Source: CharterS261

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Description

Cynewulf, king, to Eadwald, abbot, and Muchelney Abbey; grant of 8 hides (cassati) between the rivers Earn (now the Fivehead) and Isle, probably at Isle Abbotts, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 261
Birch ---
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Muchelney
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 762
Scholarly Source Dating 762

Notes

*Stevenson 1899, p. 47, possibly authentic; Stenton 1955, p. 15 n. 1, authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 392, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 286 n. 2, cited; Whitelock, EHD, p. 498, probably abbreviated; Edwards 1988, pp. 206-7, entirely authentic, most likely refers to Isle Abbotts; PN Dorset, ii. 235.

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Go to Two Cartularies of the Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney in the County of Somerset Bates, Edward Harbin Two Cartularies of the Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney in the County of Somerset   1899 47

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Whitelock, Dorothy English Historical Documents, c.400-1042 London and New York 1999 [reissue of 1979 edition] 498-9 [no. 71]

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S261    Cynewulf 4, king, to Eadwald 5, abbot, and Muchelney 1 Abbey; grant of 8 hides (cassati) between the rivers Earn (now the Fivehead) and Isle, probably at Isle Abbotts, Somerset
2 Transaction S261    Cynewulf 4, king, to Eadwald 5, abbot, and Muchelney 1 Abbey; grant of 8 hides (cassati) between the rivers Earn (now the Fivehead) and Isle, probably at Isle Abbotts, Somerset