Source: CharterS1274
Description
(1) Swithhun, bishop of Winchester, to Ęthelbald, king of the West Saxons; grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Farnham, Surrey. (2) King Ęthelbald grants the reversion of the land, after his death, to the bishop and church of Winchester.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1274 |
| Birch |
495 |
| Kemble |
1058 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Winchester, Old Minster |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
858 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
858 |
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Notes
Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Hart 1970/1, p. 37 (no. 202), authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 147 n. 3, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 319, authentic; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; Dumville 1992, p. 43, suspicious; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-31, esp. pp. 1123, 1124 n., 1127-8, probably acceptable, perhaps drafted by royal priest.