Source: CharterS597

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Description

King Eadwig to Ælfric, his adoptivus parens; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Hanney, Berks.

Charter information
Sawyer 597
Birch 949
Kemble 1196
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 55
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 956
Scholarly Source Dating 956

Notes

*Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 125-7, on bounds; John 1966, p. 182, on formulation; HRH, p. 229, subscriptions are consistent; PN Berks., i. 8, 14, 17, ii. 477, iii. 739, 742-3, bounds describe East Hanney, although correspondence with later parish is not exact; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Gelling, ECTV, no. 72, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 49 n. 93, pp. 51-3, 62 n. 110, 63 n. 111, 'Group One'; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 63, cited; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 55, probably authentic, although versions of the text in MSS 1, 2 are very different and it is difficult to decide priority