Source: CharterS294b

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Ęthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, to the Church; grant of privileges, with particular mention of lands belonging to the church of Malmesbury at Ellendune (Wroughton), Wilts. (30 hides); Elmhamstede (15 hides); and at Wootton (10 hides), Charlton near Malmesbury (20 hides), Minety (5 hides), and Rodbourne, Wilts. (10 hides). ('First Decimation'.).

Charter information
Sawyer 294b
Birch 447
Kemble 1048
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Malmesbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 5th November 844
Scholarly Source Dating 844

Notes

*HS, pp. 630, 638, 640, questionable; Stevenson 1904, p. 199, dubious; Robertson, Charters, p. 275, highly suspicious; Darlington 1955, p. 90, 'presumably a forgery'; Watkin 1956, p. 212 and n. 57; Finberg, ECW, no. 200, authentic basis, cf. chapter vi; Finberg, ECWM, no. 68, spurious; Biddle et al. 1956, p. 466 n. 3; Keynes 1980, p. 114 n. 103, spurious; Keynes and Lapidge, p. 233, spurious; Edwards 1988, p. 107, on Rodbourne; O' Donovan, Sherborne, pp. 15-18, spurious; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1115-16, probably spurious, date and witness-list from a genuine charter of 844; cf. S 294, 294a.

Note. Previously listed as S 322.

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S294b    Ceolmund 6 (Cealmund)
RecordedNames S294b    Ęthelbald 11 (Aethelbald)
RecordedNames S294b    Lulling 6 (Lulling)
RecordedNames S294b    Eadred 6 (Eadred)
RecordedNames S294b    Ęthelred 16 (Aethelred)
RecordedNames S294b    Wihtgar 4 (Wichtgar)
RecordedNames S294b    Dudda 5 (Dudda)
RecordedNames S294b    Cyneheah 2 (Kyneheheah)
RecordedNames S294b    Ealhstan 5 (Alastan)
RecordedNames S294b    Cyneheah 3 (Kyneheah)
RecordedNames S294b    Ceolmund 6 (Ceolmund)
RecordedNames S294b    Wulfhere 2 (Wlfhere)
RecordedNames S294b    Osmund 6 (Osmund)
RecordedNames S294b    Wulflaf 5 (Wlflaf)
RecordedNames S294b    Ecgheard 5 (Aegheard)
RecordedNames S294b    Ęlla 1 (Aella)
RecordedNames S294b    Beorhthelm 5 (Beorhtelm)
RecordedNames S294b    Milred 2 (Milred)
RecordedNames S294b    Cenwulf 2 (Canwlf)
RecordedNames S294b    Ceorl 2 (Cearl)
RecordedNames S294b    Ęthelmund 10 (Aethelmund)
RecordedNames S294b    Eanwulf 4 (Eanwlf)
RecordedNames S294b    Ęthelric 12 (Aetherich)
RecordedNames S294b    Ęthelwulf 20 (Aethelwlf)
RecordedNames S294b    Helmstan 1 (Elmstan)
RecordedNames S294b    Osric 7 (Osrich)
RecordedNames S294b    Helmstan 1 (Helmstan)
RecordedNames S294b    Ealhstan 3 (Alstan)
RecordedNames S294b    Ęthelwulf 1 (Athelwlf)
RecordedNames S294b    Ealhstan 3 (Alhstan)
Office S294b    Milred 2 held office of Minister
Office S294b    Ęthelmund 10 held office of Abbot
Office S294b    Beorhthelm 5 held office of Abbot
Office S294b    Ecgheard 5 held office of Minister
Office S294b    Wulflaf 5 held office of Abbot
Office S294b    Cenwulf 2 held office of Dux
Office S294b    Ceorl 2 held office of Dux
Office S294b    Osric 7 held office of Dux
Office S294b    Eanwulf 4 held office of Dux
Office S294b    Ęthelric 12 held office of Dux
Office S294b    Helmstan 1 held office of Bishop
Office S294b    Ęthelwulf 20 held office of Dux
Office S294b    Ęthelwulf 1 held office of King (king of the West Saxons)
Office S294b    Ealhstan 3 held office of Bishop
Event S294b    Ęthelwulf 1, king of the West Saxons, to the Church; grant of privileges, with particular mention of lands belonging to the church of Malmesbury at Ellendune (Wroughton), Wilts. (30 hides); Elmhamstede (15 hides); and at Wootton (10 hides), Charlton near Malmesbury (20 hides), Minety (5 hides), and Rodbourne, Wilts. (10 hides). ('First Decimation'.)