Source: CharterS371

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Description

King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd, renews a landbook destroyed by fire for Æthelfrith, dux; confirmation of 20 hides (cassati) at Wrington, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 371
Birch 606
Kemble 338
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 904
Scholarly Source Dating 903

Notes

*Napier and Stevenson, p. 83 n. 1, a puzzling document, apparently genuine; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 171-8, on bounds; Robinson 1923, p. 45, corrupt but some genuine material; Stenton 1955, p. 52, possibly authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 423, authentic basis; Sawyer, Burton, p. 4; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Scott 1981, pp. 112, 201 n. 108; Costen 1992, p. 44, on estate; Keynes 1993/2, p. 309, 'improved', pp. 311-14, on background; Baines 1994; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1143-4, cited; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 32, 39, on MS sources, pp. 254-6, on Wrington; cf. S 367, 367a

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction S371    King Edward 2, with Æthelred 1 and Æthelflæd 4, renewed a landbook destroyed by fire for Æthelfrith 3, dux; confirmation of 20 hides (cassati) at Wrington, Somerset
2 Event S371    King Edward 2, with Æthelred 1 and Æthelflæd 4, renews a landbook destroyed by fire for Æthelfrith 3, dux; confirmation of 20 hides (cassati) at Wrington, Somerset
3 Transaction S371  Liber Terrarum no. 41 Æthelstan 26, dux, son of Æthelfrith 3, to Glastonbury; grant of Wrington, Somerset.