Source: CharterS396

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Description

Æthelstan, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Ealdred, minister; confirmation of 5 hides (manentes) at Chalgrave and Tebworth, Beds., in return for 50 mancuses of gold; the land had formerly been purchased from pagans for 10 pounds of gold and silver.

Charter information
Sawyer 396
Birch 659
Kemble 1099
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 21
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 926
Scholarly Source Dating 926

Notes

*Stenton 1910, pp. 74-5; Robinson 1918, p. 34, trustworthy; Fowler 1920, no. 3; Gurney 1920, pp. 164-70, bounds describe modern parish of Chalgrave; PN Beds., pp. 115-18, 122, on place-names; Stenton 1955, p. 30, authentic; John 1966, p. 49, on royal style; Stenton 1971, pp. 322-3, cited; Sawyer 1978, p. 125, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 1, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 546; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 52, pp. 42-3; Hart 1992, p. 443, cited; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 21, authentic; cf. S 397

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
  EHD     546-7 [no.103]