Source: CharterS253
Description
Æthelheard, king of the West Saxons, and Queen Frithugyth to Cengisl, abbot, and the familia in Glastonbury minster; grant of 60 hides (manentes) at Pouholt (cf. Polden Hills, Somerset).
Charter information
| Sawyer |
253 |
| Birch |
147 |
| Kemble |
76 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Glastonbury |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
729 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
729 |
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Notes
*Davidson 1884, p. 12; Stevenson 1904, p. 201, doubtful; Robinson 1921, p. 36, form is suspicious but content may be sound; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 114-16, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 381, authentic; Scott 1981, pp. 102, 199 n. 94; Morland 1982, modifies Grundy's interpretation of bounds; Corcos 1983, pp. 48-9, on estate history; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 40-1, probably authentic, pp. 48-52, on formulation; Abrams 1991, pp. 124-7, authenticity uncertain, may be an early forgery, discusses history of estate; Costen 1992, p. 41, on estate; Abrams 1996, pp. 13, 28, 31, on MS sources, pp. 98, 179, 204-11, 219 n. 24, on estate history.