Source: CharterS701

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King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of a vineyard at Watchet, Somerset, and miscellaneous rights including royal dues at Southampton, at Hwitan Clife, and at Portmanna hythe.

Charter information
Sawyer 701
Birch 1094
Kemble 1239
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 93
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 962
Scholarly Source Dating 962

Notes

*Finberg, ECW, no. 99 (pp. 50, 141), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n. 16; Rumble 1980, p. 13, on place-name Southampton; PN Dorset, i. 56, Hwitan Clife may be Whitecliffe near Swanage, Dorset; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 93, authenticity uncertain, the formulation is acceptable but the details of the grant seem suspicious

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction S701    King Edgar 11 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of a vineyard at Watchet, Somerset, royal dues at Southampton, at Hwitan Clife, and at Portmanna hythe, and a captura and saltworks at Brunuuic
2 Event S701    King Edgar 11 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of a vineyard at Watchet, Somerset, and miscellaneous rights including royal dues at Southampton, at Hwitan Clife, and at Portmanna hythe