Source: CharterS380
Description
King Edward to Asser, bishop of Sherborne, and his familia; grant of 6 hides (manentes) at Wellington, 5 at West Buckland and 12 at Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, in exchange for the minster at Plympton, Devon.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
380 |
| Birch |
610 |
| Kemble |
1083 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Wells |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
899 x 909 |
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Notes
*Stevenson 1904, p. lxvi n. 1, possibly genuine; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Robinson 1918, p. 54; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 37-44, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 17; Finberg, ECW, no. 422, authentic; Davies 1972, p. 470, dubious; Fleming 1985, p. 253; Rumble 1987, p. 227, on West Busckland; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. liv, not above suspicion, authenticity difficult to establish; Dumville 1992, p. 45, cited; Hooke 1994, p. 113; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1144, the estates later passed to Wells Minster and S 380 was used by Bishop Giso of Wells in drawing up S 1024 for Bath Abbey; Pelteret 1995, p. 167 n. 15; Keynes 1997, p. 231, model for S 1034