Source: CharterS567

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Description

King Eadred to Ęthelwold, abbot; grant of Abingdon, with 10 hides at Ginge, 10 at Goosey, 30 at Longworth and 30 at Cumnor, Berks.; with bounds of 20 hides at Abingdon.

Charter information
Sawyer 567
Birch 906
Kemble 1171
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 51
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 955
Scholarly Source Dating 955

Notes

*Stenton 1913, p. 9, spurious; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 96-102; Gelling 1957, on bounds; Chaplais 1966, p. 165, not authentic (= 1973, p. 49); John 1966, pp. 195-6, should have benefit of doubt; Whitelock 1973, p. 246 n. 82, forgery; PN Berks., i. 14, 15, ii. 393, 411, 433, 438, 453, 454, 459, 460, 462, 469, iii. 719, 720, 732-4, on bounds; Forsberg 1979, pp. 140-2, on place-name, pp. 146, 149, on details of bounds; Gelling, ECTV, nos 64, 142, spurious, bounds have no connection with charter; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, p. 27 n. 40, unlikely to be authentic; Edwards 1988, p. 168; Lapidge 1993, p. 188, spurious; Blair 1994, p. 104, on detail of bounds; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 51, probably spurious; cf. Ab 1 (S 1603)

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S567    King Eadred 16 to Ęthelwold 1, abbot; grant of Abingdon, with 10 hides at Ginge, 10 at Goosey, 30 at Longworth and 30 at Cumnor, Berks.; with bounds of 20 hides at Abingdon
2 Transaction S567    King Eadred 16 to Ęthelwold 1, abbot; grant of Abingdon, with 10 hides at Ginge, 10 at Goosey, 30 at Longworth and 30 at Cumnor, Berks.