Source: CharterS794

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Description

King Edgar to Ælfhelm, his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) at (West) Wratting, Cambs.

Charter information
Sawyer 794
Birch 1305
Kemble 1274
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Ely
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 974
Scholarly Source Dating 974

Notes

*Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, authentic; Hart, ECEE, no. 57, authentic; HRH, p. 231, genuine; Keynes 1980, pp. 77-8, 'Edgar A' formulation; BA Facs., p. 8, MS a later imitative copy, probably an adaptation of a genuine charter of Edgar, discrepancy between hidage assessments in text and in bounds; Dumville 1993, pp. 29-30 n. 101, not contemporary; Keynes 1994, p. 170, 11th-century copy or adaptation of lost original; cf. S 1487 for beneficiary's bequest of part of the land to Ely

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S794    King Edgar 11 to Ælfhelm 8, his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) at (West) Wratting, Cambs.
RecordedNames S794    Cyneweard 2 (Kyn...)
RecordedNames S794    Æscwig 4 (Æswi...)
Office S794    Eanwulf 22 held office of Minister
Office S794    Leofwine 11 held office of Minister
Office S794    Beorhtric 12 held office of Minister
Office S794    Ælfsige 54 held office of Minister
Office S794    Æthelweard 21 held office of Minister
Office S794    Ælfweard 9 held office of Minister
Office S794    Oslac 7 held office of Dux
Office S794    Æthelwine 2 held office of Dux
Office S794    Byrhtnoth 1 held office of Dux
Office S794    Osgar 1 held office of Abbot
Office S794    Ælfhere 10 held office of Dux
Office S794    Æthelgar 8 held office of Abbot
Office S794    Cyneweard 2 held office of Abbot
Office S794    Ælfthryth 8 held office of Queen
Office S794    Sidemann 3 held office of Bishop
Office S794    Æscwig 4 held office of Abbot
Office S794    Ælfstan 43 held office of Bishop
Office S794    Ælfwald 32 held office of Bishop
Office S794    Æthelwold 1 held office of Bishop
Office S794    Oswald 8 held office of Archbishop
Office S794    Dunstan 1 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Office S794    Ælfhelm 8 held office of Minister
Office S794    Edgar 11 held office of Basileus (basileus of all Britain)
Office S794    Edgar 11 held office of King
Event S794    King Edgar 11 to Ælfhelm 8, his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) at (West) Wratting, Cambs.