Source: CharterS868

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Description

King Æthelred to Ælfgar, his minister, or, according to the rubric, bishop; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Wylye, Wilts., previously held by Æthelwold and his brother, Ælfhelm.

Charter information
Sawyer 868
Birch ---
Kemble 664
British Academy ---
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 988
Scholarly Source Dating 988

Notes

*Forsberg 1950, pp. 215-16, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 86; Finberg, ECW, no. 324, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 34 (no. 152), authentic; HRH, p. 232, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, pp. 86, 89 n. 23, pp. 90, 183, 248, authentic