Source: CharterS873

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Description

King Æthelred to Northman, his minister; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Hampton, near Evesham, Worcs.

Charter information
Sawyer 873
Birch ---
Kemble 662
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Evesham
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 988, March 23
Scholarly Source Dating 988

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 702, spurious; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 128-9, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 326, spurious, the two attesting bishops were both appointed in 995; Keynes 1980, pp. 247-8, spurious, witness-list provides dating limits 996 x 1002; Hooke 1990, pp. 232-5, on bounds, with map p. 233