Source: CharterS241
Description
Ine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Hean, abbot; restoration of land at Abingdon, Berks., for the construction of a minster, with an account of the early history of Abingdon Abbey, including mention of grants of land by the river Thames, at Bestlesford (near Basildon) and at Bradfield, Berks.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
241 |
| Birch |
101 |
| Kemble |
46 |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Abingdon No. 4 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Abingdon |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
699 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
699 |
|
Notes
*Stenton 1913, pp. 10-18, spurious, based on an early document but not necessarily an Abingdon charter; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; PN Berks., i. 200; Gelling, ECTV, no. 12, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 14, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 174-7, fabrication, based on early records from Bradfield minster; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 4, spurious, incorporates material from early non-Abingdon sources; cf. S 239, 252, 1179.