Source: CharterS294a
Description
Ęthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, to the Church; general grant of lands and privileges ('First Decimation').
Charter information
| Sawyer |
294a |
| Birch |
483 |
| Kemble |
275 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Malmesbury and Crowland |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
5th November |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
844 |
|
Notes
*HS, pp. 638, 641, doubtful; Stevenson 1904, p. 190, spurious; Hervey 1907, p. 584; Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Finberg, ECW, chapter vi, esp. pp. 193-6, may have authentic basis; Brooks 1974, pp. 230-1, rejects Finberg's assessment; Keynes 1980, p. 114 n. 103, spurious; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 233, spurious; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 15-18, spurious; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1115-16, probably spurious, witness-list and date from genuine charter of 844; cf. S 294, 294b.
Note. Previously listed as S 314.