Source: CharterS442

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Description

King Æthelstan to Æthelstan, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon.

Charter information
Sawyer 442
Birch 728
Kemble 372
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 938
Scholarly Source Dating 938

Notes

*Drögereit 1935, p. 370; Finberg, ECDC, p. 11 (no. 27), the boundaries point to Lyme Regis, although the assessment agrees with that of Uplyme in DB; Hart 1964, pp. 160-1, on bounds, agrees with Finberg; Fox 1970, bounds are those of Uplyme; Hart 1973, p. 125 n. 4, agrees with Uplyme identification (= 1992, p. 581 n. 44); Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 81, on formulation; Scott 1981, pp. 112, 201 n. 108; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 5, on a contiguous estate; Hooke 1994, pp. 127-34, on bounds; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 32, on MS sources, pp. 155-7, on estate

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S442    King Æthelstan 18 to Æthelstan 26, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon
2 Transaction S442    King Æthelstan 18 to Æthelstan 26, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon