Source: CharterS294
Description
Ęthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, to the church at Sherborne; grant of privileges ('First Decimation').
Charter information
| Sawyer |
294 |
| Birch |
--- |
| Kemble |
--- |
| British Academy |
O'Donovan, Sherborne No. 5 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Sherborne |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
5th November 844 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
844 |
|
Notes
*Finberg, ECW, no. 566, authentic basis, cf. pp. 194-6, 206-9, for discussion; O'Donovan 1973, p. 108, dubious; Keynes 1980, p. 114 n. 103, spurious; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 233, spurious; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. xx-xxi, xxx-xxxii, liii, 15-18, spurious, Sherborne version of questionable '844 decimation' text. also available at Malmesbury, cf. S 294a, 294b; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1114 n. 3, pp. 1115-16, probably spurious.