Source: CharterS241
Description
Ine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Hean, abbot; restoration of land at Abingdon, Berks., for the construction of a minster, with an account of the early history of Abingdon Abbey, including mention of grants of land by the river Thames, at Bestlesford (near Basildon) and at Bradfield, Berks.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
241 |
| Birch |
101 |
| Kemble |
46 |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Abingdon No. 4 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Abingdon |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
699 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
699 |
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Notes
*Stenton 1913, pp. 10-18, spurious, based on an early document but not necessarily an Abingdon charter; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; PN Berks., i. 200; Gelling, ECTV, no. 12, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 14, spurious; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 174-7, fabrication, based on early records from Bradfield minster; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 4, spurious, incorporates material from early non-Abingdon sources; cf. S 239, 252, 1179.
Event/Transaction List
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Factoid Type |
Source Reference |
Short Description |
| 1 |
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Event |
S241 |
Hæha 1 ordered Anonymous 323 to build a monastery and rule it as abbot |
| 2 |
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Event |
S241 |
Hæha 1 took holy vows and took vows under the authority of Anonymous 323; five years later Hæha 1 dissolved his vows and petitioned Ine 1 for the return of his land |
| 3 |
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Event |
S241 |
Ine 1, king of the (West) Saxons, to Hæha 1, abbot; restoration of land at Abingdon, Berks., for the construction of a minster, with an account of the early history of Abingdon Abbey, including mention of grants of land by the river Thames, at Bestlesford (near Basildon) and at Bradfield, Berks |
| 4 |
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Transaction |
S241 |
Ine 1, king of the Saxons, to Hæha 1, abbot; restoration of land at Abingdon, Berks., for the construction of a minster, with an account of the early history of Abingdon Abbey, including mention of grants of land by the river Thames (30 cassati), at Bestlesford (near Basildon) and at Bradfield, Berks. (100 cassati) |
| 5 |
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Transaction |
S241 |
Cuthred 7, regulus, Æthelred 2, rex, and Ine 1, rex Saxonum, to Hæha 1 & Ceolswith 1; grant of 30 cassati to the east of the River Thames |
| 6 |
 |
Transaction |
S241 |
Ine 1, from Hæha 1 & Ceolswith 1, seizure of land near Abingdon [173 / 273 cassati] on the grounds that neither a monastery nor an oratory had been built upon it; he later restored the land to Hæha 1. |
| 7 |
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Transaction |
S241 |
Cissa 1, regulus, to Hæha 1, patricius, and Ceolswith 1, his sister; grant of 173 cassati near Abingdon |
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