Source: CharterS426

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Description

King Æthelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassatae) at Kingtone (? Kington St Michael, Wilts.).

Charter information
Sawyer 426
Birch 704
Kemble 365
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 13 September 934
Scholarly Source Dating 934

Notes

*Jackson 1858, pp. 36-7; Darlington 1955, p. 96; Finberg, ECW, no. 238, authentic; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 78, on formulation; Sawyer 1983, p. 291, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 35, 39, on MS sources, pp. 149-51, on estate, p. 167, on beneficiary

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters     48-51 [no.25]