS 1 the work of two collaborating Abingdon scribes; Lapidge 1988, pp. 92-3, Oswald may have drafted witness-list; Dumville 1992, p. 110 n. 257, MS 1 contemporary; Dumville 1993, p. 2 n. 6, p. 16 n. 44, pp. 18, 26 n. 82, on script; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, 162, on script, esp. pp. 152-3, scribe of dating clause and witness-list may have been Oswald; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 87, original, probably drafted and written at Abingdon.
Note. Written in two stages. Main text and boundary clause written in Square Minuscule by the scribe ('Edgar A') who was also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717. Dating clause and witness-list added after folding by another scribe, writing Anglo-Caroline minuscule.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Ælfric, his faithful minister; grant of 9 hides (mansae) in the common land at Ardington, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. ix, 74v-75r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1234; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 303-5; B 1079; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 10; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 90.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 275 and n. 4, on identification; Stenton 1955, p. 71, cited; John 1960, p. 94, on royal style; Finberg 1972, p. 488; O'Donovan 1973, p. 106, on witness-list; PN Berks., ii. 468-9; Gelling, ECTV, no. 97, authentic, questions identification; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 90, authentic.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Æthelwold, his faithful minister; grant of one hide (cassa for cassatus) at Evesty (lost) on the river Camelar (Cam Brook), Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
Printed: K 484 and vol. iii. 455; B 1074; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 25-6.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 14, dubious or spurious, p. 697 n. 41, spurious; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 179-81, bounds describe part of Dunkerton, east of Cam Brook; Finberg, ECW, no. 486, authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 383-4, survey refers to an area in Wellow; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, influence of 'Æthelstan A' formulation.
A.D. 961. 1. King Edgar to Æthelwulf, his faithful minister; grant, for three lives, of 10 hides (mansae) at Kilmeston, woodland at Milbarrow Down, near Bishops Waltham, Hants., an a messuage (haga) at Winchester, with an annual rent and eventual reversion to St Peter's (Old Minster, Winchester). Latin with English bounds.
2. Brihthelm, bishop, and the community of Old Minster, Winchester, to Æthelwulf; lease, for three lives, of land at Kilmeston, Hants. English.Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 55v-56r (s. xii; Golden Age, p. 169 [no. 172])
Printed: K 1231; B 1077, 1078; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 8; Robertson, Charters, no. 33 (pp. 62-3) part b only, with translation.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 110 (pp. 559-61).
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 159-61, on bounds of woodland at Milbarrow; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 159-62, on bounds of Kilmeston; Robertson, Charters, pp. 317-18; Forsberg 1950, pp. 210-11, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, nos 96-7, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 29 (nos 93-4), authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 559, what looks like a royal grant is in fact royal permission for a religious house to lease out its own property; Keynes 1980, p. 33 n. 54; Golden Age, p. 169 (no. 172); Abrams 1996, p. 292, cited; Keynes 1996,p. 24 n. 89, on Winchester context of transaction.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to the church of St Peter, Bath; restoration of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at South Stoke, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 78-9 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 486 and vol. iii. 456; B 1073; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 24-5.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 206-8, on bounds; Whitelock 1959, p. 74, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 485, authentic, respectable witness-list of 961, may have been model for S 661; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, may not be authentic; Keynes 1994, pp. 177, 182, probably spurious, but based on a genuine 'Dunstan B' charter.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Brihthelm, bishop; grant of 7.5 hides at Easton near Winchester, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 72v-73r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1230; B 1076.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 88-92, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 95, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 32 (no. 125), authentic; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 236, 237, 257, 262, 274, 283.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Byrnsige, minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 19v-20r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1232; B 1071.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 65-8, bounds describe lands of Coombe Bissett, near Salisbury; Drögereit 1935, pp. 400-2; Darlington 1955, p. 84; Finberg, ECW, no. 292, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 26 (no. 34), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Cenwulf, his faithful man; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Harley Ch. 43, C. 2 (s. x2; BM Facs., iv. 11)
2. BL Add. 15350, 25rv (s. xii)
3. BL Harley 596, 16rv (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: K 488 and vol. iii. 457 ex MS 3; B 1072; Earle, pp. 199-200, incomplete; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 121.
Comments: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 307; Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Forsberg 1942, p. 151, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 86 n. 52; Finberg, ECW, no. 484, original, bounds are a slightly expanded version of those in S 254; Hart 1970/1, p. 22, on endorsement, p. 26 (no. 44), original; Keynes 1980, p. 70 n. 138, p. 76 n. 153, original, compare S 736; Chaplais 1985, p. 50, perhaps drafted by Bishop Ælfwold of Sherborne; Dumville 1993, p. 73 n. 330, on beneficiary; Dumville 1994, p. 115, late style of Square minuscule.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to Eadric, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Hamstede. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 73rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1233; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 297-9; B 1075; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 9; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 91.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, pp. 400-2; Keynes 1980, p. 73, 'Edgar A' formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 91, authentic, estate may have been in Oxon.
A.D. 961. King Edgar to the Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Avington, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 114rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1229; B 1068; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 7.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 95-9, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 94, authentic, original extant in 1643; Whitelock 1966, p. 103, formulation from Athelstan's reign, if genuine then a very old-fashined document; Hart 1970/1, p. 37 (no. 201), authentic; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 262.
A.D. 962. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 3 hides (cassati) in the common land at Hendred, Berks. Latin with English.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 80v-81r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 119v (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1240; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 329-31; B 1095; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 15; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 92.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, p. 425, spurious; Stenton 1955, p. 71, cited; Finberg 1972, p. 489, cited; PN Berks., ii. 479; Gelling, ECTV, no. 98, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 92, authentic.
A.D. 962. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of a vineyard at Watchet, Somerset, and miscellaneous rights including royal dues at Southampton, at Hwitan Clife, and at Portmanna hythe. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 78v-79r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 119rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1239; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 321-3; Thorpe, pp. 209-10; B 1094; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 14; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 93.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 99 (pp. 50, 141), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16; Rumble 1980, p. 13, on place-name Southampton; PN Dorset, i. 56, Hwitan Clife may be Whitecliffe near Swanage, Dorset; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 93, authenticity uncertain, the formulation is acceptable but the details of the grant seem suspicious.
A.D. 962. King Edgar to Ælfheah, his kinsman; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Sunbury, Middx. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Westminster
MSS: 1. London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. X (s. x2; OS Facs., ii, Westminster 6; Tapp 1951, facing p. 1)
2. BL Add. 4558, 147r-150r (s. xviii)
Printed: B 1085 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 292-4.
Translated: Tapp 1951, p. 1.
Comments: Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400; PN Middx, pp. 12, 22, 23; Tapp 1951, pp. 3-8, on bounds; Tapp and Draper 1951; Forsberg 1961, on detail of bounds; Bishop 1966, pp. 246-7, MS 1 written by scribe of Bosworth Psalter (BL Add. 37517); Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on endorsement; Korhammer 1973, pp. 182-7, MS 1 may not be strictly contemporary; Gelling, ECTV, no. 222, original, discusses bounds; Keynes 1980, p. 70 n. 138, MS 1 not strictly contemporary; Brooks 1984, pp. 252, 377 n. 138, probably a later copy of the 962 charter made at Dunstan's request after he acquired the estate in 968 (cf. S 1447).
A.D. 962. King Edgar to Æthelflæd, matrona; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Chelsworth, Suffolk. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bury St Edmunds
MSS: 1. BL Harley Ch. 43. C 3 (s. x2; BM Facs., iii. 25)
2. Cambridge, U.L., Ff. 2. 33, 46v (s. xiii2)
3. Cambridge, U.L., Gg. 4. 4, 304rv (s. xv)
4. Cambridge, U.L., Mm. 4. 19, 90v-91r (s. xii)
5. BL Add. 14847, 17r (s. xiv)
Printed: K 490 and vol. iii. 458; B 1082; Earle, pp. 200-1, incomplete; Hart and Syme 1987, p. 173, with translation, pp. 173-4; Hart 1992, pp. 472, 474, with translation, p. 475.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Drögereit 1935, pp. 395-400, product of 'Edgar A'; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxviii; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, scribe perhaps from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 690, 706, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Hart, ECEE, no. 76, original; Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 70-3, MS 1 original, written by royal scribe 'Edgar A'; Hart and Syme 1987; Hart 1992, pp. 467-85; Dumville 1993, pp. 13-14 n. 31, apparent original; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, on script; cf. S 1494, 1486.
A.D. 962. King Edgar to Æthel...e, his minister; grant of 3 perticae at Sorley in Churchstow, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Buckfast
MS: Chelmsford, Essex R.O., D/DP T 209 (s. x2; BA Facs., no. 6; Rose-Troup 1929, pl. 12)
Printed: Rose-Troup 1929, pp. 250-1, with translation, pp. 251-3; Hooke 1990/1, p. 210, bounds only; Hooke 1994, p. 165, bounds only.
Comments: Rose-Troup 1929, p. 253, authentic, pp. 261-6, on bounds; PN Devon, p. 296 n.; Finberg, ECDC, no. 38; Chaplais 1966, p. 14, apparent original, compares formulation with S 770 (= 1981 XV, p. 14); Finberg 1969, pp, 23-8, discussion of bounds and estate history; Hooke 1990/1, pp. 195-200, 206-7, on bounds; BA Facs., p. 4, probably contemporary but conceivably an 11th-century imitative forgery; Dumville 1994, p. 154, physical form anomalous, some problems in script; Hooke 1994, pp. 165-8, on bounds.
A.D. 962. King Edgar to Eadwine, his faithful minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 75rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 202r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1238; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 305-8; B 1093; Earle, pp. 388-9; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 94.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 283-8, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 87; Finberg, ECW, no. 295, authentic, some of the landmarks are the same in S 638; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 94, authentic; cf. S 918.
A.D. 962. See S 833. King Æthelred (? for Edgar) to Leofric, minister; grant of woodland (? at Claydons in Alveston, Warwicks.).
A.D. 962. King Edgar to Titstan, his faithful cubicularius; grant of 8 hides (cassati) at Afene (Avon Farm in Stratford-sub-Castle, Wilts.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: uncertain
MS: BL Cotton Ch. viii. 28 (s. x2; BM Facs., iii. 24)
Printed: K 489 and vol. iii. 457; B 1083.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, p. 68, unable to trace bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, 'Edgar A' formulation; PN Wilts., pp. 363, 371, bounds are those of Avon Farm in Durnford; Darlington 1955, pp. 12, 92; Finberg, ECW, no. 294, authentic; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxviii, on script; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, original, scribe perhaps from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 690, 703, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Bonney 1969, pp. 59-60, bounds certainly cover land in vicinity of Avon Farm in Stratford-sub-Castle; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on endorsement; Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 70-2, 74, original, written by royal scribe 'Edgar A'; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, on script; cf. S 719, 789.
A.D. 962. King Edgar to Wulfmær, his faithful minster; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Hilmarton and Littlecott, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 177r = p. 353 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 1081; Sawyer, Burton, no. 19.
Comments: Darlington 1955, p. 97; Finberg, ECW, no. 293, abbreviated but authentic; Hart, ECNE, p. 169 (no. xix), authentic; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 31-2, authentic.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 4 hides (cassati) at Easthall (cf. East Hale Bottom, near Eastbourne), Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 80rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 120rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1249; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 327-9; B 1124; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 17; Barker 1949, pp. 92-5, with translation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 96.
Comments: PN Sussex, ii. 429; Barker 1949, pp. 95-6; HRH, p. 230, ? genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, pp. 73-5, 'Edgar A' formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 96, probably authentic.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Ælfric, his faithful minister; grant of 1 hide (mansa), less a half pertica, at Manworthy in Milverton, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wells
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vitell. E. v, 124r (s. xvi; abbreviated)
2. Wells, D. & C., Liber Albus II, 289rv (s. xv/xvi)
Printed: K 1244 ex MS 1; HMC Wells (1885), pp. 195-6 ex MS 2; B 1116 ex MS 2; B 1117 ex MS 1.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 44-8, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 426; Finberg, ECW, no. 488, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Ælfsige, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at East Orchard, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 14rv (s. xv)
Printed: K 501 and vol. iii. 459; B 1115; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 125; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 24.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1937, pp. 101-4, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 604, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation; PN Dorset, iii. 133-4, 136-7, 138; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 99-100, authentic.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Ælfsige, his faithful decurio; grant of 2.5 hides at Stanton Prior, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 81-2 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 502 and vol. iii. 459-60; B 1099; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 26-7; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 126.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 190-2, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 425, doubtful; Turner 1951, on place-names; Finberg, ECW, no. 487, authentic; Whitelock 1070, p. 133 n., on decurio; Finberg 1972, p. 488, cited; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation, treats as authentic; Costen 1983, p. 30, on bounds.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Æsclac; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorks., with dependencies at Hibaldes tofte, (Monk) Fryston, Hillam, Lumby, (South) Milford, Steeton, Micklefield, Lotherton, Church Fenton, and Cawood, all in Yorks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: York
MSS: 1. Bodleian, Dodsworth 9, 1rv (s. xvii; no bounds or witnesses)
2. York, D. & C., Mag. Reg. Alb., pt 1, 56v-57r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 128; K 500, without bounds; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1175-6 (no. 2); B 1112; B 1352, bounds only; Farrer, EYC, i, no. 6, with translation of bounds.
Comments: Stenton 1910, pp. 82-4; Farrer, EYC, i. 20-1; Chaplais 1966, p. 13, on subscription of bishop of Elmham (= 1981, XV p. 13); Hart, ECNE, no. 123, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 378, on subscription; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 39, p. 66 n. 125; Keynes 1986, pp. 86-9, on background; Faith 1997, p. 44.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Æthelferth; grant of 5 hides (mansi) at Ballidon, Derbys. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: unknown
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Stafford, Staffordshire Record Office, Temporary Deposit 1406 (s. xvii; BA Facs., no. 44; ex 1)
Printed: Brooks et al. 1984, pp. 140-2.
Comments: Brooks et al. 1984, authentic, transcript of apparent original; BA Facs., p. 12, same Mercian draftsman probably responsible for S 667, 677 and 723.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Æthelsige, his camerarius; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at 'Sparsholt' (i.e. Fawler), one hide at Balking and a mill at Hirdegrafe (probably in Steventon), Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 69v-70r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. B vi, 116r (s. xiii; abbreviated; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 134r (s. xii; abbreviated; no bounds)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 201rv (s. xii; bounds only)
5. Oxford, Corpus Christi College, 255, 62r (s. xvii)
Printed: K 1247 ex MSS 1, 2; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 283-5, 478-9; B 1121 ex MSS 1, 4; B 1122 ex MS 2; PN Berks., iii. 691, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 97.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 33-8, on bounds; PN Berks., i. 17, ii. 372, 379, 380, 418, 489, iii. 677, 691-2, bounds probably describe western half of modern parish of Kingston Lisle; Gelling, ECTV, no. 99, authentic; Hooke 1987, pp. 99-100, on detail of topography; Hooke et al. 1987, on topography; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 97, authentic.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Æthelwold, bishop; grant of 24 hides (cassati) at Washington, Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 82r-83r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1250; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 337-9; B 1125; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 18; Barker 1949, pp. 96-9, with translation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 98.
Comments: PN Sussex, p. 240 n., on bounds; Barker 1949, p. 99; Forsberg 1950, p. 110, on bounds; Forsberg 1960, pp. 73-4, on bounds; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation; Bevan 1986, on a section of the bounds; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 98, authentic; cf. S 1377.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to himself; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Patney, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 84rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1245; B 1118.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 68-70, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 85 n. 37; Stenton 1955, pp. 20-1, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 296, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 33 (no. 146), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 51, cited; Reynolds 1992, p. 218 n. 32, p. 219, n. 37, on legal background (= 1994, p. 330 n. 34, p. 333 n. 46); cf. S 298, 727.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Gunner, his faithful dux; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Newbald, Yorks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: York
MSS: 1. Bodleian, Dodsworth 9, 2v (s. xvii; incomplete)
2. York, D. & C., Mag. Reg. Alb., pt 1, 57rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., iii. 129; K 504; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1176 (no. 4); B 1113; B 1353, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 16; Farrer, EYC, i, no. 5, with translation of bounds, p. 17.
Comments: Stenton 1910, p. 86; Farrer, EYC, i, pp. 16-18; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400; Stenton 1970, p. 218, on beneficiary; Hart, ECNE, no. 124, authentic but corrupt, discusses bounds; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation; Keynes 1986, p. 87, on background; Hart 1992, p. 316, on assessment.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Ingeram, his faithful minister; grant of 7 hides (cassati) at Vange, Essex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: BL Stowe Ch. 29 (s. x2; OS Facs., iii. 30)
Printed: B 1101.
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 43, authentic; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 290-2; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, original, product of 'Edgar A'; PN Essex, p. 174 n.; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, original, perhaps written by Abingdon scribe, scribe also wrote S 687, 690, 703, 706 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Hart 1970/1, p. 22, on endorsement; Hart, ECE, no. 19, authentic; HRH, p. 230, authentic, subscriptions are consistent; Sawyer, Burton, p. 33, original, cf. S 720; Keynes 1980, pp. 70-2, 74, written by royal scribe; Brooks 1984, p. 378 n. 153, on script of endorsement; Hart 1993, p. 183 n. 15, bounds correspond with those of the later parish; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, on script; cf. CCC 31 (S 1634)..
A.D. 963. King Edgar to the church of St Andrew, Meon; grant of 8 hides (cassati) at Ambersham, Sussex. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 36v (s. xii; Rumble 1982, p. 154)
Printed: K 1243; B 1114; Barker 1949, pp. 89-91, with translation
Comments: PN Sussex, p. 97 n.; PN Wilts., p. xxxvi; Drögereit 1935, pp. 400-2; Barker 1949, pp. 91-2; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 63), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Wynstan, his faithful camerarius; grant of 3 hides (cassati) in the common land at Afene (? Avon Farm in Stratford-sub-Castle, Wilts.). Latin.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 64v-66v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, p. 35; K 503; B 1120; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 127.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 85; Gray 1915, p. 57; Darlington 1955, pp. 12, 92; Finberg, ECW, no. 297, authentic, refers either to Avon in Bremhill or, more probably, to Avon in Durnford; Bonney 1969, pp. 59, 64 n. 2, on location, Avon Farm lies in Stratford-sub-Castle parish; Finberg 1972, pp. 490, 493; HRH, p. 230, ? genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-5, 'Edgar A' formulation, treats as authentic; cf. S 706, 789.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Wulfgeat, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Duddestone (? Duddeston near Birmingham, Warwicks.) and 3 at Ernlege (? Upper Arley, Worcs.). Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 177rv = pp. 353-4 (s. xiii)
Printed: B 1100; Sawyer, Burton, no. 20.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 99-100 (no. 18).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 100-1; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400; PN Warwicks., p. 32, doubts Duddeston identification; Finberg, ECWM, no. 287, authentic, discusses identifications; Hart, ECNE, no. 57, authentic, suggests Duddestone; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 32-3, apparently authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-7, 'Edgar A' formulation; Keynes 1980/1, p. 216, on witness-list; Hooke 1983, p. 29, cited, on Upper Arley; Hooke 1990, pp. 144-5.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Wulfhelm, his minister; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Otheri (apparently Ottery St Mary, Devon). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat 39, 174v (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 191v (s. xiv)
Printed: K 505 and vol. vi. 236 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 56 (no. 115) ex MS 2; B 1104 ex MS 2; Earle, p. 427, bounds only; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 496 (no. 904) ex MS 1; Hooke 1994, p. 169, bounds only.
Comments: Finberg, ECDC, p. 12 (no. 39), refers to Ottery St Mary; Finberg 1960, pp. 25-6 (no. 39); Finberg, ECWM, p. 21 n. 3, confirms identification; Keynes 1980, p. 76 n. 153, compare formulation of S 697 and cf. S 736; Hooke 1994, pp. 168-72, on bounds; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 35, 38, on MS sources, pp. 189-91, on estate, possible that bounds of Ottery St Mary were attached to a charter originally covering Othery, Somerset; cf. 1033.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Wulfnoth, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Hocan edisce. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 74rv (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1248; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 302-3; B 1123; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 99.
Comments: PN Oxon, i. 65, one landmark may refer to the place which gave its name to Binfield Hundred, Oxon.; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 99, authentic.
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Wulfric, his minister; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Plesc (? Plaish in Cardington) and at Church Aston, Salop. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 73v-74v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1246; B 1119.
Translated: Stevenson 1911/1, pp. 7-8.
Comments: Finberg 1958, pp. 28-31, on bounds; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on rubric, p. 32 (no. 127), authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 337, on reference to Wrocensetna; Finberg, ECWM, no. 431, authentic, with Addendum p. 240, estate does not include Chetwynd Aston; Keynes 1980, pp. 69-70 n. 137, on formulation; Brooks et al. 1984, pp. 145-6, on formulation; PN Shrops., i. 26, 236-7; Keynes 1986, p. 87, cited; Robinson 1988, on bounds and estate; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 44, on reference to Wrocensetna; BA Facs., p. 12, probably drafted by same scribe as S 667, 677, 712a; Hart 1992, p. 451, perhaps a Worcester draftsman; Hooke 1992, p. 53, on topography.
A.D. 964. King Edgar to St Mary's, Abingdon; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Hendred, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 81rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 120v-121r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197rv (s. xii; bounds only)
4. Oxford, Corpus Christi College, 255, 61v (s. xvi)
Printed: K 1253; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 331-4; B 1142; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 20; PN Berks., iii. 747, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 100.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 118 and n. 1, suspicious; Grundy, Berks. 1926, pp. 49-53, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, pp. 33-4, on bounds; PN Berks., i. 13, 17-18, ii. 417, 479, 485, iii. 740, 747, bounds describe the northern part of the parishes of East and West Hendred; Gelling, ECTV, no. 100, authentic; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 100, probably authentic.
A.D. 964. King Edgar to Ælfthryth, his queen; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Aston Upthorpe, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 70r-71r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1252; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 286-8; B 1143; Earle, p. 389, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 19; PN Berks., iii. 766, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 101.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 3, more or less suspicious; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 169-71, on bounds, identifies as Aston Upthorpe; Harmer, Writs, p. 551; Ekwall, DEPN, p. 16, identifies as Aston Tirrold; John 1960, p. 98, trustworthy; HRH, ? suspicious, subscriptions consistent if Ælfthryth was queen in 964; PN Berks., i. 10, 152, ii. 511-12, iii. 752, 766-7, bounds describe modern parish of Aston Upthorpe; Gelling, ECTV, no. 101, authentic; John of Worcester, p. 417 n., on Ælfthryth's subscription; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 101, diplomatically unconventional, but probably authentic.
A.D. 964. King Edgar to Beorhtnoth, his comes; grant of 2 hides (mansiunculae) at Cookley in Wolverley, Worcs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original.
2. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 130r (s. xvii; incomplete)
3. BL Harley 4660, 8v (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, p. 561 ex MS 2; Hickes, Inst. Gramm., pp. 139-40 ex MS 1; K 1251; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 593 (no. 27) ex MS 3; B 1134 ex MS 3 with variant readings of the bounds from BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 185v, appended to a copy (s. xi/xii) of a charter of King William I dated 1067; Baines 1992, p. 32, ex Hickes and MS 3, with translation.
Comments: Hickes, Inst. Gramm., p. 139, MS 1 an apograph; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 108-10, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 28; Finberg, ECWM, no. 288, authentic; PN Berks., i. 133, on style of bishop of Ramsbury; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, on 'Dunstan B' charters; Hooke 1990, pp. 169-74, on bounds; Baines 1992, passim; Hart 1992, p. 132, on beneficiary; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 177; cf. S 750.
A.D. 964. King Edgar to himself; grant of land at Steeple Ashton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds, with addition of bounds of Mideltune.
Archive: Romsey
MS: BL Lansdowne 442, 36rv (s. xiv)
Printed: B 1127.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 70-5, bounds describe the whole of Steeple Ashton, West Ashton, North Bradley and Southwick; Darlington 1955, p. 93; Stenton 1955, p. 21, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 298, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, p. 31, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 51, cited; Meyer 1981, p. 349, cited; Stevenson, Edington Cartulary, p. 24 (no. 46); Reynolds 1992, p. 218 n. 32, p. 219 n. 37 (= 1994, p. 330 n. 34, 333 n. 46); Abrams 1996, p. 175, note on Mideltune bounds; cf. S 298, 715.
Note. The number of hides has been left blank. The date 968 following the Mideltune bounds is rightly part of S 765, the next charter in the cartulary.
A.D. 964. King Edgar to St Peter's, Ghent; grant of land in Lewisham, Greenwich, Woolwich, Mottingham and Coombe, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Ghent, St Peter's
MSS: 1. Ghent, Rijksarchief, Archives de l'État à Gand, Abbaye de Saint-Pierre à Gand, 1st ser., no. 7, 10r -11r (s. xiii)
2. Ghent, U.L.., 536, 246rv = pp. 481-2 (s. xv)
3. Ghent, U.L., 536, 263r-269r = pp. 515-17 (s. xv)
4. London, Soc. Ant., 167, pt 2, 4v-5v (s. xviii)
5. Maidstone, Kent Archives Office, Episcopal Register 1, 25rv (s. xiv)
Printed: van Lokeren, pp. 40-2 (no. 38) ex MS 1; Oppermann 1928, pp. 101-3; Johnson 1948, pp. 32-3 ex MS 5.
Comments: Saint-Genois 1842, pp. 241-2; Oppermann 1928, pp. 101-4; Dhondt 1940, pp. 122-9, 143-7, authentic basis with interpolations; Grierson 1941, p. 90, authentic basis with interpolations; Keynes 1991/1, p. 180, spurious; cf. S 1205a, 1002.
A.D. 964. King Edgar to Muchelney Abbey; confirmation of liberties, including the right of the community to elect its own abbot after the death of Bishop Ælfwold (of Sherborne). Latin.
Archive: Muchelney
MS: BL Add. 56488, 9v-10v (s. xiv)
Printed: Bates, Muchelney Cart., no. 3 (pp. 40-1).
Comments: Stevenson 1899, pp. 41-3, doubtful authenticity; Finberg, ECW, no. 489, authentic; HRH, p. 237 and n. 1, doubtful, subscriptions probably consistent for 964 x 970; Keynes 1980, p. 72 n. 145, probably spurious; Edwards 1988, p. 207, suspicious; Kelly, Abingdon, pp. 000-000, probably authentic.
A.D. 964. King Edgar to Sigestan, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) in the common land at Teffont, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 13rv (s. xv)
Printed: K 513; B 1138; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 25.
Comments: Darlington 1955, p. 95; Finberg, ECW, no. 299, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 378, cited; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 39, p. 69 n. 134, product of central agency; Lapidge 1993, pp. 127, 188; Hooke 1994/1, pp. 90-3, on estate; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 101-2, authentic.
A.D. 964 = 963 (Gloucester, 28 December). King Edgar to St Mary's Abbey, Worcester; grant of privileges for land at Cropthorne, Overbury, Pendock, Worcs.; Teddington, Gloucs.; Mitton in Bredon, Sedgeberrow, Worcs.; Northwick in Blockley, Evenlode, Daylesford, Dorn in Batsford, Icomb, Gloucs.; Shipston-on-Stour, Blackwell in Tredington, Warwicks.; Grimley, Little Witley, Knightwick, Hallow, Harvington, Bredon, Worcs.; Blockley, Gloucs.; Tredington, Warwicks; together with the creation of the triple Hundred of Oswaldslow. Latin with English.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Harley 7513 (s. xii1; BA Facs. 40; Hickes, Diss. Epist., plate at end)
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 101, pp. 295-8 (s. xvi)
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 163-5 (s. xvi)
4. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 295-8 (s. xvi)
5. BL Arundel 26, 51rv (s. xvi)
6. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 58rv (s. xvii)
7. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 131r (s. xvii; incomplete)
8. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 27r-28v (s. xvi)
9. BL Harley 358, 48v-49v (s. xvi)
10. BL Harley 6842, 80rv (s. xvii)
11. BL Lansdowne 447, 22v-23v (s. xvii)
12. PRO Ch.R. 6 Edw. II, no. 25
13. PRO Ch.R. 3 Edw. III, no. 23
14. PRO Ch.R. 9 Edw. III, no. 49
15. PRO Ch.R. 14 Rich. II, no. 10
16. PRO Ch.R. 15-17 Rich. II, no. 2
17. PRO Pat. R. 4 Edw. IV, pt 3, m. 3
18. PRO Pat. R. 1 Rich. II, pt 4, m. 3
19. PRO Pat. R. 2 Hen. IV, pt 1, m. 17
20. PRO Pat. R. 2 Hen. IV, pt 1, m. 23
21. PRO Conf. R. 3 Hen. VII, pt 2, no. 15
22. PRO Conf. R. 2 Hen. VIII, pt 5, no. 6
23. London, Soc. Ant., 128, 149r (s. xvii; incomplete)
24. London, Soc. Ant., 128, 305r (s. xvii; incomplete)
25. Bodleian, Dodsworth 24, 64r-67r (s. xvii)
26. Bodleian, Dodsworth 110, 73r-75r (s. xvii; incomplete)
27. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 20v-21v (s. xvii; incomplete)
28. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 204, 160v-162v (s. xviii; incomplete)]
29. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 204, 190r-192v (s. xviii; incomplete)
30. Worcester, D. & C, Addit. MS in safe (s. xiii)
31. Worcester, D. & C., A. 2, pp 21-4 (s. xiv)
32. Worcester, D. & C., A. 2, pp. 176-7 (s. xv; incomplete)
33. Worcester, D. & C., A. 4, 1r-2v (s. xiii)
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 432; Mon. Angl., i. 140-1; Alford 1663, iii. 333-4; Hearne, Heming, pp. 517-22 ex MS 6; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 239-40, incomplete, ex Spelman; K 514 ex Spelman; K vol. vi 237-42 (no. 514) ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 617-18; Thorpe, pp. 211-15; Hale, Worcester Register, pp. 21-4, ex MSS 31, 32; B 1135 ex MS 1; John 1960, pp. 162-6 ex MSS 1, 12; Darlington, Cart. Worcs., pp. 4-7.
Comments: Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 86-7; Taylor 1894, pp. 115-16, spurious; Napier and Stevenson, p. 85, doubtful; Maitland 1897, p. 268, some improvement in favour of the monks; Plummer 1899, pp. 133, 162, 185, spurious; Liebermann 1900, p. 18, spurious; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Vinogradoff 1908, p. 84, spurious; Liebermann, Gesetze, ii. 638, spurious; Harmer, Writs, p. 267 n. 2, may be founded on authentic material; Drögereit 1952, p. 69, spurious; John 1960, pp. 80-139, 166-7, interpolated; PN Gloucs., ii, p. xi; John 1966, pp. 58-9, 71-2 n., pp. 163-4, 237-43, 263-4, partly authentic; Galbraith 1967, pp. 100-1, spurious; Darlington, Cart. Worcs., pp. xiii-xix, 6-7, spurious, absence from 11th-century Worcester cartularies suggests S 731 not then in existence; HRH, p. 230, controversial but agreed to be spurious in present form, subscriptions are probably consistent; Finberg, ECWM, no. 109 (pp. 56, 112), authentic basis; O'Donovan 1973, p. 95, should be dated late in 963; Brooks 1974, p. 229, beyond doubt a 12th-century forgery; Cox 1975, pp. 35-6, interpolated but based on genuine information; Sawyer 1975, pp. 85-7, interpolated at best; John 1977, pp. 192-3, authentic; Hooke 1990, pp. 145-7; Dumville 1992, pp. 167-8, in present from a mid 12th-century document; BA Facs., p. 11, on history of MS 1; Barrow 1992, pp. 69-71, on background to fabrication; Lapidge 1993, pp. 184, 187-8; Crosby 1994, pp. 237-8, on background; Wormald 1995, pp. 126-8; Baker and Holt 1996, p. 138, on Hallow; Barrow 1996, pp. 85, 97; Bassett 1996, pp. 169-72, on estates; Bullough 1996, p. 13; Wormald 1996.
A.D. 965. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Beedon, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 68v-69r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 122rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 1254; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 279-81; B 1171; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 21; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 103.
Comments: PN Berks., i. 232, 241, ii. 472; Gelling, ECTV, no. 103, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, on suspicious formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 103, suspicious, drawn up at Abingdon; cf. S 733, 734.
A.D. 965. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Denchworth, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 69rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 121v (s. xii)
Printed: K 1256; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 281-3; B 1172; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 23; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 104.
Comments: Gelling, ECTV, no. 104, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, on suspicious formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 104, suspicious, probably drawn up at Abingdon; cf. S 732, 734.
A.D. 965. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 50 hides (cassati) at Marcham, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 65v-66r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 121r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1255; Steveson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 264-6; B 1169; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 22; PN Berks., iii. 710, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 102.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 126-7, on bounds; HRH, p. 230, subscriptions consistent but relatively few; PN Berks., i. 14, ii. 414, 426, iii. 701, 710-11, bounds probably describe modern parishes of Marcham, Frilford and Tubney; Gelling, ECTV, no. 102, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, on suspicious formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 104, suspicious, probably drawn up at Abingdon; cf. S 732, 733.
A.D. 965. King Edgar to Æscwig, abbot of St Peter's, Bath; grant of 7.5 hides (mansiunculae) at Stanton Prior, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 82-4 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 516; B 1164; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 27-8.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 193-5, on bounds; Turner 1951, on place-names; Finberg, ECW, no. 491, authentic; HRH, p. 230, ? genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, on charter-type; Costen 1983, pp. 30-1, on bounds; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 177, probably authentic.
A.D. 965. King Edgar to Wulfheard, his faithful man; grant of 3 virgae at Cheselbourne, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abbotsbury
MS: Dorchester, Dorset R.O., D. 124 (s. x2; OS Facs., ii, Earl of Ilchester 1)
Printed: K 521; B 1165.
Comments: Stevenson 1912, p. 8, contemporary; Grundy, Dorset 1934, pp. 129-30, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 605, original; Chaplais 1968, p. 332 n. 169, step from wrapping-tie but not original (= 1973, p. 83 n. 169); Hart 1970/1, p. 22, on endorsement; Keynes 1980, p. 76 n. 153, original, compare S 697; Meyer 1981, p. 354, on estate history; Chaplais 1985, p. 50, perhaps drafted by Bishop Ælfwold of Sherborne; Sinclair Williams 1986; Keynes 1989, p. 220 and n. 74, original, may relate to Little Cheselbourne near Puddletown, p. 226 n. 100, on royal style; PN Dorset, iii. 202; Dumville 1994, p. 155 nn. 117, 122, on script.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Linslade, Bucks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 72r-73r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1257; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 294-7; B 1189; Reed 1979, pp. 173, 175, bounds only; Baines 1983, pp. 119-20, with translation, pp. 120-1; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 105.
Comments: Stenton 1913, p. 41, cited; Gurney 1920, pp. 170-9, on bounds; PN Bucks., pp. 79, 81; Forsberg 1950, pp. 25-6, on bounds; HRH, p. 230, subscriptions consistent; Gelling, ECTV, no. 150, authentic; Reed 1979, pp. 173-6, on bounds, with map; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 17, pp. 77-9, 'Edgar A' formulation; Baines 1983; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 105, authentic; cf. S 1484.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to Ælfgifu, his kinswoman; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Newnham Murren, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Harley Ch. 43 C. 5 (s. xi; BM Facs., iii. 27)
2. BL Harley 596, 17v-18v (s. xvii)
Printed: K 526 and vol. iii. 465-6; B 1176; Earle, p. 294, bounds only.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, doubtful if MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 39-42, on bounds; PN Oxon., i. 11, 49, 50-1, 72, ii. 487, on bounds; Whitelock 1959, p. 78, contemporary; HRH, p. 230, original, subscriptions are consistent; Gelling, ECTV, no. 277, original, bounds describe modern parish of Crowmarsh, which includes Newnham Murren, corrects details of Grundy's interpretation; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 17, pp. 77-9, 'Edgar A' formulation; Baines 1983, p. 110; Blair 1994, pp. 78, 125-6; cf. S 1484.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to Ælfhelm, his minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Parwich, Derbys. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 177v = p. 354 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 1175; Sawyer, Burton, no. 21.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 3, more or less suspicious; HRH, p. 230, ? genuine, subscriptions are consistent but not numerous; Hart, ECNE, no. 107 and p. 169, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, p. xiii, spurious, pp. 34-5, some suspicious features; Lapidge and Winterbotton 1991, p. lxxxix, Bishop Æthelwold may have been involved in drafting diploma; Lapidge 1993, pp. 184, 187-8.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to Ælfwold, bishop; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Isle Abbotts, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Muchelney
MS: BL Add. 56488, 13v (s. xiv)
Printed: Bates, Muchelney Cartulary, no. 7 (p. 48), with translation of bounds.
Comments: Stevenson 1899, p. 49, spurious; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 136-8, on bounds; Stenton 1955, pp. 15-16, questions Stevenson's arguments against authenticity; Finberg, ECW, no. 492, authentic; Edwards 1988, p. 207, probably authentic.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to Crowland Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land etc. at Crowland, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Whaplode, Algarkirk, Dowdike, Drayton, Burtoft, Sutterton, Bucknall, Hallington, Gerimthorp, Langtoft, Baston, Deeping, Thetford, Rippingale, Laithorp, Kirkby, Lincs.; Wellingborough, Addington, Elmington, Glapthorn, Worthorpe, Peakirk and Badby, Northants.; Morborne and Thurning, Hunts.; Beeby, Sutton, Stapleton, Leics.; Cottenham, Oakington and Dry Drayton, Cambs.; and at Standon, Herts. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Crowland
MSS: 1. BL Arundel 178, 44r-45r (s. xvi)
2. Oxford, All Souls College, 32, 7r-8v (s. xv)
3. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, pp. 184-92 (s. xvii)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, pp. 880-2; Alford 1663, iii. 337-8; Fulman 1684, pp. 42-4 ex MS 1; K 520 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 115-17 (no. 12); Birch, Ingulf, pp. 71-5; B 1178 ex MS 1.
Comments: Riley 1862, p. 38, spurious; Liebermann 1892, p. 250; Searle 1894, pp. 175-6; Plummer 1899, p. 159, doubtful; Stevenson 1912, p. 6 n. 17, spurious; HRH, p. 230, spurious, but subscriptions consistent; Chibnall, Orderic Vitalis, ii, pp. xxvii, 340-2; Roffe 1995, pp. 104-8, probably compiled between 1086 and 1119, source of list of estates was Crowland Domesday.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to Ethelred (Ælfthryth) his wife; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Buckland (Newton), Dorset. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 195v-196r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 223rv (s. xiv)
Printed: K 524 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 57 (no. 121) ex MS 2; B 1177 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 608 (no. 1132).
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 606, authentic; PN Dorset, iii. 239; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 39, on MS sources, pp. 64-5, on estate history.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 2 hides (mansiunculae) at (Podimore) Milton, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 169v (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 185r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum (no. 82 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 33)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 839 ex MS 2; K 525 and vol. vi. 242 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 49 (no. 91); B 1188 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 133; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 476 (no. 863) ex MS 1.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 493, authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, on formulation; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. p. 178; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 33, 38, on MS sources, pp. 174-5, on estate history.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to Shaftesbury Abbey; confirmation of 10 hides (cassati) at Uppidelen (Piddletrenthide, Dorset), originally granted by the king's grandmother, Wynflæd. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 13v-14r (s. xv)
Printed: K 522 and vol. iii. 465; B 1186; Earle, p. 429, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 132; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 26.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset 1937, pp. 107-12, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 607, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, renewal of lost landbook; Forberg 1984, pp. 6-7, on bounds; PN Dorset, i. 310, on detail of bounds; Abrams 1996, p. 199 n. 45, on estate; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 103-6, authentic.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to New Minster, Winchester; refoundation and grant of privileges. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vesp. A. viii, 3v-33v (s. x2; Pal. Soc., 1st ser., iv, plates 46-7; Golden Age, colour pl. IV)
2. Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 27v-29r (s. xv)
3. Bodleian, James 10, pp. 14-15 (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: Spelman, Concilia, i. 435; Alford 1663, iii. 343-7; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 240-1; K 527; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 439-41 (no. 7); Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 192-202; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 232-46, ex MS 1; B 1190; Councils and Synods, no. 31 (pp. 121-33).
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 100, authentic; Wormald 1963, on script; John 1965, pp. 417 n., 420 n., 421, on formulation, pp. 271-5, probably contemporary; John 1966, pp. 271-5, extraordinary but original; Whitelock 1970, pp. 131-3, drafted by Bishop Æthelwold; Bishop 1971, p. xxi, perhaps written by Abingdon scribe; HRH, p. 230, original, subscriptions are consistent; Biddle 1975, pp. 134, 236 n. 66, genuine record of events in 966 but charter itself need only be dated 966 x 984; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 315; Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 378-9, surely composed by Æthelwold; Keynes 1980, p. 81 n. 163, can be regarded as work of Æthelwold; Councils and Synods, pp. 119-20; Golden Age, p. 47 (no. 26); Lapidge and Winterbottom 1991, pp. lxxxix-xc; Heslop 1992, p. 310 n. 43; Dumville 1993, p. 2 n. 6, p. 143, on script; Lapidge 1993, pp. 127, 189-90, on prose style; Dumville 1994, p. 162, cited; Deshman 1995, pp. 184, 196; Gameson 1995, p. 203 n. 9; Keynes 1996, pp. 26-8.
A.D. 966. King Edgar to New Minster, Winchester; grant of 5 hides at Donnington, 28 at Southease, 10 at Telscombe, Sussex, and 2 at Winterburna (Addeston in Maddington, Wilts.). Latin.
Archive: Winchester, New Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vesp. A. viii, 34r-37r (s. xii)
2. BL Cotton Vesp. A. viii, 39r-43r (s. xiv)
3. Earl of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Liber Abbatiae, 29rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl,., i. 211; Spelman, Concilia, i. 443, incomplete; Alford 1663, iii. 348; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 244, incomplete; K 523; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 213 (no. 12), ii. 441-2 (no. 8); Edward, Liber de Hyda, pp. 202-5, 322-3; B 1191.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 158, doubtful; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 3, suspicious; Barker 1949, p. 100, possibly authentic basis; Finberg, ECW, no. 300, spurious; Keynes 1996, p. 27 n. 112, p. 28, n. 120, probably forged in 12th century; cf. S 1589.
A.D. 967. King Edgar to Ælfheah, his faithful comes, and Ælfswith, Ælfheah's, wife; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Merton and Dulwich, Surrey. Latin with English bounds of Merton.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 199rv (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 228v-229r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 113 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: Hoare, Wilts., Hundred of South Damerham, p. 22; K 537 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 58 (no. 124) ex MS 2; B 1196 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 627-8 (no. 1167) ex MS 1.
Comments: PN Surrey, p. 25 n., bounds are of Merton; Gelling, ECTV, no. 332, authentic basis, bounds modernized; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 34, 35, 39, on MS sources, pp. 166, 173-4, on estates.
A.D. 967. King Edgar to Ælfsige, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Eastune. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 73rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 533; B 1199; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 3.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1921, p. 64, unidentified; Finberg, ECW, no. 652, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 32 (no. 126), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation.
A.D. 967 for 972. King Edgar to Æthelwold, bishop, for the church of Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leics.; grant of 13 hides (cassati) at Breedon, Wilson, Ætheres dune (? Atterton) and Diseworth, Leics. Latin.
Archive: Burton
MS: Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 177v-178r = pp. 354-5 (s. xiii med.)
Printed: B 1283; Sawyer, Burton, no. 22.
Comments: Stenton 1910, p. 78, treats as authentic; Stenton, V.C.H. Leics., i. 316, 349, these lands formed part of the post-Conquest manor of Tonge; Stenton 1971, p. 452, cited; HRH, p. 230, probably genuine and to be dated 972, subscriptions consistent with 972 x 974; Hart, ECNE, no. 37 and p. 169, authentic but misdated, should be 974; Dornier 1977, p. 159, on Breedon; Sawyer, Burton, p. 36, authentic but misdated, should be 972.
A.D. 967. King Edgar to Beorhtnoth, his comes: grant of land at Bragenfelda (? Cold Brayfield, Bucks., or Brafield-on-the-Green, Northants.). Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 74r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1260; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 300-1; B 1209; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 25; Baines 1992, p. 31, with translation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 106.
Comments: PN Bucks., pp. 3-4, place-name may originally have applied to a very large area; Barker 1949, p. 73, doubtful; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Gelling, ECTV, no. 151, authentic, charter seems to refer to a specific settlement rather than an indeterminate area, but specific identification impossible; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, 'Dunstan B' formulation; Hart 1987, argues for identification with Brafield on the Green (= Hart 1992, pp. 487-94); Baines 1992, modelled on S 726, probable that Bragenfeld was originally the name of a larger area, which included both Cold Brayfield and Brafield on the Green; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 178; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 106, authentic, not modelled on S 726 (as suggested by Whitelock).
A.D. 967. King Edgar to Brihtnoth, his faithful minister; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Suthtune (Ullington in Pebworth, Gloucs.), and at Bickmarsh, Worcs., with regrant of the land by Brithnoth to St Mary's, Worcester, on his son's admission to the minster. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 168r-169r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 371-3; K 536; B 1201; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 5; Hooke 1990, p. 174, bounds only.
Comments: Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 44-7, on bounds, estate included south-west part of Bickmarsh parish and Ullington in Pebworth; PN Warwicks., p. 201 n. 2, impossible to correlate ancient and modern bounds excpet for a few points, perhaps because survey included a lost Suthtun; Drögereit 1952, p. 69, dubious; John 1960, pp. 87-8, dubious; Davies 1972, pp. 469, 472, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 302, authentic, incorrect regnal year, suggests that, while the original grant may be dated 967, the assignment to St Mary's may be 973; Hooke 1990, pp. 174-7, on bounds, with map p. 175; Hart 1992, p. 592 n. 93, witness-list points to 975, which was presumably when the estate was assigned to Worcester; Barrow 1996, p. 91.
A.D. 967. King Edgar to Chertsey Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of land, consisting of 5 hides (mansae) at Chertsey and 10 hides (cassati) at Thorpe, 20 at Egham with Englefield, 5 at Chobham with Busseleghe, Frensham and Frimley, 10 (mansiones) at Petersham, 30 at Sutton with swine-pastures at Thunderfield Castle, 20 at Cheam with swine-pastures in the Weald [and the charter which Edgar had bought from Eadwine for 50 mancuses], 10 at Waddington, 20 at Coulsdon, 20 at Merstham, 10 at Chipstead with Chaldon, 10 at Banstead with Suthemeresfelda (cf. Canon's Farm in Banstead), 20 at Epsom, 12 at Bookham, 10 at (East) Clandon, 20 at Cobham with Pointers (in Cobham), 5 at Byfleet with Weybridge, all in Surrey; 10 at (White) Waltham, Berks.; and 20 at Molesey, Surrey [which King Eadwig unjustly gave to Old Minster, Winchester, and which were retrieved by Edgar and Bishop Æthelwold]. Latin.
Archive: Chertsey
MS: BL Cotton Vitell. A. xiii, 41r-43r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 532; B 1195.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 703; PN Hunts., pp. 222-3, Suthmeresfeld is the lost Summerfield (now Canon's Farm) in Banstead, Surrey; PN Berks., i. 70; Rumble 1976, pp. 167-9, on place-name forms; Gelling, ECTV, no. 331 (pp. 56, 159), spurious, some information probably derived from pre-Conquest records, cf. no. 337; Whitelock, EHD, p. 371, St Paul's and Chertsey must have combined to produce spurious documents; Scharer 1982, p. 137, spurious; Fleming 1985, p. 260; Dumville 1992, p. 52, spurious, discusses history of certain estates; cf. S 1053, and S 453 from St Paul's.
A.D. 967. King Edgar to Dunstan, archbishop; grant of 1.5 hides at Cealuadune (Chaldon, Surrey). Half the land had been forfeited by Eadwold for theft. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Westminster
MSS: 1. London, Westminster Abbey, W.A.M. VII (s. x2; OS Facs., ii, Westminster 8)
2. London, Westminster Abbey, Muniment Bk 11, 269r (s. xiv; dated 964)
Printed: B 1198.
Comments: OS Facs., ii., p. vi, Oswold styled archbishop some years too soon; Napier and Stevenson, p. 124, identifies as Kelvedon Hatch, Essex; PN Essex, pp. 58-9, to judge by bounds can be neither Kelvedon nor Kelvedon Hatch, Essex; Barker 1949, p. 73, doubtful; Ekwall, DEPN, p. 94, identifies as Chaldon, Surrey; Hart, ECE, no. 21, original, estate unidentified, does not appear to be in Essex; Rumble 1976, p. 181 n. 25, probably not Chaldon, Surrey; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, on 'Dunstan B' formulation; Wormald 1988, no. 37; Keynes 1994, p. 178, not authentic in received form, perhaps fabricated later in tenth century on the basis of a 'Dunstan B' charter for Eadwold, supports identification with Chaldon, Surrey.
A.D. 967. King Edgar to Wynflæd, the noble matrona; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at (East and West) Meon, and Farnfield in Privett, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 37rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 535; B 1200.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 217-20, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 107, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on rubric, p. 27 (no. 64), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation.
A.D. 967. King Edgar to Wulfnoth Rumuncant, his faithful vassalus; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Lesneage and Pennare in St Keverne, Cornwall. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter
MS: Exeter, D. & C., 2521 (s. xi2; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 6)
Printed: Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 6-7 n.; K 534; Davidson 1883, pp. 276-7; B 1197; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 4; Hooke 1994, pp. 37, 40, bounds only.
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 274-6, authentic; Henderson 1931, pp. 66, 71, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, p. 18 (no. 84); Bishop 1955, p. 195, apograph in the same hand as S 770 and 832; Chaplais 1966, pp. 13-14 (no. 13), no decisive argument against authenticity, a copy written in third quarter of s. xi in same hand as S 770 and 832, apparently at Exeter (= 1981, XV pp. 13-14); Padel 1978, p. 25 n. 22; Whitelock, EHD, p. 378, on subscription of diocesan bishop; Keynes 1980, p. 28 n. 46, on subscription of diocesan bishop; Padel 1981, p. 66, on a boundary mark; Padel, CoPNE, pp. 43, 49, 124, 197; Olson 1989, p. 108; Hooke 1991-2, p. 84; Hooke 1994, pp. 37-40, on bounds.
A.D. 958 or 968. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 72 hides (cassati) at Bedwyn, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 77rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 118rv (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197r (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1266; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 314-17; B 1213; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 108.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 75-80, bounds cover Great Bedwyn, Grafton, Burbage and part of Brimslade and Cadley; Crawford 1921, pp. 282-3, bounds cover Great Bedwyn and Burbage; Darlington 1955, p. 97, possibly authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 303, authentic, reference to Oswald probably a copyist's mistake for Oscytel; Whitelock, EHD, p. 582, authenticity uncertain; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, spurious, probably modelled in part on S 876; Dumville 1992, pp. 107-12, probably authentic, discusses estate history; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 10, spurious, probably modelled on S 673 and originally dated 958 (as in MS 2); cf. S 937.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Cumnor, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 66rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 121v-122r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1261; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 267-9; B 1222; PN Berks., iii. 731, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 111.
Comments: Field 1907, pp. 46-7, on bounds; Stenton 1913, p. 48, text not above suspicion; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 149-50, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 426, suspicious; PN Berks., i. 15, ii. 445, 450, iii. 718-19, 731-2, survey probably describes the modern parish of Cumnor; Gelling, ECTV, no. 107, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n.. 16, 17, some of the formulae may be derived from S 896; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 111, evidently drawn up at Abingdon, authenticity uncertain; cf. S 758-60.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Fyfield, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 167-8 (s. xvi; ex 1)
3. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 79r-80r (s. xiii)
4. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 121v (s. xii; no bounds)
5. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197v (s. xii; bounds only)
6. BL Cotton Vitell. D. vii, 34r (s. xvi; ex 2)
Printed: K 546; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 323-6; B 1221; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 10; PN Berks., iii. 710, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 110.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 110-11, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 426, suspicious; PN Berks., i. 14, ii. 408-9, iii. 710, survey describes modern parish of Fyfield; Gelling, ECTV, no. 106, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, some of the formulae may be derived from S 896; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 110, evidently drawn up at Abingdon, authenticity uncertain; cf. S 757, 759-60.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 10 or 20 hides (cassati) at Hanney, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi., 67v-68r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 122r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1262; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 273-6; B 1224; PN Berks., iii. 743, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 112.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 125-7, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 426, suspicious; PN Berks., i. 8, 14, 15, 17-18, ii. 477, iii. 739, 743-4, bounds describe East Hanney; Gelling, ECTV, no. 108, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, some of the formulae may be derived from S 896; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 112, evidently drawn up at Abingdon, authenticity uncertain; cf. S 757-8, 760.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Oare, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 68rv (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 122r (s. xii; no bounds)
3. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 197v (s. xii; bounds only)
Printed: K 1263; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 276-7; B 1225; PN Berks., iii. 656, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 113.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 243-4, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 426, suspicious; PN Berks., i. 242, iii. 649-50, 656, bounds describe an area of the modern parish of Chieveley, which includes Oare and Bradley; Forsberg 1979, pp. 147-8, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 109, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, some of the formulae may be derived from S 896; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 113, evidently drawn up at Abingdon, authenticity uncertain; cf. S 757-9.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Ælfwine, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Boxford, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 76r-77r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 122v-123r (s. xii; no bounds)
Printed: K 1265; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 311-13; B 1227; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 27; PN Berks., iii. 669, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 107.
Comments: Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 210-12, on bounds; PN Berks., i. 233, iii. 658, 669-70, bounds probably describe modern parish, identical survey in S 577; Gelling, ECTV, no. 111, authentic basis; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 107, dubious as it stands, but may be based on an authentic document and record a genuine transaction.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Brihtgifu, his faithful lady; grant of 3 iugera at Ealderescumbe. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Shaftesbury
MS: BL Harley 61, 14v-15r (s. xv)
Printed: K 547; B 1218; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 27.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset, p. 69, not in Dorset; Finberg, ECW, no. 653, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Kelly, Shaftesbury, p. 107, authentic.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Eadwine, 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, 42r-43r (s. xii)
Printed: K 544; B 1217; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 9.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 283-8, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 306, authentic, same bounds as in S 486, 638, 763; Hart 1970/1, p. 28 (no. 72), authentic; cf. S 638, 705.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 192v (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 218rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 841 ex MS 2; K 545 from MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 50 (no. 97); B 1214 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 592-3 (no. 1095) ex MS 1.
Comments: Grundy, Dorset, 1938, pp. 77-81, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, pp. 143-4, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 609, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; PN Dorset, iii. 163, 188-9, 191-2, 196-201, 348; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 36, 39, on MS sources, pp. 225-8, on estate.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Romsey Abbey; grant of land at Edington, Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Romsey
MS: BL Lansdowne 442, 36v (s. xiv; incomplete, lacks witness-list)
Printed: B 1215.
Comments: Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 80-4, bounds describe Edington and probably East Coulston; Darlington 1955, p. 93; Finberg, ECW, no. 304, authentic; Davies 1972, p. 462, on formulation; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Meyer 1981, p. 349, cited; Stevenson, Edington Cart., p. 25 (no. 47).
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Wilton Abbey; confirmation of land given to the church by Wulfthryth, consisting of 10 hides at South Newton, 10 at Sherrington, 20 at (? Kingston) Deverill, 3 at Baverstock and 3 at Frustfield (lost), Wilts.; and 10 at Watchingwell in Calbourne, Isle of Wight. Latin with bounds in English and Latin.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 24v-28v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 862-4; Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 12-16; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 323-4 (no. 6); Searle 1894, pp. 211-13.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 84; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 268-9, on bounds of Baverstock, pp. 274-6, on bounds of South Newton; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp 109-11, 268, 277, on bounds of Deverill and Sherrington; PN Wilts., p. 388, Frustfield bounds probably describe Abbotstone in Whiteparish, in former hundred of Frustfield; Kökeritz 1940, pp. 87-91, on bounds of Watchingwell; Forsberg 1950, p. 171, on a boundary mark; Stenton 1955, p. 3 n. 1, unusual form not fatal to authenticity; Darlington 1955, pp. 92-3, on estates; Whitelock 1959, p. 77 n., cited, with reference to witnesses; Finberg, ECW, no. 108 (pp. 51, 96), authentic; Taylor 1964, on Frustfield bounds; HRH, p. 237, subscriptions consistent, possibly authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-9, 'Edgar A' formulation, proem also in S 762; Meyer 1981, p. 353, cited; Abrams 1996, p. 108, on Deverill.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Wilton Abbey; grant of 2 hides (cassati) near Wilton, Wilts., formerly owned by Regenweard, mercator. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 78r-80r (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 864-5; Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 43-4; K 543; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 324-5 (no. 7); B 1216; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 8.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 85; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 84-6, identifies as Bemerton, Wilts.; Darlington 1955, pp. 16, 92, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 305, authentic; HRH, p. 230, ? genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Forsberg 1973, p. 13 n. 1, refers to land in ancient parish of Fugglestone St Peter; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Haslam 1984, pp. 127-8, on topography.
Note. The introduction to the bounds states that Blithher had previously held the land.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Wulfric, bishop (? of Hereford); grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Stantun (? Stanton by Newhall, Derbys.). Latin.
Archive: Burton
MSS: 1. Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/2/41 (s. x med.; BA Facs. 7)
2. Aberystwyth, N.L.W., Peniarth 390, 178r = p. 355 (s. xiii med.; no bounds)
Printed: B 1211 ex MS 2; Hart, ECNE, pp. 179-80 ex MS 1; Sawyer, Burton, no. 23.
Comments: PN Derbys., pp. 659-60, on identification; Hart 1970/1, p. 24, on endorsement; Hart, ECNE, no. 108 and pp. 181-6, MS 1 contemporary, beneficiary probably bishop of Dorchester; Keynes 1978, pp. 166, 171 n. 2, on chrismon; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 38-9, authentic, MS 1 contemporary; BA Facs., p. 4, not clear if MS 1 contemporary or a later imitative copy.
A.D. 968. King Edgar to Wulfstan, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Whistley, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 71v-72r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 122v (s. xii)
3. PRO Pat. R. 19 Rich. II, pt 2, m. 32
Printed: K 1264; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 292-4; B 1226; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 26; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 109.
Comments: PN Berks., i. 100; Gelling, ECTV, no. 110, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 17, witness-list probably from a memorandum of 966; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 109, probably authentic, perhaps an example of local drafting; cf. S 603.
A.D. 969. King Edgar to Ælfheah Gerent, his man, and Ælfheah's wife, Morwrei; grant of 2 hides (mansae) and one pertica at Lamorran and Trenowth in Probus, Cornwall. Latin with English bounds, including bounds of 1 yardlard at Tregellas, Cornwall.
Archive: Exeter
MS: Exeter, D. & C., 2521v (s. xi2; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 6 dorse)
Printed: Davidson 1883, pp. 278-9; B 1231; Hooke 1994, pp. 41, 42-3, 44, bounds only.
Comments: Davidson 1883, pp. 277-8; Finberg, ECDC, no. 86; Bishop 1955, p. 195, apograph in same hand as S 755 and 832; Chaplais 1966, p. 14 (no. 14), may be copy of genuine document, written third quarter of s. xi by same scribe as S 755 and 832(= 1981, XV p. 14); Padel 1978, p. 25 n. 22; Padel, CoPNE, pp. 52, 53, 124, 197; Hooke 1994, pp. 41-5, on bounds.
Note. Written on dorse of S 755.
A.D. 969. King Edgar to Ælfhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Witney, Oxon., with appurtenant meadow. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 44v-45r (s. xii)
Printed: K 556; B 1230.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 76-81, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 400-2; PN Oxon., i. 6, 11, ii. 316, 319, 323, 333, 489-90, on bounds; Gelling 1967, pp. 92, 99-102, bounds describe modern parishes of Curbridge, Crawley, Hailey and Witney; Hart 1970/1, p. 29 (no. 76), authentic; Gelling 1978, pp. 202-5, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 278, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, p. 35, on beneficiary; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Bailey 1989/1, on detail of bounds; Blair and Millard 1992, pp. 342-5, on bounds; Blair 1994, pp. 11, 35, on topography, p. 78, on hidage, pp. 130-3, 198 n. 204, on bounds and estate history, p. 131, map.
A.D. 969. King Edgar to Ælfwold, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Apsley Guise, Beds. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Add. Ch. 19793 (? s. x2 or xi1; BM Facs., iii. 29)
2. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 129v-130r (s. xvii; abbreviated; ex 1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 559-60, ex MS 2; K 1267; B 1229; Earle, pp. 206-7; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 28.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Fowler 1920, no. 6; PN Beds., pp. 68, 79, 113, 114, 118; PN Worcs., p. xl, on detail of bounds; Stenton 1955, p. 67, on endorsement; Bishop 1971, p. 17, MS 1 apparently written by scribe 3 of Vatican City, Bibliotheca Apostolica, Reg. lat. 1671, whom he assigns to Worcester; Hart, ECNE, p. 82, argues against proposed Worcester links of scribe of MS 1; Gelling, ECTV, no. 3, original, bounds include Holcote as well as modern parish of Apsley Guise; Whitelock, EHD, p. 563, original, cf. S 773, ciuched in identical terms and in favour of the same beneficiary; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation, MS 1 apparent original; Dumville 1993, pp. 70-3, on script, MS 1 probably written at Worcester in early 11th century, perhaps forged on basis of S 773; Bullough 1996, p. 11, on beneficiary; King 1996, p. 104, on beneficiary.
A.D. 969. King Edgar to Ælfwold, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Kineton, Warwicks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Somers Ch. 15 (lost)
2. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 131r (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: Smith, Bede, pp. 775-7 ex MS; Hearne, Heming, p. 568 ex MS 2; K 548 ex Smith; B 1234 ex Smith.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 113 (pp. 563-4).
Comments: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302, no. 15; PN Warwicks., p. xvii, cited, p. 282 n., on bounds; Hart, ECNE, no. 62, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 563, authentic, cf. S 772, cf. S 772, couched in identical terms and in favour of the same beneficiary; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Loyn 1984, pp. 111-12; Dumville 1993, pp. 72-3, discusses connections with S 772; Bullough 1996, p. 11, on beneficiary; King 1996, p. 104, on beneficiary.
A.D. 969 (15 May). King Edgar to St Peter's, Thorney (i.e. Westminster Abbey); confirmation, reciting a bull of Pope John, of liberties and of land at Ham (in East Ham), Wennington, Essex; Morden, Surrey; Fanton (Hall) in North Benfleet, Essex; Aldenham, Herts.; Bleccenham and Lothereslege (both lost, in Hendon), Middx; Holwell, Datchworth and Watton-at-Stone, Herts.; Chollington in Eastbourne, Sussex; Staines, with Teddington, Halliford, Feltham and Ashford, Middx. Latin.
Archive: Westminster
MSS: 1. Bodleian, Eng. hist. a. 2, IV (s. xii med.; BA Facs., 37)
2. Cambridge, U.L., Dd. 8. 39, pp. 57-61 (s. xviii)
3. BL Cotton. Faust. A. iii, 17r-21v (s. xiii)
4. BL Cotton Titus A. viii, 5v-7r (s. xiv)
5. BL Lansdowne 996, 6v-7r (s. xvii; incomplete)
6. London, Westminster Abbey, Muniment Bk 11, 36v-38v (s. xiv)
7. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 88r-89v (s. xvii; incomplete)
Printed: Alford 1663, iii. 354-5; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 291-3 (no. 3) ex MS 4; K 483 ex MS 4; K 555 ex Mon. Angl. and MS 4; Thorpe, pp. 219-26; B 1228 ex Alford; B 1264 ex MSS 3, 4; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 12-18 (no. 6) ex MS 1.
Comments: Hickes, Diss Epist., pp. 66, 82, spurious; Wanley, Catalogus, p. 303; Astle 1792/1, spurious; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 88-102, spurious; Robinson 1909, p. 12, spurious; Stevenson 1914, p. 702, spurious; PN Middx, pp. 1, 14, 18, 23, 24, 50 n., 57, 165; Harmer, Writs, pp. 338-9, spurious, dates MS 1 to c. 1100; Chaplais 1962, pp. 92-5, spurious, forged by Osbert de Clare in mid 12th century (= 1981, XVIII pp. 92-5); Hart 1970/1, p. 11 n. 1, spurious but probably contains genuine information; Hart, ECE, no. 22, spurious; HRH, p. 230, spurious, subscriptions inconsistent; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 369, forgery; Harvey 1977, pp. 23-4, 341-2, 345-6, 358-9; Gelling, ECTV, no. 224 (pp. 84, 110-11, 160), spurious; Vollrath 1985, pp. 265-6; Pelteret 1986, p. 483; Heslop 1992, forged in mid 12th century, scribe also wrote S 124 MS 1 and S 1293 MS 1; BA Facs., p. 11, text largely based on charters of Saint-Denis, one section apparently derived from expanded version of S 670 in S 1450 MS 2, names of bishops in witness-list probably taken from a charter of King Æthelred.
A.D. 970. King Edgar to Ælfswith, widow and nun; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Idmiston, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 202r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 233v (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 103 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 34)
Printed: Hoare, Wilts., Hundred of Alderbury, p. 55; K 565 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 58 (no. 125) ex MS 2; B 1259 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 17; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 642 (no. 1195) ex MS 1.
Comments: Drögereit 1952, p. 70; Darlington 1955, p. 96; Finberg, ECW, no. 307, authentic; Dumville 1992, pp. 177-8, on status of beneficiary; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 34, 39, on MS sources, pp. 143-5, on estate; cf. S 530, 531.
A.D. 970 (Woolmer, Hants., Easter). King Edgar to Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester; grant of the minster of Ely and of land at Melbourn and Armingford, Cambs., in exchange for land at Harting, Sussex. Latin.
Archive: Ely
MSS: 1. Cambridge, U.L., EDC, Liber M, pp. 63-4 (s. xiii2)
2. BL Add. 5819, 2rv (s. xviii)
Printed: K 564; B 1265.
Comments: Robertson, Charters, p. 347, discusses relationship with S 779; Miller 1951, pp. 17, 25-6; Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 415, citing Whitelock, cannot be authentic as it stands, possibly expanded from genuine record; John 1966, pp. 210-33, esp. pp. 232-3, probably fabricated, dating clause and witness-list from S 779; Keynes 1980, p. 60 n. 137, on calculation of regnal year; Sawyer 1983, p. 298, on Woolmer.
A.D. 970. King Edgar to the church of St Peter, Bath; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Clifton, near Bath, in exchange for 100 mancuses of gold and 10 hides (mansae) at Cumtun (Chilcompton or Compton Dando, Somerset). The land is to be for the use of the monks, just as Abbot Æscwig obtained it. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 85-7 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 566; B 1257; Hunt, Bath. Carts., pp. 29-31; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 18.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 211-13, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 512, authentic; John 1966, pp. 202-3, authentic, discusses witnesses; Stenton 1970, p. 295 n.1, on detail of bounds; HRH, p. 230, probably genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation.
A.D. 970. King Edgar to Brihtheah, his faithful deacon; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Kingston Bagpuize, Berks. Latin.
Archive: Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 73v-74r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 1268; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 299; B 1260; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 29; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 114.
Comments: Gelling, ECTV, no. 112, authentic, queries identification with Kingston Bagpuize and suggests Kingston Lisle; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 125, on formulation; Hooke et al. 1987, on topography; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 114, authentic, probably refers to Kingston Bagpuize.
A.D. 970 (Woolmer, Hants.). King Edgar to Ely Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of land at Melbourn and Armingford, Cambs., and at Northwold, Norfolk, in exchange for 60 hides (cassati) at Harting, Sussex. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Ely
MSS: Latin and English
1. BL Stowe Ch. 31 (s. xi/xii; OS Facs., iii. 32)Latin
13. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 237-40 (s. xvi)
14. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2. 1, pp. 48-9 (s. xii; incomplete)
15. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2. 41, pp. 66-9 (s. xii med.; French version)
16. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2. 41, pp. 81-6 (s. xii med.)
17. Cambridge, U.L., EDC, Liber M, pp. 64-6 (s. xiii2)
18. Ely, D. & C., Liber Eliensis, 40v-41v (s. xiii; incomplete)
19. BL Add. 9822, ***** (s. xv)
20. BL Cotton Cleop. C. i, 89v-91v (s. xiv)
21. BL Cotton Domitian xv, ***** (s. xv)
22. BL Egerton 3047, 3v-5, 4v (s. xv)
23. BL Harley 230, ***** (s. xiv)
24. BL Harley 358, 29r-30v (s. xvi)
25. BL Harley 6598, 25v-27r (s. xvii)
26. BL Lansdowne 447, 37r-38v (s. xvii)
27. BL Lansdowne 863, 101rv (s. xvi)
28. PRO Ch.R. 12 Edw. 2, no. 42
29. PRO Ch.R. 2 Edw. III, no. 78
30. PRO Ch.R. 1 Hen. IV, pt 2, no. 5
31. PRO Cart. Ant. R. 2, no 11 (s. xiii)
32. PRO Cart. Ant. R. 33, no. 1 (s. xiii)
33. PRO Pat. R. 1 Rich. II, pt 5, m. 34
34. PRO Pat. R. 2 Edw. IV, pt 6, m. 25
35. London, Soc. Ant. 38, 180r-181r (s. xiv)
36. London, Soc. Ant. 128, 152r (s. xvii; incomplete, with transl. 301r-302r)
37. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 47rv, 55r (s. xvii)
38. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 1v-2v (s. xvii)
39. Bodleian, Dugdale 21, 69v-70r (s. xvii; incomplete)
40. Bodleian, Eng. hist. c. 241, 34v-36r (s. xviii)
41. Bodleian, Gough Cambridge 22, ***** (s. xiv)
42. Bodleian, Laud. Misc. 647, 24v-25r (s. xii; incomplete)
Printed: Latin
Mon. Angl., i. 93; Bentham, Ely, Appendix, pp. 1-2; K 563 ex MSS 2, 4; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 474-5 (no. 2) ex MS 37; Thorpe, pp. 237-9; B 1266 ex MS 1; Landon 1939, pp. 24-6 ex MS 27; Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 76-8, ex MS 18; Pope 1971, pp. 88-92, ex MS 1 and Blake.
EnglishK 563 ex MSS 2, 4; Thorpe, pp. 239-43, with translation; B 1267 ex MS 1; Wyatt 1919, pp. 119-21; Robertson, Charters, no. 48 (pp. 98-103) ex MS 1, with translation; Pope 1971, pp. 88-92.
Comments: Astle 1792, spurious; B 1266, doubtful if authentic; Stevenson 1898/1, p. 505 n. 1, spurious; Plummer 1899, pp. 152, 155, spurious; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Robertson, Charters, pp. 345-7; McIntosh 1949, p. 113 and n. 8, attributes English version to Ælfric and suggests date c. 1006; Miller 1951, pp. 15, 25-6; Whitelock 1959, p. 77 n., dubious; John 1960, pp. 105-6; Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 414-15, citing Whitelock, spurious; Hart, ECEE, no. 55, citing John, authentic; John 1966, p. 58, on royal style, pp. 210-33, Latin text substantially authentic, vernacular version of later date; HRH, p. 230, probably spurious, subscriptions consistent except for Bishop Ælric; Pope 1971, on Ælfric's connection with Old English version; Sawyer 1983, p. 298, on Woolmer; Kennedy 1995, pp. 141, 150-1, balance of opinion would seem to favour authenticity; Pelteret 1995, p. 278, on terminology; Wormald 1995, p. 128, on legal detail.
A.D. 970. King Edgar to Ely Abbey; grant of 10 hides (cassati) in the common land at Linden End in Aldreth, Cambs. Latin with English.
Archive: Ely
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2. 1, 49v-50r (s. xii; incomplete)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2, 41, pp. 86-8 (s. xii med.)
3. Ely, D. & C., Liber Eliensis, 42v-43r (s. xiii; incomplete)
4. BL Cotton Titus A. i, 25rv (s. xii; incomplete)
5. Bodleian, Laud Misc. 647, 26r (s. xii; incomplete)
Printed: Gale, Scriptores XV, i. 519; K 1269; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 475 (no. 3); Stewart, Liber Eliensis, p. 117; B 1268 ex Stewart; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 19.
Comments: Stenton 1910, p. 83; PN Cambs., p. 234 n., on bounds; Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 415-16, citing Whitelock, authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 56, authentic; HRH, p. 230, probably authentic, subscriptions consistent; Hart, ECNE, p. 385; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Kennedy 1995, p. 163 and n. 125.
A.D. 970. King Edgar to Ely Abbey; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Stoke near Ipswich, Suffolk. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Ely
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2. 1, 55rv (s. xii; incomplete)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, O. 2. 41, pp. 88-92 (s. xii med.)
3. Cambridge, U.L., Liber M, pp. 66-7 (s. xiii2; incomplete)
4. Ely, D. & C., Liber Eliensis, 55rv (s. xiii2; incomplete)
5. BL Cotton Tib. vi, 99rv (s. xii; incomplete)
6. BL Cotton Titus A. i, 25v (s. xii2)
7. Bodleian, Laud Misc. 647, 33v (s. xii; incomplete)
Printed: Gale, Scriptores XV, i. 520; K 1270; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 475 (no. 4); Stewart, Liber Eliensis, p. 118; B 1269 ex Stewart; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 30; Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 112-13.
Comments: B 1269, identifies the place as Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk; Ekwall, DEPN, p. 445, accepts Birch's identification; Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 416-17, probably authentic, modelled on charter of Athelstan, identifies place with Stoke near Ipswich; Hart, ECEE, no. 77, authentic; John 1966, pp. 202-3, authentic; HRH, p. 230, probably authentic, subscriptions are consistent; Forsberg 1973, p. 13, on detil of bounds; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation, probably drafted on the same occasion as S 777 and by the same draftsman; Hart 1992, pp. 60-2, on bounds.
Note: Bishop Æthelwold is said to have given the king 100 mancuses of gold for the property (Blake, Liber Eliensis, pp. 111-12).
A.D. 971. King Edgar to Æthelwold, bishop; grant of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs., for Peterborough Abbey, in return for 40 pounds of silver and a golden cross. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. BL Egerton 2733, 45r-47v (s. xiii; no bounds)
2. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 38r-39r (s. xii med.)
3. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 111v (s. xiii; incomplete)
4. Peterborough, D. & C., 5, 22rv (s. xiii; no bounds or witnesses)
Printed: K 568 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 383-4 (no. 15) ex MS 2; B 1270 ex MS 2.
Comments: Hart, ECEE, no. 150, authentic; Barker 1967, p. 85, on witness-list; Everson 1984, on bounds; Whitelock 1970, pp. 132-3, on prose-style, perhaps written by Æthelwold or an associate; Stenton 1971, p. 452, cited; Sawyer, Burton, p. 36 n. 1; Whitelock, EHD, p. 379; Keynes 1980, p. 70 n. 137, on calculation of regnal year; Lawson 1984, p. 730; Fleming 1985, p. 251; PN Lincs., ii. 29-30, on bounds; Everson and Knowles 1992-3, on bounds.
A.D. 971. King Edgar to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of privileges. Latin with English.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 60v-61r (s. xiv)
2. Cambridge, Trinity College, R. 5. 33, 12v-13r (s. xiii)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. v, 80r-82r (s. xv)
4. BL Harley 258, 118v-119v (s. xvii)
5. BL Royal 13 D. ii, 37v-38r (s. xii)
6. Bodleian, Dugdale 21, 114v-115v (s. xvii; incomplete)
7. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 252, 23r-24r (s. xvii)
8. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 68rv (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 16-17; Alford 1663, iii. 365-6; Hearne, John of Glastonbury, i. 133-7 ex MS 3*; Hearne, Adam of Domerham, i. 78-82 ex MS 2; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 258-9; K 567 ex Mon. Angl. and MS 3*; Mon. Angl., i. 26-7 (no. 9) ex MS 3*, 43 (no. 64) ex MS 8; Stubbs, William of Malmesbury, G.R., i. 170-2 ex MS 5; Thorpe, pp. 245-7; B 1277 ex K, Stubbs and MS 2*; Scott 1981, pp. 122-7, with translation; Carley, Glast. Chron., pp. 132-7, with translation, ex MSS 2, 3 etc.
Comments: Davidson 1884, p. 15, spurious; Stevenson 1904, p. 305 n. 7, forgery; Finberg, ECW, no. 513, spurious; Finberg 1969, p. 82, some portions may be genuine; Scott 1981, pp. 31-2, 12th-century forgery, perhaps by William of Malmesbury, pp. 203-4 nn. 122, 123; Costen 1992, p. 38; Abrams 1996, p. 37, on MS source, pp. 128-30, on relationship with other Glastonbury grants of privileges, pp. 56, 76-7, 131, 154, 166, 170, 179, 192, 209, 218 n. 5, on churches mentioned in charter.
A.D. 972. King Edgar to Ælfflæd; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Kennett (i.e. Overton), Wilts. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 36-7; K 571; B 1285.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 85; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 245-7, on bounds; Brentnall 1939 shows that the bounds are of the tithing of West Overton; Forsberg 1950, p. 158, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 91; Finberg, ECW, no. 308, authentic.
A.D. 972. King Edgar to Bath Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansiunculae) at Corston, Somerset. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Bath
MS: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 84-5 (s. xii2)
Printed: K 573; B 1287; Hunt, Bath Carts., p. 29; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 20.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 201-4, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 515, authentic, bounds identical with those of S 476; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, 'Dunstan B' formulation; Costen 1983, pp. 29-30, on bounds; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. pp. 178, 182, probably authentic; Abrams 1996, p. 254 n. 72, on estate.
A.D. 972. King Edgar to Pershore Abbey; grant of privileges and restoration of land at Pershore, and of 10 hides (mansi) at Bricklehampton, 10 at Comberton, 5 at Pensham in Pershore St Andrew, 16 at Eckington, 10 at Birlingham, 10 at Defford, 10 at Strensham, 10 at Besford, land at Cromban (? Croombe Perry in Pirton), 10 hides at Severn Stoke, 10 hides at Pirton, 4 at Wadborough in Pershore Holy Cross, 3 at Chevington ibid., 3 at Broughton ibid., 10 at Peopleton, 10 at Snodsbury, 7 at Naunton Beauchamp, 4 at Abberton, 5 at Wihtlafestune (? North Piddle), 5 at Flyford, 5 at Grafton Flyford, 5 at Dormston, 5 at Martin Hussingtree, 3 at Broughton Hackett, 2 at Libbery in Grafton Flyford, 30 at Longdon, 7 at Powick, 3 at Beornothesleahe (Leigh), all in Worcs.; 3 at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords.; 40 at South Stoke (i.e. Hawkesbury), Hillesley, Tresham, Kilcott, Oldbury on the Hill, Didmarton, Badminton and Hawkesbury Upton, 10 at Dyrham, 5 at Longney, 6 at Lydney, 6 at Wyegate, all in Gloucs.; 5 at Beoley, 5 at Yardley, Worcs.; 10 at Sture (Alderminster, Warwicks.); 20 at Broadway, Worcs.; 5 at Coltune; 10 at Childs Wickham, Gloucs.; sites for vats at Middlewich and Netherwich in Droitwich, furnaces at Witton in Droitwich and 1.5 hides at Horton in Hampton Lovett, Worcs., and 3 iugera with meadow at Worcester. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester (ex Pershore)
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 6 (s. x2; BM Facs., iii. 30)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 163v-164r (s. xi2; bounds of Acton Beauchamp)
3. BL Cotton. Vitell. D. vii, 29r-30v (s. xvi)
4. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 66r-67r (s. xvii; no bounds or witnesses)
5. Bodleian, Dodsworth 78, 2r-3v (s. xvii; no bounds or witnesses)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 204-5 ex MS 1; K 570 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 416 (no. 2); B 1282 ex MS 1; Earle, pp. 441-52.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Taylor, 1894/1, p. 297, original; Stevenson 1899, p. 42, may be contemporary, but somewhat doubtful; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 3, more or less suspicious; VCH Worcs., iv, p. 151 and n., citing Stenton, hand of MS 1 places it a century later; Stevenson 1912, p. 6 n. 17, hand appears to be mid-11th century; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 24-31, on bounds of Sture, identified as Alderminster, pp. 118-24, on bounds of Dyrham; PN Beds., pp. 17, 23, 55, 87, on details of bounds; PN Hunts., p. 182; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 7-9, on bounds of Acton Beauchamp, pp. 27-8, on bounds of Beoley, pp. 40-3, on bounds of Broadway, pp. 45-8, on bounds of Chaceley, Eldersfield and Staunton, pp. 164-5, on bounds of Leigh, pp. 177-8, on bounds of Martin Hussingtree; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 18-19, on bounds of Naunton Beauchamp, pp. 30-2, on identification of places in the charter, pp. 32-40, on bounds of Pershore, pp. 43-7, on bounds of Powick, pp. 121-3, on bounds of Yardley; Forsberg 1950, pp. 212-13, on bounds in Cromban and of Longdon; PN Gloucs., cf. pt iv, pp. 220-1; Chaplais 1966/1, p. 165, MS 1 apparent original, perhaps tampered with but script contemporary, may have been writtten at Abingdon (= 1973, p. 49); John 1966, pp. 181-209, esp. pp. 199-206, authentic, MS 1 original; Skipp 1970, pp. 9-15, on Yardley estate and bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 120 (pp. 59, 116-17, 143), authentic, discusses identification and bounds of South Stoke, cf also no. 236 and addendum, p. 238; HRH, p. 230, MS 1 very early copy but suspicious, subscriptions would be consistent if Kinsige = Wynsige, bishop of Lichfield; Cox 1975, p. 39, on estates; PN Berks., ii. 356, on a boundary mark; Hooke 1980, p. 45, on boundary mark; Keynes 1980, pp. 98-100, forgery; Hooke 1981, pp. 356-7, on bounds; Hooke 1987, pp. 96-9, on boundary mark; Hooke 1990, pp. 177-230, on bounds; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 95; Keynes 1993/2, p. 315 n. 68; Abrams 1996, p. 213 n. 133, citing Kitson, bounds may be from 990s; Bassett 1996, p. 166 n. 37; Kelly, Abingdon, pp. 000-000, most likely to be authentic and original.
A.D. 972. King Edgar to Peterborough Abbey, with later confirmations, grant of privileges for the abbey and its land at Dogsthorpe, Eye, Paston and Oundle, Northants.; and confirmation of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Warmington, Ashton, Kettering, Castor, Ailsworth, Walton, Werrington, Eye, and Thorp, Northants.; a mint at Stamford, Lincs.; and half of Whittlesey Mere. Latin.
Archive: Peterborough
MSS: 1. BL Add. 39758, 196r-198v (s. xiv)
2. BL Arundel 178, 45v-46r (s. xvi)
3. BL Egerton 2733, 21v-27v (s. xiii)
4. BL Harley Roll Z 17 (s. xiv)
5. BL Lansdowne 207c, 114v-117r (s. xvii)
6. London, Lambeth Palace, 321, p. 62 (s. xvi; note)
7. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 68r-71v (s. xii)
8. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, pp. 198-203 (s. xvii)
9. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 38v-40r (s. xiii)
10. Peterborough, D. & C., 5, 42r-44v (s. xiii)
11. Peterborough, D. & C., 6, 10v-12r (s. xiv)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, pp. 883-4 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl., i. 65-6; Alford 1663, iii. 361-2; Fulman 1684, pp. 46-7, ex MS 2; Gunton 1686, pp. 135-9; K 575, 908 ex MS 7 etc.; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 382-3 (nos 9-14) ex MS 7; Birch, Ingulf, pp. 28-80, ex MS 2; B 1258 ex MS 2; B 1280 ex MS 7; Mellows, Hugh Candidus, pp. 33-7.
Comments: Riley 1862, genuine but tampered with; Searle 1894, pp. 176-8; Hall 1908, ii. 5; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, B 1258 is doubtful or spurious; Harmer 1950, p. 349, authenticity would be difficult to substantiate; Levison 1946, pp. 219-20, spurious, possibly work of Guerno, signatures from S 782; Hart, ECEE, no. 15 (pp. 25-6, 101, 112), spurious; Hart, ECNE, no. 8, spurious; Fleming 1985, p. 255; Hart 1990, pp. 10-11, forged; Hart 1992, p. 150, post-Conquest forgery, incorporates some reliable traditions; Kennedy 1995, p. 151 n. 86, cited; Wormald 1995, p. 128.
Note. An abbreviated version is in Bodleian, Laud Misc. 636, 37rv (s. xii; facsimile), printed Plummer 1892, pp. 116-17 and B 1281.
A.D. 972. King Edgar to Worcester Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land at Worcester, vats at Middlewich and Netherwich in Droitwich, furnaces at Witton in Droitwich, and land at Nortun (for Hortun) and at Westwood near Droitwich, all in Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Somers Ch. 16 (lost)
2. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 131r (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: Smith, Bede, pp. 775-7 ex MS 1; Hearne, Heming, p. 568 ex MS 2; K 574 ex Smith; B 1284 ex Smith.
Comments: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302, n. 16; Stevenson 1899, p. 42; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 3, more or less suspicious; Stevenson 1912, p. 6 n. 17, belongs to suspicious group of charters; John 1960, p. 104, spurious; John 1960/1, p. 357, spurious; Chaplais 1966/1, p. 165, probably forged (= 1973, p. 49); John 1966, pp. 181-209, esp. pp. 206-7, crude Worcester fabrication; Finberg, ECWM, no. 303, spurious, based on S 786; HRH, p. 231, spurious, subscriptions identical with S 786 to end of duces; Sawyer 1975, p. 86, manifest forgery, based on S 786; Whitelock, EHD, p. 371, based on S 786; Keynes 1980, pp. 98-100, spurious; Hooke 1990, p. 148.
Note. A list of Worcester estates to which the privilege applied is missing from all extant copies.
A.D. 972. King Edgar to Wynstan, his cubicularius; grant of 4 hides (cassati) at Afene (? Little Durnford, cf. Avon Farm in Stratford-sub-Castle, Wilts.). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 62v-64v (s. xiv)
Printed: Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 34-5; K 572; B 1286.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 85; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 87-8, identifies the place as Stratford-sub-Castle; Darlington 1955, p. 92; Finberg, ECW, no. 309, authentic, the survey relates to Avon in Durnford; Bonney 1969, pp. 56-9, bounds are probably those of Little Durnford, p. 64 n. 2, Avon Farm in Stratford-sub-Castle is named from the former vill of Afene; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; cf. 719, 706.
A.D. 973. King Edgar to Ælfric, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansiunculae) at Harwell, Berks. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 48rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 578; B 1292; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 23; PN Berks., iii. 765, bounds only.
Comments: Hart 1970/1, p. 29 (no. 81), authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; PN Berks., i. 11, ii. 480, 484, 521, iii. 752, 765, bounds substantially the same as those in S 672; Gelling, ECTV, no. 114, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, 'Dunstan B' formulation; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. p. 178, on estate history.
A.D. 973. King Edgar to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 7 hides (mansiunculae) at High Ham, Somerset, in exchange for land at Braunton, Devon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 174r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 190v-191r (s. xiv)
3. Liber Terrarum, no. 83 (lost, cf. Abrams 1996, p. 33)
Printed: K 577 ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 49 (no. 92) ex MS 2; B 1294 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 22, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 493 (no. 901) ex MS 1.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 118-25, on bounds; Turner 1951; Finberg, ECDC, p. 12 (no. 40); Finberg, ECW, no. 517, authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, 'Dunstan B' formulation; Hooke 1994, p. 115, cited; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. p. 178; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 33, 38, on MS sources, pp. 66-9, on Braunton, pp. 134-5, on Ham.
A.D. 973. King Edgar to Thorney Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land at Whittlesey, Cambs.; Water Newton, Woodston, Yaxley and Farcet, Hunts.; Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Teafolscet; and 2 hides (mansae) at Huntingdon. MS 3 adds Wittering, Oxney, Thorpe and Titchmarsh, Northants; Gedney, Lutton, Angarhala (lost) and Tydd, Lincs.; and Broughton, Hunts. Latin.
Archive: Thorney
MSS: 1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 281-3 (s. xvi)
2. Cambridge, U.L., Add. 3020, 12r-13v (s. xiv)
3. Cambridge, U.L., Add. 3020, 13v-15r (s. xiv; incomplete)
4. Cambridge, U.L., Add. 3020, 28v-29v (s. xiv)
5. BL Cotton Aug. ii. 12 (s. xv2)
6. BL Harley 258, 136v-137v (s. xvii)
7. BL Harley 358, 41v-43v (s. xvi)
8. BL Lansdowne 447, 26r-28r (s. xvii)
9. PRO Ch.R. 8 Edw. II, no. 37
10. PRO Ch.R. 22 Edw. III, no. 36
11. PRO Conf. R. 2 Rich. III, pt. 4
12. PRO Conf. R. 6-10 Hen VII, no. 13
13. PRO Conf. R. 2 Hen. VIII, pt 8
14. PRO Pat. R. 4 Edw. IV, pt 4, m. 15
15. London, Soc. Ant., 128, 149v-150r (s. xvii; incomplete)
16. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 55v-57r (s. xvii)
17. Bodleian, Dodsworth 85, 28r-31r (s. xvii)
18. Bodleian, Dodsworth 110, 67r-72r (s. xvii)
19. Bodleian, Dugdale 11, 16r-17r (s. xvii)
20. Bodleian, Dugdale 21, 145v-146v (s. xvii)
21. Bodleian, Dugdale 21, 146v-146r (sic) (s. xvii; incomplete)
22. Bodleian, Eng. hist. c. 241, 24r-26r (s. xviii)
23. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 124v-126r (s. xiii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 243-4; Alford 1663, pp. 229, 261; K 579 ex MS 5; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 598-9 (no. 3) ex MS 2; B 1297 ex MS 5; Hart, ECEE, pp. 165-72 ex MSS 2, 23.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 256, dubious; Robinson 1923, p. 117, dubious; Hart, ECEE, no. 16 and pp. 173-86, clumsy but basically authentic text, drawn up at Thorney, general structure modelled on S 782, exists in more than one recension, the final version being created after Edgar's death; Whitelock 1966, p. 103, suspicious, cf. S 818; Whitelock 1969, p. 114, correcting details of Hart's edition; Whitelock 1970, p. 132, partly based on S 782; Hart, ECNE, p. 386, some passages repeated n S 911; PN Lincs., ii. 15, iii. 94-6; Wormald 1988, no. 41; Kennedy 1995, p. 133 n. 13, p. 138 n. 28, spurious but incorporates some early detail; cf. S 911.
A.D. 973. King Edgar to Wulfmær, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Burgh' (? Berrow, Somerset). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Glastonbury
MSS: 1. Marquess of Bath, Longleat, 39, 181r (s. xiv)
2. Bodleian, Wood empt. 1, 201v (s. xiv)
Printed: B 1291 ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 529 (no. 981) ex MS 1.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 516, authentic; Costen 1992, p. 41, on estate; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 37, on MS sources, pp. 71, 84, 119-20, Berrow identification may not be secure.
A.D. 974. King Edgar to Ælfhelm, his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) at (West) Wratting, Cambs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Ely
MS: Cambridge, U.L., EDC 1B/1A (s. xi2; BA Facs., 25)
Printed: K 1274; Birch 1882, pp. 382-3; B 1305; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 3.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 57, authentic; HRH, p. 231, genuine; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; BA Facs., p. 8, MS a later imitative copy, probably an adaptation of a genuine charter of Edgar, discrepancy between hidage assessments in text and in bounds; Dumville 1993, pp. 29-30 n. 101, not contemporary; Keynes 1994, p. 170, 11th-century copy or adaptation of lost original; cf. S 1487 for beneficiary's bequest of part of the land to Ely.
A.D. 974. King Edgar to Ælfhelm, his minister; grant of 9 hides (mansiunculae) at Brickendon, Herts., comprising 6 at Ælesforda and 3 at Elrices rig. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Westminster
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Add. 4652, 312r-313r (s. xvii/xviii; ex 1)
Printed: Keynes 1994, pp. 168-9.
Comments: Keynes 1994, esp. pp. 169-71, 179, authentic, 'Dunstan B' formulation, beneficiary is Ælfhelm Polga, cf. S 1487.
A.D. 974. King Edgar to Ælfhere, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Nymed (Woolfin in Down St Mary, Devon). Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Exeter (ex Crediton).
MS: PRO, PRO 30/26/11 (s. x2; OS Facs., ii, PRO)
Printed: King 1876, pp. 353-5, with translation; B 1303; Hooke 1994, pp. 172, 174, bounds only.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, authentic; Pope 1933, on bounds; Rose-Troup 1933, p. 58, on bounds; Rose-Troup 1942, pp. 251-3, on bounds; Wormald 1945, p. 122 n., on script; Finberg, ECDC, p. 13 (no. 41); Bishop 1955, pp. 195-6, apparently authentic; Finberg 1960, pp. 26-9, bounds cover part of Zeal Monachorum and most of Down St Mary; Chaplais 1966, pp. 14-15 (no. 15), probably an original (= 1981, XV pp. 14-15); Finberg 1969, pp. 55, 56-7, 61, genuine; HRH, p. 231, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 58, on endorsement; Chaplais 1985, p. 42 n. 5, on an emended subscription; Hooke 1994, pp. 172-5, on bounds; cf. S 684.
Note. On the dorse is a later note stating that this is the land at Copulastan (Copplestone) which the priest Brihtric gave to Crediton minster for the supplies of the monks.
A.D. 974. King Edgar to Ælfric, abbot of Malmesbury; restoration of 10 hides (manentes) at Eastcourt in Crudwell, Wilts. The land had been forfeited by Ætheloth. Latin.
Archive: Malmesbury.
MSS: 1. BL Lansdowne 417, 19v-20v (s. xv)
2. BL Royal 13 D. ii, 38rv (s. xii)
3. PRO E 164/24, 133rv (s. xiii)
4. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 252, 26r (s, xviii)
5. Bodleian, Wood empt. 5, 44v-46r (s. xviii)
6. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, 94v (s. xii)
Printed: K 584 ex MS 1; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 404-5 ex MS 6; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 316-18 ex MS 3; Stubbs, William of Malmesbury, G.R., i. 173-4 ex MS 2; B 1301 ex Brewer, Hamilton, Stubbs and MS 1.
Comments: Darlington 1955, p. 89; Watkin 1956, p. 213 and n. 80, some very doubtful features; Finberg, ECW, no. 311, authentic; John 1966, p. 280; HRH, p. 231, doubtful although the subscriptions are consistent, apart from the three Æthelwolds (? a scribal error); Wormald 1988, no. 42; cf. S 1582, a set of bounds for Eastcourt which may originally have belonged to S 796.
A.D. 974. King Edgar to Ælfric, abbot of Malmesbury; restoration of land at Nene which had been forfeited by Æthelnoth. Latin.
Archive: Crowland
MSS: 1. BL Arundel 178, 46rv (s. xvi)
2. BL Lansdowne 207c, 117v-118r (s. xvii)
3. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, pp. 203-5 (s. xvii)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, pp. 884-5; Fulman 1684, pp. 47-8 ex MS 1; Wilkins, Concilia, i. 260; Birch, Ingulf, pp. 80-1 ex MS 1; B 1300.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 310, authentic, suggests name may be a mistake for Avene, meaning Avon in Bremhill, Wilts.; John 1966, p. 58, on royal style, p. 280, certainly authentic; Kelly, pers. comm., probably spurious, seems to be a version of S 796 with Nene substituted for Eastcourt.
A.D. 974 (28 Dec.). King Edgar to Ramsey Abbey; confirmation and grant of privileges and of land at Ramsey, Upwood with Raveley, Hemingford, Sawtry, Stukeley, Brington and Old Weston, Hunts.; Hilgay and Walsoken, Norfolk; fish from Wells, Norfolk; land at Brancaster, Norfolk; at Warboys, Wistow with Raveley and Bury, and at Slepam (St Ives), Hunts.; at Chatteris and Elsworth, Cambs.; at Whiston and Isham, Northants.; at Houghton, Wyton, Ripton, Ellington, Bythorn, Hunts.; at Graveley, Cambs.; and at Dillington, Great Staughton and Yelling, Hunts. Latin.
Archive: Ramsey
MSS: 1. BL Add. Ch. 33658 (s. xiv)
2. BL Add. Ch. 33659 (s. xiv)
3. BL Add. Ch. 33686 (s. xvi)
4. BL Cotton Otho B. xiv, 259r-260r (s. xiv)
5. BL Cotton Vesp. E. ii, 6r-8r (s. xiii)
6. PRO E 164/28, 165r-166v (s. xiv)
7. PRO E 132/1/1 (s. xiii/xiv)
8. PRO Ch.R. 8 Edw. III, no. 28
9. PRO Ch.R. 2 Hen. V, pt 2, no. 4
10. PRO Conf. R. 3 Hen VII, pt 5, no. 2
11. PRO Conf. R. 1 Hen. VIII, pt 6, no. 4
12. PRO Pet. R. 3 Rich II, pt 2, m. 23
13. PRO Pat. R. 4 Edw. IV, pt 4, m. 6
14. London, Soc. Ant., 128, 198v-199r (s. xvii; incomplete)
15. Bodleian, Rawl. B. 333, 25r-26r (s. xiv1)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 234-6; Alford 1663, iii. 378-80; K 581 ex MS 5; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 557-8 (no. 8) ex MSS 6, 8, 9; Thorpe, pp. 251-6; Macray, Chron. Ramsey, pp. 181-9 ex MSS 6, 15; B 1310 ex MS 5; B 1311 ex MS 1; Hart and Lyons, Ramsey Cart., ii. 51-9 ex MSS 6, 7, 8.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 82, suspicious; Plummer 1899, p. 176, spurious; PN Hunts., p. 228; Harmer 1950, p. 346 n. 1, spurious; Drögereit 1952, p. 69, spurious; Chaplais 1962, pp. 92-5, forged by Osbert de Clare (= 1981 XV, pp. 92-5); Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 419, may list all the benefactions of Æthelwine's family, regardless of their date; Hart, ECEE, no. 18, spurious in present form; John 1966, p. 108, forged; Hart, ECNE, no. 9, spurious; Barlow 1979, p. 102 n. 1, incorporates details on abbatial election from Regularis Concordia; Hart 1992, p. 132 n. 51; Barrow 1992, pp. 67-8; Wormald 1995, p. 128, bogus; Wormald 1996, p. 123, spurious.
A.D. 974 (Bath, Pentecost). King Edgar to Wulfthryth, abbess, and Wilton Abbey; confirmation of privileges and land including land at Chalke, Wilts. Latin.
Archive: Wilton
MS: BL Harley 436, 87v-91v (s. xiv)
Printed: Mon. Angl., ii. 865-6; Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 49-50; K 585; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 325-6 (no. 8); B 1304.
Comments: Hoare, Modern Wilts., ii. 85-6; Finberg, ECW, no. 312, authentic; Whitelock 1966, p. 101, spurious, incorrect date and regnal year for Edgar's coronation; HRH, p. 231, ? spurious; Pelteret 1995, pp. 283-4.
A.D. 975. King Edgar to Ælfweard, his minister (bishop in rubric); grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Fyfield, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15350, 83v-84r (s. xii)
2. BL Add. 15350, 118v-119r (s xiv1)
Printed: K 592; B 1316; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 29.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 100-1, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 124, authentic; Barker 1967, p. 85, subscription of Æthelweard seems to be unreliable; Hart 1970/1, p. 33 (no. 145), p. 38 (no. 217), authentic; HRH, p. 231, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation.
A.D. 975 (? for 974). King Edgar to Æthelwold, bishop; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Madeley, Staffs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Harley Ch. 43 C. 6 (? s. x2 or s. xi1; BM Facs., iii. 31; Turner et al. 1980, pp. 36-7)
2. BL Harley 596, 18v-19v (s. xvii)
Printed: K 588; B 1312; Hooke 1983, p. 106, bounds only.
Comments: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 307; Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, authentic; HRH, p. 231, early copy, almost certainly genuine, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, no. 88, original, discusses identification and bounds; Sawyer, Burton, p. 36 n. 1; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; Hooke 1983, pp. 106, 108-9, on bounds; Dumville 1993, pp. 29-30 n. 101; Dumville 1994, p. 160 n. 146, MS 1 could be contemporary.
A.D. 975 (Glastonbury). King Edgar to Ealhhelm, his minister, at the request of the monk Ælfwine, the king's kinsman; grant of 3 hides (mansiunculae) at Aston in Wellington, Salop. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 74v (s. xii)
Printed: K 590; B 1315; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 28.
Translated: Stevenson 1911/1, pp. 9-10.
Comments: Finberg 1958, pp. 31-3, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 432, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, product of Glastonbury scriptorium, discusses witness-list, p. 32 (no. 128), authentic; HRH, p. 231, subscriptions possible for 975, except Sigeric, abbot of St Augustine's; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 85, 'Dunstan B' formulation; PN Shrops., i. 23, 295-6; Hooke 1992, p. 57, map of bounds; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. pp. 179, 192-3.
A.D. 975. King Edgar to Osward, his propinquus; grant of 4 hides (mansiunculae) at South Stoke, Sussex. The old landbook had been lost in a fire. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 69rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 589; B 1314; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 27.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 216-18, identifies the estate as Stoke in St Mary Bourne, Hants.; Jolliffe 1933, p. 90 n. 1, suggests Alverstoke, Hants.; Forsberg 1950, pp. 214-15, on identification and bounds; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on endorsement, p. 31 (no. 120), authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, on charter-type, which he labels 'Dunstan B'; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, p. 48 n. 89, 'Dunstan B' formulation; Gardiner 1984, p. 77; Keynes 1994, on formulation, esp. p. 179.
A.D. 975. King Edgar to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of land at Bleadon, Somerset. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Ch. viii. 18 (s. xiv2 or s. xv)
2. BL Add. 15350, 117r (s. xiii1; bounds only)
3. PRO Ch.R. 12 Edw. II, m. 10 (no bounds)
4. Winchester, D. & C., 'St Swithun's Cartulary', pt 3, 136v, no. 546 (s. xiv; no bounds)
5. Winchester, D. & C., 'St Swithun's Cartulary', pt 3, 137r, no. 547b (s. xiv)
6. Winchester, D. & C., 'St Swithun's Cartulary', pt 3, 138v, no. 553 (s. xiv; bounds only)
7. Winchester, D. & C., W 55A/2/1 (s. xiv1; no bounds)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 37-8; K 587; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 209-10 (no. 4); B 1313; Goodman, Winchester Cart., p. 235, ex MS 5.
Comments: Grundy, Somerset, pp. 154-60, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 519, spurious, post-Domesday particulars have been inserted into what may have been a genuine grant of a 5-hide estate; Hart 1970/1, p. 38 (no. 212), on MS 2; Davies 1972, p. 467, spurious; HRH, p. 231, doubtful, subscriptions consistent but few; Keynes 1980, p. 89 n. 23, spurious; Dumville 1993, pp. 29-30 n. 101, MS 1 is s. xv; Abrams 1996, p. 63 n. 75, note on Bleadon.
Note. Scribe of MS 1 also wrote S 313 MS 1 and S 1013 MS 1.
A.D. 978 for c. 972. King Edgar to Mangoda, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Hampstead, Middx. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Westminster
MS: Lost
Printed: Madox 1702, pp. 174-6 (no. 283) ex MS in Westminster Abbey; Park, Hampstead, Appendix, no. 1, ex Madox; K 1275 ex Madox; B 1309 ex Madox.
Comments: Hales 1890, on topography; PN Middx, pp. 9, 111 and p. 221, bounds describe modern parish; HRH, p. 231, subscriptions consistent, dates 970 x 972; Gelling, ECTV, no. 226, authentic, dates ? 974; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation, dates c. 972; cf. S 1450 MS 2.
A.D. 978 for ? 968 (Cheddar, Easter). King Edgar to Winchester Cathedral; renewal of the liberty of Taunton, Somerset, as granted by King Edward in exchange for land at 10 hides at Crowcombe, 20 at Compton and 20 at Banwell, Somerset, and 20 at Stoce near Shalbourne, Wilts., the land at Compton and Banwell having been given later to the community at Cheddar in exchange for land at Carhampton, Somerset. In return for the confirmation Bishop Æthelwold gave to King Edgar 200 mancuses of gold and a gold cup weighing 5 pounds and to Queen Ælfthryth 50 mancuses. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: Latin
1. BL Add. 15350, 24rv (s. xii)
English
2. BL Add. 15350, 24v-25r (s. xii)
3. BL Add. 15350, 25v-26r (s. xii)
Printed: Latin
K 598; Thorpe, pp. 233-5; B 1219.
EnglishK 598; Thorpe, pp. 235-6, with translation; B 1220; Robertson, Charters, no. 45 (pp. 92-5), with translation, ex MS 2.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Robinson 1919, p. 36 n. 2, p. 37, Latin version spurious; Robertson, Charters, pp. 339-42; Finberg 1943, p. 190 n. 5, spurious; Harmer 1950, p. 344 n. 5, both versions are irregular. The Latin is unlikely to be authentic, but the English, although not beyond doubt, may be authentic with addition of dating clause and witness-list; Harmer, Writs, pp. 524-5, not authentic, but probably a substantial basis of fact; Darlington 1955, p. 86; Finberg, ECW, no. 510 and p. 229, authentic basis, both versions summarize provisions in a genuine lost charter of Edgar; John 1965, pp. 412-13, 423, adapted, but likely to have a substantial basis of fact; HRH, p. 235, probably authentic base, subscriptions doubtful; Sawyer 1978, p. 212, cited; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 264 n. 192, on Banwell, pp. 317-18 n. 25, on Cheddar; Dumville 1992, p. 108 n. 249, troublesome, represents a confirmation of S 373; Blair 1996, pp. 118-19, on reference to Cheddar; cf. S 373.
Note. The emendation to 968 is suggested by the regnal year, and is compatible with the witness-list.
A.D. 984 for 963 x 970. King Edgar to Old Minster, New Minster and Nunnaminster, Winchester; grant of land in Winchester. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 8v (s. xii)
Printed: K 582; B 1302; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 25.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, doubtful; Finberg, ECW, no. 101, authentic; Quirk 1962, p. 173, on topography; Hart 1970/1, p. 24 (no. 10), authentic; HRH, p. 231, has been doubted, but subscriptions consistent, dates 968 x 974; Biddle 1975, p. 235 n. 39, charter doubtful but content seems acceptable; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 280, 315, 322, 323, 454; Hart, ECNE, p. 382, dates 970; Meyer 1981, p. 347, cited; cf. S 1449.
A.D. 963 x 971. King Edgar to the church of Canterbury; grant of Sandwich, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Aug. ii 67 (s. xiv)
2. Canterbury, D. & C., Reg. B, 171r (s. xv)
3. Bodleian, James 24, pp. 98-9 (s. xvii; extract)
Printed: K 519; Thorpe, pp. 218-19; B 1185; Earle, pp. 415-16.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 154, rank forgery; Robertson, Charters, p. 314, very doubtful; Hart, ECNE, p. 92 n. 1, late forgery; Tatton-Brown 1984, p. 19, forgery; Brooks 1984, p. 293, late forgery; Dumville 1993, pp. 29-30 n. 101, cited.
A.D. 961 x 971 (? 963). King Edgar to St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury; grant of 4 sulungs (aratra) at Plumstead, Kent. Latin.
Archive: Canterbury, St Augustine's
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. D. x, 222r (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Jul. D. ii, 86v-87r (s. xiii)
3. Bodleian, Dodsworth 10, 7v (s. xvii; incomplete)
Printed: Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 520-1 ex MS 1; K 562 ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 144 (no. 58) ex MS 1; B 1173 ex MS 1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 16; Kelly, St Augustine's, no. 29 ex MSS 1, 2.
Comments: Turner 1915, pp. xxxii-iii; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 113-15, fabrication, probably of 11th century, modelled on 9th-century charter (perhaps S 332).
A.D. 961 x 963. King Edgar to the minster [of Plympton, Devon]; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Lanow in St Kew, Cornwall, with reversion to the minster of SS Dawe and Kew. Latin with bounds.
Archive: St Kew
MS: PRO 47/52/1/1 m. 3 (s. xiv)
Printed: Picken 1960; Hooke 1994, p. 34, bounds only.
Comments: Picken 1960, authentic basis; Picken 1976, on background; Padel 1978, p. 23; Olson 1989, pp. 81-4; Hooke 1994, pp. 33-7, on bounds.
A.D. 959 x 963. King Edgar to Eadgifu, his grandmother; renewal of a charter concerning 65 hides (mansae) at Meon, Hants., the old landbook having disappeared while in Edgar's custody. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 35v-36r (s. xii)
Printed: K 597; B 1319.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, pp. 196-205, covers land at East Meon, Farnfield in Privett, Froxfield, Steep and Langrish; Finberg, ECW, no. 92, authentic, anachronistic subscription of Archbishop Wulfhelm (d. 941) perhaps derived from the lost landbook; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 62), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, p. 71 n. 140, p. 101 n. 52, suspicious; Dumville 1987, p. 13; Lapidge 1988, p. 93 n. 31 (= 1993, p. 187 n. 31), on unusual grecism.
A.D. 967 x 975. King Edgar to Romsey Abbey; confirmation of privileges, including free election of a new abbess. Latin with English bounds of Romsey, Hants.
Archive; Romsey
MS: BL Lansdowne 442, 35r-36r (s. xiv)
Printed: Thorpe, pp. 248-51; B 1187.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 160, cannot be earlier than 970; Stevenson 1899, p. 42; Stevenson 1912, p. 6 n. 17, belongs to suspicious group of charters; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 200-3, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 123, authentic; John 1966, pp. 181-204, esp. pp. 198-9, substantially authentic; HRH, p. 230, suspicious, no subscriptions; Keynes 1980, pp. 98-100, spurious; Meyer 1981, p. 349 n. 1, cited; Stevenson, Edington Cart., p. 24 (no. 45); Kelly, Abingdon, pp. 000-000, substantially authentic.
? A.D. 970 x 975. King Edgar to St Mary's, Sherborne; grant of 5 hides at Oborne, Dorset. English.
Archive: Sherborne
MS: BL Add. 46487, 10v-11r (s. xii med.)
Printed: B 1308; Robertson, Charters, no. 50 (pp. 104-7), with translation; O'Donovan, Sherborne, no. 10.
Comments: Robinson 1921, p. 43, witnesses mainly of 9th century; Robertson, Charters, p. 349, most witnesses are the same as in S 333; Finberg, ECW, no. 611, authentic basis; HRH, p. 235, subscriptions spurious; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 38-9, probably expanded from a genuine memorandum in a gospel-book, present witness-list a concoction, with some witnesses taken from S 333, dating limits may be wider if the attesting Bishop Ælfstan was bishop of London or Rochester, rather than Ramsbury; PN Dorset, iii. 354.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; restoration of 40 hides (cassati) at Alresford, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 10v-11r (s. xii)
Printed: K 601; Thorpe, pp. 257-9; B 1150; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 34.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 111, authentic, cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965, esp. pp. 413-14; Hart 1970/1, p. 14 n. 3, p. 25 (no. 15), authentic; Keynes 1992, p. 86 n. 137, spurious, cf. S 375..
Note. S 814-19, 821-7 are renewals or confirmations of Winchester estates. All lack a dating clause and a witness-list, and it is evident from the cartulary that they have been reduced to a single long composite document. The original order of texts is S 821, 817, 825, 814, 819, 824, 826, 823, 815, 822, 816, 818.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 70 hides (mansae) at Beddington, Surrey, with woodland at Cysledun (? Chessington), Tandridge and Lace (in Horley), Surrey. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 12r (s. xii)
Printed: K 606; B 1155; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 39.
Comments: PN Surrey, p. 293, on Lace; Finberg, ECW, pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 20), authentic; Rumble 1976, pp. 169, 180 n. 23, suggests Cysledun is Chessington, Surrey; Gelling, ECTV, no. 334, authentic; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 38 hides (cassati) at Bishops Waltham, Hants., acquired in exchange for land at Portchester. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 12v (s. xii)
Printed: K 608; B 1157; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 41.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 117, authentic, cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 22), authentic; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to Old Minster, Winchester; renewal of the privileges of Chilcomb, Hants. Latin and English versions.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: Latin
1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 110, pp. 299-300 (s. xvi med.)
2. BL Add. 15350, 9v-10r (s. xii)
3. BL Harl. 358, 62v-63r (s. xvi med.)
4. Winchester, D. & C., 'St Swithun's Cartulary', pt 1, 5v-6r, no. 28 (s. xiii)
English
5. BL Add. 15350, 10r (s. xii)
Printed: Latin
Mon. Angl., i. 982; K 512; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 212 (no. 9); Thorpe, pp. 228-9, 256-7; B 1147 ex MS 2.
EnglishThorpe, pp. 226-8; B 1148; Robertson, Charters, no. 38 (pp. 68-71), with translation.
Comments: Maitland 1897, p. 497, spurious; Robertson, Charters, pp. 324-5; Harmer, Writs, pp. 374, 377-9, Englsh version a paraphrase of the Latin; Finberg, ECW, no. 110, authentic, cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965, esp. pp. 408-11, 415 n., 417, 420; Chaplais 1966, p. 171, spurious, forger probably also responsible for S 325 and 946 (= 1973, pp. 55-6); Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 13), authentic; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 256-7, on Chilcomb; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the bishopric of Winchester; confirmation of land at Chilcomb, Hants., and restoration of land at Downton, Wilts.; Taunton, Somerset; Alresford, Clere, Tichborne, Worthy, Hants.; Fonthill, Wilts.; Bishopstoke, Hants.; and at Fermesham (probably Farnham, Surrey). Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: 1. BL Add. 15350, 12v-13v (s. xii)
2. London, Lambeth Palace, 183, 22r-23r (s. xv)
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 350, pp. 43-5 (s. xvi med.)
Printed: Wharton, Anglia Sacra, i. 218-20; K 610; Thorpe, pp. 259-62; B 1159; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 43.
Comments: PN Surrey, p. 177, Fermesham identified as Frensham; Harmer, Writs, p. 374, on Chilcomb; Finberg , ECW, no. 119 (pp. 54, 98, 144, 241), authentic, cf. pp. 237-41, esp. p. 241, may have been drawn up after Æthelwold's death; John 1965; John 1966, p. 207 n., difficult but probably authentic; Whitelock 1966, compare B 1275 and S 792; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 24), authentic, summary and confirmation of S 814-17, 819, 821-7; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 256-7, on Chilcomb; Gelling, ECTV. no. 335, authentic, Fermesham is likely to be Farnham, although the spelling is erratic; Dumville 1992, p. 43 n. 62, treats as spurious; Keynes 1992, p. 90 n. 154, cited with reference to Fonthill; Crosby 1994, pp. 217-18; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; restoration of 10 hides (mansae) at Clearan, Hants., previously granted by King Æthelwulf as part of his 'decimation' Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 11r (s. xii)
Printed: K 602; B 1151; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 35.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 112, authentic, the land is no doubt Highclere, cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 16), authentic; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1122 n. 1, spurious; cf. S 814.
A.D. 973 x 974. King Edgar to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 45 hides (cassati) at Crondall, Hants. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 116r (s. xii)
Printed: K 595; B 1307; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 30.
Translated: Baignent 1891, pp. 5-7.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 161; Grundy, Hants. 1924, pp. 48-55, bounds cover Crondall, Crookham, Fleet and part of Long Sutton; PN Surrey, p. 172 n.; Forsberg 1950, p. 214, bounds also include Aldershot, Farnborough, Cove, Hawley and Yateley; Finberg, ECW, no. 122, authentic; Chaplais 1965, p. 57, corrupt in places (= 1973, p. 38); Whitelock 1966, p. 101, on a dating discrepancy; Hart 1970/1, p. 38 (no. 208), authentic; PN Berks., i. 7; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1117 n. 32, spurious.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; restoration of 100 hides (mansae) at Downton, Wilts., and 30 hides at Etdrethecumbe, Isle of Wight, and renewal of the liberty of Chilcomb, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 9rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 599; B 1146; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 32.
Comments: Kökeritz 1940, pp. lix-lx, suggests Etdrethcumbe = æt Thrythacumb, identified as Bowcombe; Finberg, ECW, no. 109, authentic basis, the 30 hides on the Isle of Wight lay at Calbourne in Bowcombe hundred (cf. S 274), p. 235 n., pp. 237-41, reference to Chilcomb probably an interpolation into a text drawn up at Winchester with Edgar's permission; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 256-7, on Chilcomb; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 30 hides (mansae) at Fareham, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 12rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 607; B 1156; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 40.
Comments: B 1156, identifies as Farnham, Surrey; Finberg, ECW, no. 116, authentic, cf. pp. 137-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 21), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, on formulation of proem; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; restoration of 60 hides (mansae) at Farnham, Surrey, and 10 hides (cassati) at Bentley, near Alton, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 11v-12r (s. xii)
Printed: K 605; B 1154; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 38.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 115, authentic, cf.pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; John 1966, p. 58, on royal style; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 19), authentic; Gelling, ECTV, no. 333, authentic; Dumville 1992, p. 43 n. 62, treats as spurious; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Overton with woodland at Tadley, 15 hides at (North) Waltham and 5 at Bradley, all in Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 11rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 603; B 1152; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 36.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 113, authentic, cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 17), authentic; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the bishopric of Winchester; confirmation of 100 hides (mansae) at Taunton, Somerset, with 3 appurtenant hides at Cearn (? Charmouth, Dorset) and 2 at Washford, Somerset, originally acquired from King Edward in exchange for 30 hides at Banwell, Somerset, 20 at Stoce by Shalbourne, Wilts., and 10 at Crowcombe, Somerset. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 10rv (s. xii)
Printed: K 600; B 1149; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 37.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 191 n. 1, spurious; Forsberg 1942, pp. 151-3, Cearn is probably Charmouth; Harmer, Writs, p. 524, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 509, authentic, cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 14), authentic; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1122 n. 1, spurious; Abrams 1996, pp. 86-7, on Crowcombe; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; confirmation of 60 hides (cassati) at Tichborne, Beauworth and Ovington, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 11v (s. xii)
Printed: K 604; B 1153; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 37.
Comments: Finberg, ECW, no. 114, authentic, cf. pp. 237-41. probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 18), authentic; cf. S 814.
A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; confirmation of 64 hides (mansae) at Twyford, Crawley, Owslebury, Hensting in Colden Common, Hants.; Hortun; Bishopstoke, Otterbourne, Chilland in Martyr Worthy, Easton and Hunton, Hants. Latin.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MS: BL Add. 15350, 12v (s. xii)
Printed: K 609; B 1158; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 42.
Comments: Grundy, Hants. 1926, p. 145; Finberg, ECW, no. 118, authentic, suggests Hortun is Horton in Stoke Park or Houghton, Hants., cf. pp. 237-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; John 1966, pp. 58, 279-80; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 23), authentic; Currie 1995, pp. 110-11, on Hortun; cf. S 814.
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