Source: CharterS534

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King Eadred to Ælfthryth, a religious woman; grant of 8 hides (mansae) in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.

Charter information
Sawyer 534
Birch 868
Kemble 418
British Academy Kelly, Shaftesbury No. 16
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Shaftesbury
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 948
Scholarly Source Dating 948

Notes

*Grundy, Dorset 1935, pp. 117-22, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 593, authentic; Hart, ECEE, p. 253, addendum to Finberg; HRH, p. 229, no grounds for suspicion; PN Dorset, i. 1-2, 6, 10, 14, 15, 18, 26-33, 64; Dumville 1992, pp. 177-8, on beneficiary; Hinton 1994, esp. pp. 12-16, on bounds; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 68-70, authentic; cf. S 573, 632

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