Source: CharterS73

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Description

Æthelred, king of the Mercians, to Aldhelm, abbot, and his successors; grant of 30 hides (cassati) west of the highway (Long Newnton, Wilts., cf S 1038) and 15 near Tetbury, Gloucs.

Charter information
Sawyer 73
Birch 58
Kemble 22
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Malmesbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 681
Scholarly Source Dating 681

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 438, of ill repute (= Stenton 1970, p. 52); Darlington 1955, p. 3; Watkin 1956, p. 211 and n. 22, citing Stenton, genuine; Finberg, ECW, no. 183, authentic; Finberg, ECWM, no. 2, authentic, and p. 237; Stenton 1971, p. 69, cited; Scharer 1982, pp. 149-50, spurious, based on S 71; Edwards 1988, pp. 90-2, interpolated version of S 71.