Source: CharterS397

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Æthelstan, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Uhtred; confirmation of 60 hides (manentes) at Hope and Ashford, Derbys. in return for 300 mancuses; the land had formerly been purchased from the pagans for 20 pounds of gold and silver.

Charter information
Sawyer 397
Birch 658
Kemble ---
British Academy Sawyer, Burton No. 3
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Burton
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 926
Scholarly Source Dating 926

Notes

*Napier and Stevenson, pp. 74-5, on beneficiary; Stenton 1910, pp. 74-5, on historical context; Robinson 1918, p. 34, trustworthy; Stenton 1955, p. 30, authentic; John 1966, p. 49, on royal style; Stenton 1971, pp. 322-3, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 101 and p. 167, authentic, may be Worcester formulation; Sawyer 1975/1, pp. 31-5, on beneficiary and his estate; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 6-7, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 52, pp. 42-3; Hart 1992, p. 443 cited; cf. S 396