Source: CharterS907

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Description

King Æthelred to Ely Abbey; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Littlebury, Essex.

Charter information
Sawyer 907
Birch ---
Kemble 711
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Ely
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 1004
Scholarly Source Dating 1004

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; PN Essex, p. 530 n. 1, on bounds; Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 417, apparently based on S 780; Hart, ECE, no. 36, authentic basis, bounds include estate at Strethle (Stretley Green) granted in S 919 so cannot be contemporary, diplomatic based on S 780; Hart, ECNE, p. 195; Keynes 1980, p. 114 n. 100, p. 260, not authentic as it stands, but partly based on contemporary diploma