Source: CharterS378

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Description

King Edward to the familia of Winchester, St Peter's; confirmation of 50 hides (manentes) at Whitchurch, Hants., previously granted by Hemele 1, comes.; with bounds of Whitchurch and Ashmanworth, Hants., and a note that Ashmanworth is to belong to the familia after King Edward's death.

Charter information
Sawyer 378
Birch 624
Kemble 1091
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 909
Scholarly Source Dating 909

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 694 n. 32, spurious; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 91-4, on bounds of Ashmanworth; Crawford 1922, pp. 73-5, and map facing p. 81, on bounds; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 295-9, on bounds of Whitchurch; Finberg, ECW, no. 42, a composite text, but authentic basis; Hart 1970/1, p. 34 (no. 162), authentic basis; PN Berks., i. 9; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, cited; Keynes 1993/2, p. 313 and n. 55, forger had access to some genuine material; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1145, suspicious