Source: CharterS239

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Description

Ine, king of the West Saxons, to Hean, abbot; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, 15 at Bestlesforda (near Basildon), 25 at Streatley and 80 at Æaromundeslee, all in Berks.

Charter information
Sawyer 239
Birch 100
Kemble 45
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 2
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 5 July 687
Scholarly Source Dating 687

Notes

*Stenton 1913, p. 11, partly or wholly a post-Conquest fabrication, using early material; Levison 1946, p. 228, on 'notarial' subscription; Chaplais 1965, p. 56, undoubtedly spurious (= 1973, p. 37); PN Berks., i. 200, ii. 443, 512-13, 531; Gelling, ECTV, no. 10, not genuine but incorporates early material; Fleming 1985, p. 252 n. 3, cited; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 172-4, probably a fabrication; Dumville 1992, p. 40 n. 55, not genuine in present form; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 2, fabrication largely based on genuine early charter; cf. S 241, 252, 1179.

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S239    Ine 1 (Ini)
RecordedNames S239    Daniel 1 (Daniel)
RecordedNames S239    Beorhtwald 6 (Brihtwallus)
RecordedNames S239    Æthelred 2 (Ethelred)
RecordedNames S239    Æthelfrith 7 (Ethelfrith)
Office S239    Ine 1 held office of King (king of the West Saxons)
Office S239    Daniel 1 held office of Bishop
Office S239    Beorhtwald 6 held office of Archbishop
Office S239    Æthelred 2 held office of King (king of the Mercians)
Authorship S239    Winberht 1 Author of a charter (S239) recording a grant of Ine, king of the West Saxons, to Hean, abbot; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, 15 at Bestlesforda (near Basildon), 25 at Streatley and 80 at Æaromundeslee, all in Berks.
Event S239    Ine 1, King of Wessex, to Hæha 1, abbot; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, 15 at Bestlesforda (near Basildon), 25 at Streatley and 80 at Æaromundeslee, all in Berks.
RecordedNames S239    Winberht 1 (Winberct)
Transaction S239    Ine 1, king of the West Saxons, to Hæha 1, abbot; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, 15 at Bestlesforda (near Basildon), 25 at Streatley and 80 at Æaromundeslee, all in Berks.