Source: CharterS138
Description
Offa, king of the Mercians, to St Alban's church; grant of 30 hides (manentes), consisting of 12 at Winslow, Bucks.; 3 at Scelfdune sive Baldiningcotum; 10 at Scuccan hlaw vel Fenntun (cf. Warren Farm in Horwood, Bucks.) with the wood called Horowudu (Horwood, Bucks.); and 5 at Lygetune (? Luton, Beds., or Leyton, Essex).
Charter information
| Sawyer |
138 |
| Birch |
264 |
| Kemble |
161 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
St Alban's |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
795 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
792 |
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Notes
*Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, p. 702, spurious; Williams 1917, pp. 12-14, spurious but some small authentic basis; PN Beds., p. 156; PN Bucks., pp. 68, 69, 73, 75; Brooks 1971, p. 83 n. 4, spurious; Gelling, ECTV, no. 144, spurious, discusses place-names, Scelfdune is not Salden in Mursley; Baines 1980, on bounds; Scharer 1982, pp. 272-3, spurious; Dumville 1992, p. 50, forged not earlier than late 10th century; Keynes 1993, pp. 264, 268, 269, 272, spurious, MSS 1-3 display progressive stages of interpolation in the Latin text, discusses date.