Source: CharterS958

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Description

King Cnut to Abbot Leofric and Ely Abbey; grant of land at Wood Ditton, Cambs., in exchange for land at Cheveley, Cambs.

Charter information
Sawyer 958
Birch ---
Kemble 734
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Ely
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 1022, St Æthelthryth's Day [June 23]
Scholarly Source Dating 1022

Notes

Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28; Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 417; Hart, ECEE, no. 71, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 463 n. 1, on a witness; HRH, p. 233, subscriptions seem consistent but authenticity is not certain; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, likely forgery, p. 239, on production; Keynes 1994/1, p. 49 and n. 38, on dating, treats as authentic