Source: CharterS782

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Description

King Edgar to Ęthelwold, bishop; grant of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs., for Peterborough Abbey, in return for 40 pounds of silver and a golden cross.

Charter information
Sawyer 782
Birch 1270
Kemble 568
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Peterborough
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 971
Scholarly Source Dating 971

Notes

*Hart, ECEE, no. 150, authentic; Barker 1967, p. 85, on witness-list; Everson 1984, on bounds; Whitelock 1970, pp. 132-3, on prose-style, perhaps written by Ęthelwold or an associate; Stenton 1971, p. 452, cited; Sawyer, Burton, p. 36 n. 1; Whitelock, EHD, p. 379; Keynes 1980, p. 70 n. 137, on calculation of regnal year; Lawson 1984, p. 730; Fleming 1985, p. 251; PN Lincs., ii. 29-30, on bounds; Everson and Knowles 1992-3, on bounds

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction S782    King Edgar 11 to Ęthelwold 1, bishop; grant of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs., for Peterborough 1 Abbey, in return for 40 pounds of silver and a golden cross
2 Transaction S782    King Edgar 11 to Ęthelwold 1, bishop; grant of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs., for Peterborough 1 Abbey, in return for 40 pounds of silver and a golden cross
3 Event S782    King Edgar 11 to Ęthelwold 1, bishop; grant of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs., for Peterborough Abbey, in return for 40 pounds of silver and a golden cross