Source: CharterS272
Description
Ecgberht, king, to Winchester, Old Minster; grant of 15 hides (manentes) at Alton Priors, Wilts., formerly held by Burgheard, præfectus.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
272 |
| Birch |
390 |
| Kemble |
1035 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Winchester, Old Minster |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
19th August and 26th December 825 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
825 |
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Notes
*Stevenson 1914, p. 689 n. 3, on a formula; Stenton 1918, p. 451, transparent fabrication (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 159-64, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, pp. 291-2, unacceptable, p. 305, on dedication; Finberg, ECW, no. 198, spurious, dating clause from S 273; Hart 1970/1, p. 32 (no. 131), spurious; Harrison 1973, p. 65, on dating clause; Whitelock, EHD, p. 185 n., dating clause may be from authentic text, p. 373 n.; Edwards 1988, pp. 146-8, 153-5, probably spurious, but the forger has used some early records; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1111-12, spurious in received form but forger has used charters of 820s, cf. S 273-6, 283-4; Smyth 1995, p. 253.