Description
King Edward to the church of St Mary, Abingdon; grant of 4 hides (mansae) in the common land at Sandford-on-Thames, Oxon.
Notes
Stevenson 1896, p. 732 n. 1, authentic; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 52-3, on bounds; Harmer, Writs, p. 566, dated 1054 but attested by Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury, who died in 1050; PN Oxon., i. 183, 186, ii. 487; Oleson 1955, p. 152, spurious; Finberg 1972, p. 493, on reference to common land; HRH, p. 234, doubtful, subscriptions are consistent with 1049 x 1050; Barlow 1979, pp. 154-5, on witnesses; Gelling, ECTV, no. 298, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, on formulation; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 147, spurious; cf. S 1022.