Source: CharterS862

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Description

King Æthelred to Wenoth, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Littleton on Severn, Gloucs.

Charter information
Sawyer 862
Birch ---
Kemble 654
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Malmesbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 986
Scholarly Source Dating 986

Notes

*Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 157-60, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, pp. 165-6, 216, on bounds; PN Gloucs., iii. 8, 113-16, 118-19; Finberg, ECWM, no. 131, authentic; Hart, ECNE, p. 29, elements of 'Dunstan B' formulation, anomalous witness-list; Keynes 1980, p. 48 n. 89, pp. 94-5, 245, authentic, witness-list as published in K 654 is corrupt; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 41, diplomatically acceptable, discusses links with S 895; Keynes 1994, on 'Dunstan B' formulation, esp. p. 179; Abrams 1996, p. 50 n. 46, note on bounds