Source: CharterS787
Description
King Edgar to Peterborough Abbey, with later confirmations, grant of privileges for the abbey and its land at Dogsthorpe, Eye, Paston and Oundle, Northants.; and confirmation of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Warmington, Ashton, Kettering, Castor, Ailsworth, Walton, Werrington, Eye, and Thorp, Northants.; a mint at Stamford, Lincs.; and half of Whittlesey Mere.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
787 |
| Birch |
1280 |
| Kemble |
575 |
| British Academy |
--- |
| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Peterborough |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
972 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
972 |
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Notes
*Riley 1862, genuine but tampered with; Searle 1894, pp. 176-8; Hall 1908, ii. 5; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, B 1258 is doubtful or spurious; Harmer 1950, p. 349, authenticity would be difficult to substantiate; Levison 1946, pp. 219-20, spurious, possibly work of Guerno, signatures from S 782; Hart, ECEE, no. 15 (pp. 25-6, 101, 112), spurious; Hart, ECNE, no. 8, spurious; Fleming 1985, p. 255; Hart 1990, pp. 10-11, forged; Hart 1992, p. 150, post-Conquest forgery, incorporates some reliable traditions; Kennedy 1995, p. 151 n. 86, cited; Wormald 1995, p. 128.
Notes: An abbreviated version is in Bodleian, Laud Misc. 636, 37rv (s. xii; facsimile), Printed Plummer 1892, pp. 116-17 and B 1281
Event/Transaction List
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Factoid Type |
Source Reference |
Short Description |
| 1 |
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Transaction |
S787 |
The kings Wulfhere 1 and Æthelred 2 granted privileges to Peterborough 1. |
| 2 |
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Transaction |
S787 |
King Edgar 11 to Peterborough 1 Abbey; confirmation of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Warmington, Ashton, Kettering, Castor, Ailsworth, Walton, Werrington, Eye, and Thorp, Northants.; a mint at Stamford, Lincs.; and half of Whittlesey Mere |
| 3 |
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Transaction |
S787 |
King Edgar 11 to Peterborough 1 Abbey, with later confirmations, grant of privileges for the abbey and its land at Dogsthorpe, Eye, Paston and Oundle, Northants. |
| 4 |
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Event |
S787 |
King Edgar 11 to Peterborough 1 Abbey, with later confirmations, grant of privileges for the abbey and its land at Dogsthorpe, Eye, Paston and Oundle, Northants.; and confirmation of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Warmington, Ashton, Kettering, Castor, Ailsworth, Walton, Werrington, Eye, and Thorp, Northants.; a mint at Stamford, Lincs.; and half of Whittlesey Mere |
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