Source: CharterS561

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King Eadred to Ælfsige, minister, and his wife Eadgifu; grant of 33 hides (cassati) at Æscesburh (Uffington, Berks.).

Charter information
Sawyer 561
Birch 899
Kemble 1168
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 48
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 953
Scholarly Source Dating 953

Notes

*Stenton 1913, p. 42, cited; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 154-66, on bounds; Gelling 1968, on topography; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, on date; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; PN Berks., i. 17, ii. 344, 379-80, 383, iii. 676-7, 690-1, bounds describe modern parish of Uffington, cf. also S 1208; Gelling, ECTV, no. 62, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 47-8, on charter-type; Hooke 1987, pp. 99-100, on detail of bounds; Hooke et al. 1987, on bounds; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. p. 173; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 48, authentic; same bounds in S 1208