Source: CharterS998

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Description

King Edward to Ordgar, his faithful minister; grant of a half hide (mansa) at Littleham, Devon.

Charter information
Sawyer 998
Birch ---
Kemble ---
British Academy O'Donovan, Sherborne No. 21
Source Used BA
Archive(s) Sherborne
Source Information
Date of composition 1042
Language Latin and Old English
Date from Source 1042
Scholarly Source Dating 1042

Notes

Davidson 1883/1, pp. 150-6, bounds describe modern parish; PN Devon, p. 590 n.; Forsberg 1950, p. 43, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 59; Oleson 1955, p. 154, authentic; Oleson 1956, may be genuine; Hart 1970/1, p. 22, on rubric; Keynes 1980, p. 27 n. 41, p. 126 n. 136; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xxiii, xxix, 76-7, authentic; Hooke 1990/1, p. 194, on topography and assessment; Hooke 1994, pp. 200-3.