Source: CharterS462

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King Edmund to Ælfswith, his kinsman and faithful minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Batcombe, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 462
Birch 749
Kemble 383
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 940
Scholarly Source Dating 940

Notes

*Grundy, Somerset, pp. 86-91, on bounds; Whitelock, Wills, p. 125, possible that the estate was given jointly to Ælfheah, the king's kinsman, and to Ælfswith his wife, and that the copyist omitted Ælfheah's name; Finberg, ECW, no. 441, authentic, beneficiary probably Ælfsige; Keynes 1980, pp. 44-5, takes beneficiary to be Ælfswith; Scott 1981, pp. 114-16, 136, 202 n. 112; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 34, on MS sources, p. 55, original beneficiary probably Ælfsige, name has been corrupted; cf. S 1485