Source: CharterS415

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King Æthelstan to the familia and church of Malmesbury; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Norton, Wilts.; 5 at Sumerford (? Little Somerford, Wilts.); and 5 at Ewen, Gloucs., forfeited by Alfred for conspiracy.

Charter information
Sawyer 415
Birch 671
Kemble 355
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Malmesbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 931
Scholarly Source Dating 931

Notes

Napier and Stevenson, p. 137 n. 1, cannot be genuine in its present form, witnesses are of A.D. 941; Darlington 1955, p. 88, suggests Sumerford was Little Somerford, Wilts.; Finberg, ECW, no. 240, authentic basis, dates 934 x 939; PN Gloucs., i, p. xi; Finberg, ECWM, no. 94, authentic basis, identifies Sumerford as Somerford Keynes, Gloucs.; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, suspect, witnesses belong to 934 or 937 x 939; Whitelock, EHD, p. 371, forgery; Wormald 1988, no. 30; cf. S 414