Source: CharterS298

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Description

Ęthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, to himself; grant of 20 hides (cassati) om Homme (at South Hams, Devon).

Charter information
Sawyer 298
Birch 451
Kemble 260
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 26th December 847
Scholarly Source Dating 847

Notes

*Bond 1878, p. 7, doubtful; Maitland 1897, pp. 246-7; Sweet, OET, pp. 433-4 (no. 20); Vinogradoff 1893, p. 14; Stevenson 1899, p. 36, contemporary; Hall 1908, i. 2-3; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, contemporary; Rose-Troup 1929, pp. 266-76; Parsons 1939, p. 14, genuine; Finberg 1953, no. 10; Sisam 1953, p. 124, cited; Vleeskruyer 1953, p. 42; Stenton 1955, p. 55, cited; Chaplais 1965, pp. 57-8, the script reappears in Bodleian, Bodley 426, and in two versions of S 1438, probably drafted by the bishop of Winchester or bishop of Sherborne, endorsed by John Chase of Winchester (cf. endorsements of S 416, 636, 649, 1008) (= 1973, pp. 33, 38-9); Jackson 1968-70, on detail of bounds; Finberg 1969, pp. 11-23, including discussion of bounds; Brooks 1971, p. 81, on immunity clause; Stenton 1971, p. 308, original; Finberg 1972, p. 449; Padel 1973, on detail of bounds; Brooks 1974, p. 224 n. 1, queries the extent of the estate as defined in Finberg 1969; Harrison 1976, p. 116 n. 17, should be dated 846 by modern reckoning; PN Dorset, i. 347; Keynes 1978, p. 172 n. 4, on chrismon; Whitelock, EHD, p. 522; Brown 1980, p. 13, on script; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 51, cited; Brooks 1984, p. 324, note on script; Padel, CoPNE, p. 173; Brown 1986, pp. 120, 129, on script; Abels 1988, p. 55; Morrish 1988, p. 513; Hooke 1990/1, pp. 195-200, 205-6, on bounds; Hooke 1991-2, pp. 85-6; Reynolds 1992, p. 216 n. 16, p. 218 n. 32, on bookland (= 1984, p. 325 n. 4, 330 n. 34) Keynes 1993/1, p. 126, cited; Hooke 1994, pp. 105-12, on bounds; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1116-18, in West Saxon diplomatic tradition, queries Chaplais's script identification; Brown 1996, p. 171, on script; Lapidge 1996, p. 448, notes on latinity; Crick 1997, rejects Chaplais's script identification.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Whitelock, Dorothy English Historical Documents, c.500-1042 London and New York 1999 [reprint 1979] 522-4 [no. 88]