Source: CharterS1169

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Description

Beorhtwald, king or subregulus, to Aldhelm, abbot, for the monks of Malmesbury; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Somerford Keynes, Gloucs.

Charter information
Sawyer 1169
Birch 65
Kemble 26
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Malmesbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 30th July 685
Scholarly Source Dating 685

Notes

*Akerman 1857/1, no. 6; HS, p. 169, questionable; Stenton 1918, p. 438 n. 26, of ill repute with some possibly authentic features (= Stenton 1970, pp. 52-3 n. 7); Darlington 1955, p. 90; Watkin 1956, p. 211 and n. 24; Finberg, ECW, no. 184, authentic; Chaplais 1965, p. 56 n. 70, on a formula (= 1973, p. 37 n. 70); Stenton 1971, pp. 69, 151, treats as authentic; Finberg, ECWM, no. 3, authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 26, 35, on place-names; Sims-Williams 1976, pp. 13-14 n. 10; Scharer 1982, p. 93 n. 47, dubious; Wormald 1983, p. 112, on donor; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 93-4, authentic; Hart 1990, p. 7, cited.

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction S1169    Beorhtwald 4, king or subregulus, to Aldhelm 3, abbot, for the monks of Malmesbury 1; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Somerford Keynes, Gloucs.