Source: CharterS1451a
Description
Account of the consecration in 905 of seven bishops (for Winchester, Ramsbury, Sherborne, Wells, Crediton, Selsey and Dorchester), and statement of the assignment to Crediton, on that occasion, of land at Pawton in St Breock, Cællincg and Lawhitton, Cornwall.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1451a |
| Birch |
615 |
| Kemble |
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| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church and Winchester, Old Minster |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
900 x 1000 |
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Notes
B ii, pp. 277-8, discusses MSS, strong claim for acceptance; O'Donovan 1972, pp. 34-5; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 24, MS 1 written by scribe of Oxford, St John's College, MS 28 (= 1981, XIV p. 16 n. 24); Councils and Synods, pp. 165-6; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. lv-vi; BA Facs., p. 5, MS 1 probably of Canterbury origin, perhaps early copy of presumed Crediton original; Conner 1993, pp. 215-20, doubts Chaplais's identification of scribe; cf. S 1296.