Source: CharterS415
Description
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 |
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Source Used |
Birch |
Archive(s) |
Malmesbury |
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Source Information
Language |
Latin |
Date from Source |
931 |
Scholarly Source Dating |
931 |
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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