Source: CharterS202

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Description

Beorhtwulf, king of the Mercians, to Ælfheah, princeps; grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Calmesden (or by the River Churn and at Calmesden), Gloucs.

Charter information
Sawyer 202
Birch 466
Kemble 268
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 13
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 852
Scholarly Source Dating 842

Notes

*Stevenson 1904, p. 229, n. 4, doubtful; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 56-60, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 5, 17, 148-50, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 71, authentic basis; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1119, unacceptable in received form, notes diplomatic links with West Saxon charters; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 13, spurious, a forgery based on a West Saxon charter of 842.