Source: CharterS919

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Description

King Æthelred to Ely Abbey; grant of 19 hides (cassati), comprising 2 hides (mansae) at Hadstock and 10 at Stretley Green in Littlebury, Essex; and 7 at Linton, Cambs., in return for 9 pounds of pure gold.

Charter information
Sawyer 919
Birch ---
Kemble 725
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Ely
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 1008
Scholarly Source Dating 1008

Notes

*Blake, Liber Eliensis, p. 145 n. 3, on estates; Hart, ECEE, no. 66, authentic; Hart, ECE, no. 41, authentic; Hart, ECNE, pp. 195, 214, 247, based on a text from Æthelstan's reign; Keynes 1980, p. 86 n. 15, p. 263, authentic