Source: CharterS876

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King Æthelred to Abingdon Abbey; confirmation of privileges, including the right of free election of a new abbot.

Charter information
Sawyer 876
Birch ---
Kemble 684
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 124
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 993
Scholarly Source Dating 993

Notes

*Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 contemporary; Napier and Stevenson, p. 121 n., obviously authentic; Stevenson 1899, p. 42, MS 1 apparently somewhat later than 993; Stevenson 1912, p. 6 n. 17; Robinson 1918, p. 68, spurious; Watkin 1956, p. 229 and n. 47, on attestation of abbot of Malmesbury; John 1966, pp. 172, 181-209, entirely authentic; Whitelock et al. 1968, p. 24, may be genuine; Bishop 1971, p. 13, MS 1 contemporary, script similar to that in Lincoln, Cathedral Library, 182; Stenton 1971, p. 455 n. 1, on attestating abbots; HRH, p. 232, probably original, subscriptions are consistent but raise certain difficulties; Keynes 1978, p. 172 n. 5, on chrismon; Gelling, ECTV, no. 124, original; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn 16-17, p. 27 n. 40, pp. 96, 98-101, 121, 176-7, 250-1, authentic, MS 1 original; Councils and Synods, pp. 179-82; Sawyer 1983, p. 294, on Gillingham; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. xix n. 16, an a witness; PN Dorset, iii. 9; Dumville 1992a, p. 54 n. 96, errors and rather advanced script make it a treacherous witness; Dumville 1993, p. 135 n. 100, authenticity uncertain; Lapidge 1993, pp. 431-4, on attestation of abbot of Winchcombe; Keynes 1996, p. 33; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 124, MS 1 seems contemporary or nearly contemporary, charter was probably drawn up at Abingdon with the king's permission

Notes: There are apparently autograph crosses attached to some of the subscriptions. The witness-list has been partly revised. MS 1 is now in poor condition, and the beginning of Kemble's text is an incorrect reconstruction.