Source: CharterS646

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Description

King Eadwig to Oda, archbishop; grant of 40 hides at Ely, Cambs.

Charter information
Sawyer 646
Birch 1347
Kemble 465
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Ely
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 9 May 957
Scholarly Source Dating 957

Notes

*It is assumed that this charter was originally in the Ely archive.
Napier and Stevenson, pp. 80-8, original; Plummer 1899, p. 94, on identification; Robinson 1919, p. 44 n. 1, on identification; Robinson 1923, p. 119; Miller 1951, p. 15; Bishop 1957/1, pp. 371-2, scribe also wrote S 624; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, original, witten by Winchester scribe also responsible for S 624 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); Hart, ECEE, no. 52, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 365, cited; Sawyer, Burton, p. 28, chrismon similar to those of S 602 and 649; Keynes 1980, pp. 25, 67, 68 n. 133, probably written by royal scribe; Sawyer 1983, p. 293, on meeting-place; Brooks 1984, pp. 224, 354 n. 55, probably a personal gift to Oda, not intended to enrich Canterbury; BA Facs., p. 4, original, clearly from Ely, queries script-identification with S 624; Hart 1992, pp. 445-9, on Eadwig's charters; Dumville 1993, p. 94; Wareham 1996, p. 47, on estate

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S646    King Eadwig 4 to Oda 1, archbishop; grant of 40 hides (mansae) at Ely, Cambs.
2 Transaction S646    King Eadwig 4 to Oda 1, archbishop; grant of 40 hides (mansae) at Ely, Cambs.