Source: CharterS498

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King Edmund to Æthelstan, his faithful comes; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Brampford Speke, Devon, in return for 80 mancuses of gold.

Charter information
Sawyer 498
Birch 799
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 944
Scholarly Source Dating 944

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 703, spurious; Rose-Troup 1938, pp. 256-7, a confection based on a genuine set of bounds, pp. 262-70, a topographical discussion, p. 271, argues that MS 2 is based on MS 1; Forsberg 1950, pp. 205-6; Finberg, ECDC, p. 11 (no. 29); Olson 1989, pp. 54-5, on estate; Hooke 1994, pp. 147-51, bounds seem to describe most of present parish of Upton Pyne; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 37, 38, on MS sources, pp. 72-3, on estate, p. 73 n. 142, criticises Rose-Troup's reconstruction of estate history

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Rose-Troup, F. The Anglo-Saxon Charter of Brentford (Bampton), Devon Transactions of the Devonshire Assocation 1938 261

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S498    Æthelstan 26 from King Edmund 14; purchase of 2 hides (mansae) at Brampford Speke, Devon, with 80 mancuses of gold
Transaction S498    King Edmund 14 to Æthelstan 26, his faithful comes; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Brampford Speke, Devon, in return for 80 mancuses of gold
RecordedNames S498    Theodred 3 (Wuldred)
RecordedNames S498    Ælfheah 19 (Alfath)
RecordedNames S498    Wulfstan 14 (Wolstan)
RecordedNames S498    Oda 1 (Oda)
RecordedNames S498    Æthelstan 26 (Athelstan)
RecordedNames S498    Edmund 14 (Edmundus)
Office S498    Ælfheah 19 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Winchester)
Office S498    Theodred 3 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of London)
Office S498    Wulfstan 14 held office of Archbishop
Office S498    Edmund 14 held office of Gubernator
Office S498    Oda 1 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Status S498    Æthelstan 26 held office of Comes
Office S498    Edmund 14 held office of King (king of the English)
Event S498    King Edmund 14 to Æthelstan 26, his faithful comes; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Brampford Speke, Devon, in return for 80 mancuses of gold