Source: CharterS239
Description
Ine, king of the West Saxons, to Hean, abbot; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, 15 at Bestlesforda (near Basildon), 25 at Streatley and 80 at Æaromundeslee, all in Berks.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
239 |
| Birch |
100 |
| Kemble |
45 |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Abingdon No. 2 |
| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Abingdon |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
5 July 687 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
687 |
|
Notes
*Stenton 1913, p. 11, partly or wholly a post-Conquest fabrication, using early material; Levison 1946, p. 228, on 'notarial' subscription; Chaplais 1965, p. 56, undoubtedly spurious (= 1973, p. 37); PN Berks., i. 200, ii. 443, 512-13, 531; Gelling, ECTV, no. 10, not genuine but incorporates early material; Fleming 1985, p. 252 n. 3, cited; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 172-4, probably a fabrication; Dumville 1992, p. 40 n. 55, not genuine in present form; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 2, fabrication largely based on genuine early charter; cf. S 241, 252, 1179.