Source: CharterS508

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Description

King Edmund to Æthelhere, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Weston near Bath, Somerset, on condition that he and his heirs remain faithful to Edmund until the king's death and thereafter transfer their loyalty to a designated friend (amicus) of the king.

Charter information
Sawyer 508
Birch 814
Kemble 408
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Bath
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 946
Scholarly Source Dating 946

Notes

*Grundy, Somerset, pp. 221-7, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 457, authentic; Abels 1988, pp. 225-6 n. 38, on unusual condition of inheritance; cf. S 478