Source: CharterS660

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Description

King Eadwig to Winchester, New Minster; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Bighton, Hants., with lease, for life, by the Minster to Ælfric, the king's minister, in return for 60 mancuses of gold.

Charter information
Sawyer 660
Birch 1045
Kemble ---
British Academy Miller, New Minster No. 22
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Winchester, New Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 959
Scholarly Source Dating 959

Notes

*Robinson 1918, p. 65, peculiar form of Archbishop Brihthelm's attestation vindicated by S 652; Grundy, Hants. 1921, pp. 107-8, on bounds; Stenton 1955, pp. 22-3, abnormal in form but undoubtedly genuine; Finberg, ECW, no. 88, authentic; HRH, p. 229, doubtful in form, subscriptions consistent but not numerous; O'Donovan 1972, p. 34; Keynes 1980, p. 69 n. 134, cited

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S660    King Eadwig 4 to Winchester, New Minster; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Bighton, Hants., with lease, for life, by the Minster to Ælfric 34, the king's minister, in return for 60 mancuses of gold
2 Transaction S660    King Eadwig 4 to Winchester, New Minster 1; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Bighton, Hants., with lease, for life, by the Minster to Ælfric 34, the king's minister, in return for 60 mancuses of gold
3 Transaction S660    Winchester, New Minster 1 to Ælfric 34, the king's minister; lease of 10 hides (mansae) at Bighton, Hants. in return for 60 mancuses of gold
4 Transaction S660    Winchester, New Minster 1 to Ælfric 34, the king's minister; lease of 10 hides (mansae) at Bighton, Hants. in return for 60 mancuses of gold