Source: CharterS937
Description
King Æthelred to St Mary's, Abingdon; grant of land at Farnborough, Berks. and Wormleighton, Warwicks., and South Cerney, Gloucs. [seized by Ælfric, dux, from a widow, Eadflæd, forfeited by him and restored to Eadflæd, and bequeathed by Eadflæd to King Æthelred]; and at Pyrian (? Wood- or Waterperry, Oxon.) [given to King Æthelred by Æthelweard, son of Ceolflæd], in compensation for the loss of land at Hurstbourne, Hants., and at Bedwyn and Burbage, Wilts. [granted to Abingdon by King Edgar and confiscated by King Edward the Martyr].
Charter information
| Sawyer |
937 |
| Birch |
--- |
| Kemble |
1312 |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Abingdon No. 129 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Abingdon |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
990 x 1016 |
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Notes
Maitland 1897, pp. 254-5; Darlington 1955, p. 97; Finberg, ECW, no. 147, authentic; Finberg, ECWM, no. 142, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 552, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 67, authentic, Farnborough mistakenly identified as Farnborough, Berks.; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 457; Dumville 1979, p. 5, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 287, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 582, probably authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 96 n. 42, pp. 111, 256, authenticity uncertain, anomalous but no conclusive objection; Wormald 1988, nos 63-4; Dumville 1992, p. 109, on estate history; Kennedy 1995, p. 183 n. 197, on legal background; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 129, probably authentic.
Translation(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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EHD
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582-4 (no. 123) |
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