Source: CharterS254
Description
Æthelheard, king, to the church of Winchester, SS Peter & Paul; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, and 3 at Cearn (probably Charmouth, Dorset), in augmentation of Queen Frithugyth's gift of land at Taunton.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
254 |
| Birch |
158 |
| Kemble |
1002 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Winchester, Old Minster |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
737 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
737 |
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Notes
*Stevenson 1904, p. 201, doubtful; Robinson 1921, p. 36, witnesses may come from genuine charter; Forsberg 1950, p. 172, on a boundary point, suggests Cearn is Charmouth, Dorset; Turner 1953, pp. 124-5, on bounds, suggests that Cearn was on the tidal marshes of the Parret or one of its tributaries, possibly Cerney (lost), near Taunton; Hart 1970/1, p. 27 (no. 51), p. 30 (no. 102), authentic basis; Finberg, ECW, no. 383, authentic basis, cf. chapter 7. especially p. 233, on background of forgery; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 138-40, extremely dubious, but witness-list may be from genuine charter.