Source: CharterS270a

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Description

Edbirtus (? Ecgberht), king of the West Saxons, to Eadgils, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Butleigh, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 270a
Birch 300
Kemble 178
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 801
Scholarly Source Dating 801

Notes

*K 178 suggests donor was Queen Eadburh; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. p. cxlviii, suggests donor was King Ecgberht; Finberg, ECW, no. 401, authentic basis, accepts that donor was Ecgberht, king of Wessex, witnesses recur in S 268; Scott 1981, pp. 110, 201 n. 103; Edwards 1988, pp. 56-9, substantially genuine, donor was Queen Eadburh; Costen 1992, p. 43, on estate, dates bounds to s. x2; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 32, 38, on MS sources, pp. 61, 76-7, on estate history, p. 76 n. 163, donor most likely to have been King Ecgberht.

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Office S270a    Lulla 3
RecordedNames S270a    Beornmod 1 (Beornmod)
RecordedNames S270a    Heahnoth 1 (Heanoth)
RecordedNames S270a    Oshere 3 (Oshere)
RecordedNames S270a    Ealhhere 3 (Alhhere)
RecordedNames S270a    Wihtbrord 2 (Whitbrord)
RecordedNames S270a    Cynred 2 (Coenred)
RecordedNames S270a    Osmod 4 (Osmod)
RecordedNames S270a    Wulfheard 12 (Uulfhard)
RecordedNames S270a    Eanwulf 4 (Eanuulf)
RecordedNames S270a    Bofa 3 (Bofa)
RecordedNames S270a    Dryhtnoth 1 (Drihtnoth)
RecordedNames S270a    Freothoric 1 (Freodoric)
RecordedNames S270a    Heahberht 1 (Heaberht)
RecordedNames S270a    Ealhstan 3 (Alhstan)
RecordedNames S270a    Eadgils 2 (Eadgils)
RecordedNames S270a    Cyneberht 8 (Cinebirt)
RecordedNames S270a    Wigberht 5 (Whitberd)
RecordedNames S270a    Wihtfer 1 (Witfer)
RecordedNames S270a    Lulla 11 (Lulla)
RecordedNames S270a    Muca 1 (Muca)
RecordedNames S270a    Ceolnoth 3 (Cialnoth)
RecordedNames S270a    Beornmod 3 (Beornmod)
RecordedNames S270a    Ecgberht 10 (Edbirtus)
RecordedNames S270a    Ecgberht 10 (Ecgberht)
Office S270a    Wihtbrord 2 held office of Praefectus
Office S270a    Ealhhere 3 held office of Minister
Office S270a    Oshere 3 held office of Minister
Office S270a    Heahnoth 1 held office of Minister
Office S270a    Beornmod 1 held office of Minister
Office S270a    Heahberht 1 held office of Deacon
Office S270a    Freothoric 1 held office of Abbot
Office S270a    Dryhtnoth 1 held office of Abbot
Office S270a    Bofa 3 held office of Dux
Office S270a    Eanwulf 4 held office of Dux
Office S270a    Wulfheard 12 held office of Dux
Office S270a    Osmod 4 held office of Dux
Office S270a    Cynred 2 held office of Bishop
Office S270a    Ealhstan 3 held office of Bishop
Office S270a    Beornmod 3 held office of Bishop
Office S270a    Ceolnoth 3 held office of Archbishop
Office S270a    Muca 1 held office of Abbot
Office S270a    Lulla 11 held office of Minister
Office S270a    Wihtfer 1 held office of Minister
Office S270a    Wigberht 5 held office of Bishop
Office S270a    Cyneberht 8 held office of Bishop
Office S270a    Eadgils 2 held office of Minister
Office S270a    Ecgberht 10 held office of King
Event S270a    Edbirtus (? Ecgberht 10), king of the West Saxons, to Eadgils 2, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Butleigh, Somerset
Transaction S270a    Edbirtus (? Ecgberht 10), king of the West Saxons, to Eadgils 2, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Butleigh, Somerset