Description
King Edgar to Titstan, his faithful cubicularius / burhthegn; grant of 8 hides (cassati) at Afene (Avon Farm in Stratford-sub-Castle, Wilts.).
Notes
*Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Grundy, Wilts. 1920, p. 68, unable to trace bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, 'Edgar A' formulation; PN Wilts., pp. 363, 371, bounds are those of Avon Farm in Durnford; Darlington 1955, pp. 12, 92; Finberg, ECW, no. 294, authentic; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxviii, on script; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, original, scribe perhaps from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 690, 703, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Bonney 1969, pp. 59-60, bounds certainly cover land in vicinity of Avon Farm in Stratford-sub-Castle; Hart 1970/1, p. 23, on endorsement; Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 70-2, 74, original, written by royal scribe 'Edgar A'; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, on script; cf. S 719, 789