Source: CharterS887

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Description

King Æthelred to Eadric, Eadwig and Ealdred, brothers; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Bynsingtun land (? Benson, Oxon.).

Charter information
Sawyer 887
Birch ---
Kemble 1292
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 127
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 996
Scholarly Source Dating 996

Notes

*Grundy, Oxon., pp. 5-7, on bounds; Cam 1933, pp. 19-20, suggests that Bynsingtun land is the 4 and a half hundreds of Benson, later the Hundred of Ewelme; PN Oxon., i. 1-2, 15, 16, 119 n., may not be Bensington; HRH, p. 235, subscriptions are consistent; Gelling, ECTV, no. 286, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 113 n. 93, p. 254, authentic; Blair 1994, p. 133, on territorial history; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 127, authentic

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction S887    King Æthelred 32 to Eadric 35, Eadwig 14 and Ealdred 39, brothers; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Bynsingtun land (? Benson, Oxon.)
2 Event S887    King Æthelred 32 to Eadric 35, Eadwig 14 and Ealdred 39, brothers; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Bynsingtun land (? Benson, Oxon.)