Description
King Æthelstan to the familia of Winchester, Holy Trinity; grant of 30 hides (cassatae) at Enford, Wilts.; 10 (mansae) at Chilbolton and 10 (cassati) at Ashmanworth, Hants. Latin and English versions, the former with English bounds of Enford, Hants.
Notes
Stevenson 1904, p. 148 n. 1, suspicious; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 228-34, bounds difficult to locate; Robertson, Charters, pp. 304-7, neither version seems to be a direct translation of the other; John 1955, p. 154 n. 4, clause concerning support of clergy from bishop's portion is an interpolation in a genuine charter; John 1965, p. 418; Finberg, ECW, no. 51, authentic basis; Hart 1970/1, p. 34 (nos 164-5), authentic basis; O'Donovan 1972, p. 37, suspect, discusses dating problems; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 111-12; Richards 1973, pp. 138-9, on witnesses; PN Berks., ii. 346, on a boundary mark; Keynes 1985, p. 158 n. 75, not acceptable in received form; Pelteret 1995, pp. 307-8; cf. S 420