Source: CharterS1204a
Description
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 |
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British Academy |
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Source Used |
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Archive(s) |
Canterbury, Christ Church |
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Source Information
Scholarly Source Dating |
800 x 900 |
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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)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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Harmer, Florence, Elizabeth
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Select English Historical Documents of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
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Cambridge
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1914 |
12-13 [no. 9] |
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Translation(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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EHD
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539-40 [no. 98] |
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