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King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Burbage, Wilts.

Charter information
Sawyer 688
Birch 1067
Kemble 1236
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 88
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 961
Scholarly Source Dating 961

Notes

*Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 62-5, on bounds; Crawford 1921, pp. 297-8, on bounds; PN Wilts., p. 337, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 97; Finberg, ECW, no. 291, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 582, has been regarded with some suspicion; Keynes 1980, pp. 11 nn 16, 17, p. 72 n. 143, forgery modelled on S 690; Lapidge 1988, p. 93 n. 34, not above suspicion; Dumville 1992, pp. 109-10, 112, forgery concocted 975 x c. 1150; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 88, authenticity uncertain, perhaps a forgery based on S 690; cf. S 937

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S688    King Edgar 11 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Burbage, Wilts.
Office S688    Ælfsige 55 held office of Minister
Office S688    Ealdred 36 held office of Minister
Office S688    Ælfwald 30 held office of Minister
Office S688    Alfred 44 held office of Minister
Office S688    Wulfhelm 23 held office of Minister
Office S688    Ælfsige 54 held office of Minister
Office S688    Æthelsige 9 held office of Minister
Office S688    Oswulf 19 held office of Minister
Office S688    Wulfgar 20 held office of Minister
Office S688    Æthelwine 15 held office of Minister
Office S688    Osweard 4 held office of Minister
Office S688    Æthelsige 14 held office of Minister
Office S688    Beorhtfrith 10 held office of Minister
Office S688    Æthelmund 18 held office of Dux
Office S688    Ælfgar 11 held office of Minister
Office S688    Ælfwine 17 held office of Minister
Office S688    Æthelwald 45 held office of Dux
Office S688    Byrhtnoth 1 held office of Dux
Office S688    Edmund 18 held office of Dux
Office S688    Æthelwold 1 held office of Abbot
Office S688    Ælfhere 10 held office of Dux
Office S688    Ælfheah 33 held office of Dux
Office S688    Æthelstan 31 held office of Dux
Office S688    Edgar 11 held office of Monarch (monarch of Britain and of the English)
Office S688    Dunstan 1 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Office S688    Oscytel 5 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the basilica of York)
Office S688    Oswulf 16 held office of Bishop
Office S688    Beorhthelm 28 held office of Bishop
Office S688    Athulf 7 held office of Bishop
Office S688    Ælfstan 43 held office of Bishop
Office S688    Oswald 8 held office of Bishop
Office S688    Edgar 11 held office of Rector (gubernator and rector of all Britain)
Office S688    Edgar 11 held office of Gubernator (gubernator and rector of all Britain)
Event S688    King Edgar 11 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Burbage, Wilts.