Source: CharterS606

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King Eadwig to Ęthelwold, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bleadon, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 606
Birch 959
Kemble 1182
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 956
Scholarly Source Dating 956

Notes

*Grundy, Somerset, pp. 154-60, on bounds; Bishop 1957/1, p. 372; Finberg, ECW, no. 472, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 36 (no. 185), authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 54-6, 63-4, 'Group Two'; Abrams 1996, p. 51, on boundary mark, p. 63 n. 75, on estate.

Notes: The succession to the estate is restricted to the beneficiary's descendants (in genere suo)