Source: CharterS270a
Description
Edbirtus (? Ecgberht), king of the West Saxons, to Eadgils, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Butleigh, Somerset.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
270a |
| Birch |
300 |
| Kemble |
178 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Glastonbury |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
801 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
801 |
|
Notes
*K 178 suggests donor was Queen Eadburh; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. p. cxlviii, suggests donor was King Ecgberht; Finberg, ECW, no. 401, authentic basis, accepts that donor was Ecgberht, king of Wessex, witnesses recur in S 268; Scott 1981, pp. 110, 201 n. 103; Edwards 1988, pp. 56-9, substantially genuine, donor was Queen Eadburh; Costen 1992, p. 43, on estate, dates bounds to s. x2; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 32, 38, on MS sources, pp. 61, 76-7, on estate history, p. 76 n. 163, donor most likely to have been King Ecgberht.