Source: CharterS1463

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Description

Record of the acquisition by Ælfsige, abbot of Peterborough, on behalf of the abbey, of fenland at Whittlesey Mere, Hunts., from Thored, in exchange for land at Orton, Hunts., and a sum of money.

Charter information
Sawyer 1463
Birch ---
Kemble 733
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Peterborough
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 1020 x 1023

Notes

Darby, VCH Hunts., iii. 251-2, with translation of bounds; PN Hunts,, pp. 186, 188, 191, 202, 216, 227; Hart, ECEE, no. 32, authentic; Lawson 1993, p. 165, on Thored.