Source: CharterS607

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Description

King Eadwig to Ęthelwold, abbot, and his monks; grant of a wood at Hawkridge, Berks., for the building of a church at Abingdon.

Charter information
Sawyer 607
Birch 919
Kemble 1208
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 57
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 13 February 956
Scholarly Source Dating 956

Notes

*Stevenson 1899, p. 42, spurious; Grundy, Berks. 1925, pp. 210-11, on bounds; HRH, p. 229, doubtful, but subscriptions are consistent; PN Berks., i. 16, 154, iii. 640-1, 645, bounds describe area in northern part of the modern parish of Bucklebury; Forsberg 1979, p. 149, on detail of bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 67, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16, pp. 50, 54-6, 63-4, 'Group Two', p. 56 n. 105, may be spurious, but the witness-list is genuine; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 57, probably authentic

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S607    King Eadwig 4 to Ęthelwold 1, abbot, and his monks [Abingdon 1]; grant of a wood at Hawkridge, Berks., for the building of a church at Abingdon
2 Transaction S607    King Eadwig 4 to Ęthelwold 1, abbot, and his monks; grant of land at Hawkridge, Berks., for the building of a church at Abingdon 1