Source: CharterS462
Description
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 |
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Source Used |
Birch |
Archive(s) |
Glastonbury |
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Source Information
Language |
Latin with Old English |
Date from Source |
940 |
Scholarly Source Dating |
940 |
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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