Source: CharterS288

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Description

Ęthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, to Duda, his minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Asshedoune (cf. Ashdown Park in Ashbury, Berks.).

Charter information
Sawyer 288
Birch 431
Kemble 246
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 840
Scholarly Source Dating 840

Notes

*Stevenson 1904, p. 235 n. 2, the formulas agree with genuine charters of Ęthelwulf; PN Berks., ii. 344-5; Gelling, ECTV, no. 21, authentic; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 9, on similarity to S 290; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1114-15, on links with S 290; Smyth 1995, pp. 372-3; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 34, on MS sources, pp. 47-9, on estate.