Source: CharterS388

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Description

King Æthelstan to St Petroc's minster; grant of 1 hide (cassatus) at Newton St Petroc, Devon.

Charter information
Sawyer 388
Birch 725
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Exeter
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 670
Scholarly Source Dating 924 x 939

Notes

*Davidson 1883, p. 268, substitute for original; PN Devon, p. 101 n. 1; Rose-Troup 1933, pp. 124-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 25, 11th-century reconstruction, a blunder because this gift really dates from Eadred's reign; Chaplais 1966, p. 12 (no. 11), spurious, probably written in third quarter of 11th century, mutatis mutandis a replica of S 433, supposed confirmation by Eadred unlikely to be authentic (= 1981 XV, p. 12); Blake 1974, pp. 51-2, probably forged in time of Bishop Leofric; Padel 1978, p. 26 n. 23, probably spurious; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Hooke 1994, pp. 144-7, on bounds