Source: CharterS183
Description
Cenwulf, king of Mercia, to Abingdon Abbey; grant of privileges for land at Culham, Oxon.; Kennington, Hinksey, Cumnor, Earmundelæh (cf. Bessels Leigh), Eaton, Sunningwell, Dry Sandford, Wootton, Ginge, Denchworth, Charney (Bassett), Goosey, Fernham, Watchfield, Shrivenham, Bourton, Leckhampstead, Boxford, Welford and Wickham in Welford, Berks., with woodland at Speen, Poughley (in Chaddleworth), Trindlæh (lost), and Easton (in Welford), Berks.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
183 |
| Birch |
366 |
| Kemble |
214 |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Abingdon No. 9 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Abingdon |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
821 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
821 |
|
Notes
*Stenton 1913, p. 23, spurious; Aston 1958, p. 76, on gebura tun; PN Oxon., i. 150; PN Berks., i. 233, 238, 254, 266, 272, 274, ii. 290, 352, 371, 375, 382, 389, 393, 402, 411, 438, 443, 445, 450, 453, 459, 462, 469, 472; Gelling, ECTV, no. 18 (pp. 26-7, 125), authentic basis, citing Brooks 'more likely to be the work of a pre-Conquest than a 12th-century forger'; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 14, spurious; Fleming 1985, p. 252, cited; Wormald 1985, p. 117 n., diplomatically suspect; Pelteret 1986, pp. 481-2, on gebura tun; Edwards 1988, pp. 189-93, spurious, but based on authentic charter of Cenwulf; Dumville 1992, p. 40 n. 55, spurious; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 9, spurious in present form but may be based on genuine 9th-century privilege.