Source: CharterS238

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Description

Ine, king of the Saxons, to Hæmgils, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Brent, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 238
Birch 121
Kemble 71
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 663
Scholarly Source Dating 693

Notes

*HS, p. 307, doubtful; Davidson 1884, p. 8; Greswell 1901; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 149-51, on bounds; Turner 1950; Finberg, ECW, no. 364, authentic basis; Scott 1981, pp. 92, 198 n. 85; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 23-5, substantially genuine, p. 50, on formulation; Costen 1992, p. 41, on estate; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 31, 35, 38, on MS sources, pp. 57, 69-72, 118, on estate history.