Source: CharterS638

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Description

King Eadwig to Wynnsige, his faithful minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts.

Charter information
Sawyer 638
Birch 983
Kemble 1185
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 956
Scholarly Source Dating 956

Notes

*Grundy, Berks. 1923, pp. 230-3, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 338, date could be wrongly copied, Ælfheah may not have become earl until 959; PN Berks., i. 16, ii. 385, iii. 702, 715-16, bounds cannot be identified precisely; Gelling, ECTV, no. 84, authentic; Rumble 1987, p. 223, on place-name; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 75, probably authentic, dating clause likely to be unreliable