Source: CharterS855

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Description

King Æthelred to Beorhtric, his minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) on the river Kennet (at Leverton near Hungerford, Berks.), previously held by Æthelric, rusticus.

Charter information
Sawyer 855
Birch ---
Kemble 1282
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 122
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 984
Scholarly Source Dating 984

Notes

*Grundy, Berks. 1926, pp. 61-3, on bounds; Stenton 1970, p. 392, on reference to a ceorl holding land; Finberg 1972, p. 518; HRH, p. 234, subscriptions are consistent; Hart, ECNE, p. 27 n. 5, pp. 28-9 n. 4, on formulation, notes similarity to S 844; PN Berks., i. 11, ii. 303, 333-4, iii. 658-9, 673-4, bounds describe north-western part of modern parish of Hungerford; Gelling, ECTV, no. 119, authentic; Sawyer, Burton, p. 72; Keynes 1980, pp. 85-8, 91 n. 26, pp. 242-3, authentic; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 122, authentic; cf. S 1020