Source: CharterS594

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King Eadwig to Ælfwine, his familiar; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Milton, Berks.

Charter information
Sawyer 594
Birch 935
Kemble 444
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 54
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 956
Scholarly Source Dating 956

Notes

*Bond 1878, p. 7, doubtful if MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Berks. 1927, pp. 111-12, on bounds; Bishop 1957, p. 333, on script; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxix, on script; Bishop 1971, p. xix, MS 1 'earliest dated attempt at Caroline minuscule'; Finberg 1972, p. 511, cited; PN Berks., i. 13, ii. 416, 523, iii. 702, 714, bounds describe modern parish of Milton; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6, not certain if MS 1 contemporary; Gelling, ECTV, no. 71, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 51-3, 62 n. 110, p. 68, 'Group One'; Dumville 1993, pp. 16, 18, 52, 142, on script, MS 1 original; Chaplais 1995, pp. 105-6, MS 1 may be a copy, perhaps written in 980s; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 54, MS 1 probably original