Source: CharterS352

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Alfred, king, to Denewulf, bishop; grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Ruishton, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 352
Birch 549
Kemble 1064
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 979
Scholarly Source Dating 878

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 699 n. 44, suspicious; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 28-9, on bounds; Turner 1953, pp. 122-3, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 416, authentic, emends dating clause; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 47), p. 29 (no. 89), authentic; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 103-4, suspicious; Whitelock 1979, pp. 78, 79, 92 n. 7, p. 93 n. 14, authenticity uncertain, witness-list may be authentic, discusses dating clause; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1134-5, idiosyncratic but may be authentic; Smyth 1995, p. 254

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