Source: CharterS877
Description
King Æthelred to Ælfthryth, his mother; grant of 3.5 (sulunga) at Brabourne, 3.5 at Evegate, 2 at Burhwarefelda, 3 at Nackington, 3 at Chalk and 1 at Wirigenn (? Perry), Kent, forfeited by Wulfbald 10 for many crimes. Ælfthryth gives in exchange land at Cholsey, Berks.
Charter information
Sawyer |
877 |
Birch |
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Kemble |
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British Academy |
Miller, New Minster No. 31 |
Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
Archive(s) |
Winchester, New Minster |
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Source Information
Date from Source |
996 |
Scholarly Source Dating |
996 |
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Notes
*Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 336-51, on place-names; Robertson, Charters, pp. 372-7; Whitelock 1959, p. 82, on a witness; HRH, p. 236, probably genuine, subscriptions are consistent, dates 989 x 990; Whitelock, EHD, p. 575; Keynes 1980, pp. 97, 104, 130 n. 158, p. 201 n. 178, pp. 249, 254, authentic; Vollrath 1985, pp. 300-5, on synodal aspects; Wormald 1988, nos 57-8; Keynes 1991, pp. 78-9, on background; Keynes 1996, p. 33, Queen Ælfthryth may have consignd the charter to New Minster for safe-keeping.
Notes: The date 993 earlier associated with S 877 arose from a misreading of the MS.
Translation(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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Edwards, E. |
Liber Monasterii de Hyda
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London
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1866 |
242-53 |
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Robertson, Agnes Jane |
Anglo-Saxon Charters
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Cambridge
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1956 |
128-31 |
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