Source: CharterS884
Description
King Æthelred to Muchelney Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric with Æthelred's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
884 |
| Birch |
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| Kemble |
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| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
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| Archive(s) |
Muchelney |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
995 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
995 |
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Notes
*Stevenson 1899, p. 45, authentic; Robertson, Charters, p. 374, original; Stenton 1955, p. 15 n. 1, contemporary; Finberg, ECW, no. 520, original; Chaplais 1966, p. 21, original, compares script with that of S 880 (= 1981, XV p. 21); Bishop 1971, pp. xxvi, 7, scribe also appears in MSS from Christ Church, Canterbury; Whitelock, EHD, p. 372, original; Keynes 1980, pp. 96, 120, 253, original; Edwards 1988, p. 207, certainly authentic; Wormald 1988, no. 55; BA Facs., p. 5, original; Kennedy 1995, p. 172 n. 162, on internal reference to the annulment of an earlier Ilminster landbook following the resolution of a dispute; Abrams 1996, p. 79, on Camel.
Edition(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
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Bates, Edward Harbin
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Two Cartularies of the Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney in the County of Somerset
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1899 |
43-5 (no. 4) |
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Event/Transaction List
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Factoid Type |
Source Reference |
Short Description |
| 1 |
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Transaction |
S884 |
King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; grant of alms. These alms were used by Abbot Leofric 36 to purchase some land at Camel. |
| 2 |
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Transaction |
S884 |
Satraps Æthelmær 18 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; grant of some land at Camel, Somerset |
| 3 |
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Transaction |
S884 |
Muchelney 1 Abbey, to Anonymous 982; lease of land at Ilminster, Somerset; the land was later lost and then confirmed by King Æthelred 32 |
| 4 |
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Transaction |
S884 |
King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of privileges and estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey [to Anonymous 982] and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman (satraps) Æthelmær 18 |
| 5 |
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Event |
S884 |
King Æthelred 32 to Muchelney 1 Abbey; confirmation of estates, with particular reference to land at Ilminster, which had been leased out by the abbey and then lost, and land at Camel, Somerset, partly purchased by Abbot Leofric 36 with Æthelred 32's alms and partly donated by Ealdorman Æthelmær 18 |
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