Source: CharterS221
Description
Æthelred and Æthelflæd, rulers of Mercia, to the community of the church of Much Wenlock; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Stanton Long and 3 hides (manentes) at Caughley in Barrow, Salop., in exchange for 3 hides (manentes) at Easthope and 5 at Patton, Salop. They also grant a gold chalice weighing 30 mancuses in honour of Abbess Mildburg.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
221 |
| Birch |
587 |
| Kemble |
330 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Much Wenlock |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
901 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
901 |
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Notes
Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Stenton 1955, p. 45, cited with reference to latinity; Finberg, ECW, pp. 251-2, on place-name Wenlock; Chaplais 1968, p. 315 n. 3, one of earliest original chirographs now extant (= 1973, p. 63 n. 3); Stenton 1971, p. 326, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 430, authentic, and addendum, pp. 239-40; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 1, 2, original; PN Shrops., i. 113-14, 233, 267-8, 270, 303-4; Campbell 1989, p. 28, cited; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 145, original; BA Facs., p. 12, on crosses in margin; Hart 1992, p. 570 n. 4; Lapidge 1993, p. 13, on latinity.
Notes: Upper portion of chirograph (.... ME CRUCIS + for ? SIGNUM ALME CRUCIS).
Translation(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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Stevenson, William Henry, & Duigan, William Henry |
Anglo-Saxon Charters relating to Shropshire |
Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society |
1911 |
5-6 |
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