Source: CharterS946

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Writ of King Æthelred declaring that the land at Chilcomb, Hants., is now to be assessed for the discharge of all the obligations upon it at 1 hide, as had been established by his ancestors.

Charter information
Sawyer 946
Birch ---
Kemble 642
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 984 x 1001

Notes

*Harmer, Writs, pp. 373-80, 523-4, authenticity doubtful; Barraclough 1954, p. 197 and n. 23, p. 203, probably spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 141 and pp. 230-2, authentic; John 1965, pp. 425-6; Chaplais 1966/1, p. 171, probably forged in second quarter of 11th century (= 1973, pp. 55-6); Hart 1970/1, p. 24 (no. 1), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 143 n. 209, dubious

Edition(s)

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Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Rumble, Alexander R. Property and Piety in Early Medieval Winchester: documents relating to the topography of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman city and its minsters Oxford 2002 225