Source: CharterS431

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Description

King Æthelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Marksbury, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 431
Birch 709
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 936
Scholarly Source Dating 936

Notes

*Grundy, Somerset, pp. 186-90, bounds appear to be post-Conquest; Finberg, ECW, no. 434, authentic, indiction 8 for 9; John 1966, pp. 53-4, on royal style; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 80, on formulation; Costen 1983, pp. 25-7, on bounds; Costen 1992, p. 44, on estate history, boundary clause probably post-Conquest; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 34, 35, 39, on MS sources, pp. 166-7, on estate

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Event S431    King Æthelstan 18 to Æthelhelm 17, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Marksbury, Somerset
Office S431    Æthelstan 18 held office of King (king of all Britain)
Office S431    Æthelstan 18 held office of
Office S431    Æthelstan 18 held office of Gubernator
Office S431    Æthelhelm 17 held office of Minister
Office S431    Wulfhelm 16 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of Canterbury)
Office S431    Ælfheah 19 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Winchester)
RecordedNames S431    Æthelstan 18 (Athelstanus)
RecordedNames S431    Æthelhelm 17 (Ethelelm)
RecordedNames S431    Wulfhelm 16 (Wlfhelm)
RecordedNames S431    Ælfheah 19 (Alfetg)
Transaction S431    King Æthelstan 18 to Æthelhelm 17, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Marksbury, Somerset