Source: CharterS1242

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Description

Writ of Ælfthryth (the king's mother) giving testimony concerning an estate at Ruishton, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 1242
Birch ---
Kemble 717
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Scholarly Source Dating 995 x 1002

Notes

Harmer, Writs, pp. 380, 524-5, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 523, authentic; John 1965, p. 413; Chaplais 1966, p. 173, authentic, may have been drafted by a Canterbury scribe (= 1973, pp. 57-8); Hart 1970/1 (no. 45), authentic; John 1977, p. 117, cited; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 59, p. 138 n. 188, p. 143 n. 209, authentic; Wormald 1988, nos 66-7; Kennedy 1995, p. 172 n. 161.