Source: CharterS852

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Description

King Æthelred to Ælfheah, his minister; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Osanlea.

Charter information
Sawyer 852
Birch ---
Kemble 1281
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 121
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 984
Scholarly Source Dating 984

Notes

*Napier and Stevenson, p. 72, associates Henna rith in bounds with Hendred, Berks.; Forsberg 1950, p. 217, Osanlea may be Ossemsley in Milton, Hants.; Finberg, ECW, no. 135, authentic, accepts Forsberg's identification; PN Oxon., i. 56, on pers. n. in bounds; Hart,ECNE, pp. 27-8 n. 5, pp. 28-9 n. 4, may have been drawn up at Winchester; PN Berks., ii. 480, Henna rith not Hendred; Keynes 1980, pp. 91, 232 n. 4, p. 243, authentic; Munby 1982, note on NF 3, 5, perhaps identifiable with a Domesday manor Oselei, probably located between Baddesley and Througham, Hants., cannot be Ossemsley in Milton; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 121, authentic