Source: CharterS256

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Description

Cuthred, king of the Gewisse, to Aldhelm, abbot, and Malmesbury Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansiones) at Wootton Bassett, Wilts.

Charter information
Sawyer 256
Birch 170
Kemble 94
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Malmesbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 745
Scholarly Source Dating 745

Notes

*Akerman 1857/1, no. 9; Darlington 1955, p. 4 n. 23, questionable authenticity, p. 90; Watkin 1956, p. 229 and n. 35, spurious in present form; Finberg, ECW, no. 188, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 48-52, on formulation, pp. 116-19, probably authentic; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 5, dubious.

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S256    Cuthred 7, king of the Gewisse, to Aldhelm 3, abbot, and Malmesbury 1 Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansiones) at Wootton Bassett, Wilts
2 Transaction S256    Cuthred 7, king of the Gewisse, to Aldhelm, abbot ( reference either to the already deceased Aldhelm 3, or to Aldhelm 5), and Malmesbury 1 Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansiones) at Wootton Bassett, Wilts.