Source: CharterS442

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King Æthelstan to Æthelstan, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon.

Charter information
Sawyer 442
Birch 728
Kemble 372
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 938
Scholarly Source Dating 938

Notes

*Drögereit 1935, p. 370; Finberg, ECDC, p. 11 (no. 27), the boundaries point to Lyme Regis, although the assessment agrees with that of Uplyme in DB; Hart 1964, pp. 160-1, on bounds, agrees with Finberg; Fox 1970, bounds are those of Uplyme; Hart 1973, p. 125 n. 4, agrees with Uplyme identification (= 1992, p. 581 n. 44); Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 81, on formulation; Scott 1981, pp. 112, 201 n. 108; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 5, on a contiguous estate; Hooke 1994, pp. 127-34, on bounds; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 32, on MS sources, pp. 155-7, on estate

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Event S442    King Æthelstan 18 to Æthelstan 26, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon
Status S442    Æthelstan 26 held status of Comes / Comes
Office S442    Æthelstan 18 held office of King (king of all Britain)
Office S442    Æthelstan 26 held office of Dux
Office S442    Wulfhelm 16 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
RecordedNames S442    Æthelstan 18 (Athelstanus)
RecordedNames S442    Æthelstan 26 (Athelstan)
RecordedNames S442    Wulfhelm 16 (Wulfhelm)
Transaction S442    King Æthelstan 18 to Æthelstan 26, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon