Source: CharterS1425
Description
Leofstan, abbot, and St Albans Abbey, to Tova, widow of Wihtric, in return for 3 marks of gold and an annual render of honey; lease, for her lifetime and that of her son, Godwine, of land at Cyrictiwa (Great Tew, Oxon.), with reversion to St Albans.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1425 |
| Birch |
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| Kemble |
950 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
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| Archive(s) |
St Alban's |
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Source Information
| Scholarly Source Dating |
1049 x 1052 |
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Notes
PN Oxon., ii. 264, 289, 295; Gelling, ECTV, p. 189, on identification; Gordon 1990, pp. 43-4; Keynes 1993, pp. 266-7, details of MS 1; Blair 1994, pp. 107, 138-43, 154-5.
Notes: Issued in triplicate, with copies retained by St Albans, Tova and Eowes hame (perhaps a misreading of Egneshame, i.e. Eynsham, rather than a reference to Evesham).