Source: CharterS1204a

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Ælfred, aldormon, and Wærburg, his wife, declare that they have ransomed holy books from the heathen army and now wish to donate them to Canterbury, Christ Church.

Charter information
Sawyer 1204a
Birch 634
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Canterbury, Christ Church
Source Information
Scholarly Source Dating 800 x 900

Notes

*Sweet, Reader, p. 289; Harmer, SEHD, p. 88; Ker, Catalogue, p. 456 (no. 385), dates s. ix med., rather earlier than the will of Ealdorman Alfred (cf. S 1508); Vikings in England, p. 63; Brooks 1984, pp. 151, 360 n. 70, scribe also wrote S 1268 (face only) and 1438 MSS 1, 2 (text and Canterbury witnesses only); Making of England, pp. 199-200 (no. 154); Foot 1992, p. 191 and n. 148, on a formula; Keynes 1996, p. 55, first two lines printed by Harmer do not belong to the Alfred text

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
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Select English Historical Documents of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries Harmer, Florence, Elizabeth Select English Historical Documents of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries Cambridge 1914 12-13 [no. 9]

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
  EHD     539-40 [no. 98]