Source: CharterS570
Description
King Eadred to Beorhtric, minister; grant of 5 hides (caracti) at Henstridge, Somerset.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
570 |
| Birch |
923 |
| Kemble |
455 |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Shaftesbury No. 18 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Shaftesbury |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
956 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
953 x 955 |
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Notes
*Grundy, Somerset, pp. 109-12, on bounds; Forsberg 1942, p. 158, bounds probably cover parish of Abbas Combe and Temple Combe; Barker 1949, p. 73; Forsberg 1950, p. 159, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 467, authentic; Whitelock 1973, pp. 241, 246 n. 80, on subscription of Archbishop Wulfstan of York; Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Keynes 1980, pp. 46-8, on charter-type; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. pp. 174, 187-8, 192 n. 109, charter has been for some reason redated; Abrams 1996, pp. 137-9, discusses relationship with Gl 83 (S 1740a), another Henstridge charter in favour of Brihtric, apparently preserved at Glastonbury; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 74-6, probably authentic, estate likely to be Abbas Combe; cf. S 571, another misdated charter in favour of the same beneficiary