Source: CharterS690

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King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 22 hides (cassati) at Ringwood, Hants.

Charter information
Sawyer 690
Birch 1066
Kemble 487
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 87
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 961
Scholarly Source Dating 961

Notes

*Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 193-6, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, 'Edgar A'; Forsberg 1950, p. 207, on bounds; Bishop 1957, p. 333, on script; Finberg, ECW, no. 93, authentic; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, scribe of main text possibly from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); John 1966, pp. 182-3, on formulation of Oswald's subscription; Bishop 1971, p. xix, on script, p. 9 (no. 11); Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, p. 36 n. 65, pp. 70-3, original, 'Edgar A' formulation, probably work of a royal scribe; Golden Age, pp. 162, 164 (no. 165); Chaplais 1985, pp. 49-50, every reason to think MS 1 the work of two collaborating Abingdon scribes; Lapidge 1988, pp. 92-3, Oswald may have drafted witness-list; Dumville 1992, p. 110 n. 257, MS 1 contemporary; Dumville 1993, p. 2 n. 6, p. 16 n. 44, pp. 18, 26 n. 82, on script; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, 162, on script, esp. pp. 152-3, scribe of dating clause and witness-list may have been Oswald; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 87, original, probably drafted and written at Abingdon.

Notes: Written in two stages. Main text and boundary clause written in Square Minuscule by the scribe ('Edgar A') who was also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717. Dating clause and witness-list added after folding by another scribe, writing Anglo-Caroline minuscule

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S690    King Edgar 11 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 22 hides (cassati) at Ringwood, Hants
Office S690    Æthelwold 1 held office of Abbot
Office S690    Ælfhere 10 held office of Dux
Office S690    Ælfheah 33 held office of Dux
Office S690    Oswulf 16 held office of Bishop
Office S690    Ælfwald 30 held office of Minister
Office S690    Edmund 18 held office of Dux
Office S690    Ealdred 36 held office of Minister
Office S690    Æthelsige 10 held office of Minister
Office S690    Ælfsige 54 held office of Minister
Office S690    Wulfhelm 23 held office of Minister
Office S690    Ælfsige 55 held office of Minister
Office S690    Alfred 44 held office of Minister
Office S690    Æthelsige 9 held office of Minister
Office S690    Oswulf 19 held office of Minister
Office S690    Wulfgar 20 held office of Minister
Office S690    Æthelsige 14 held office of Minister
Office S690    Æthelwine 15 held office of Minister
Office S690    Osweard 4 held office of Minister
Office S690    Ælfwine 17 held office of Minister
Office S690    Beorhtfrith 10 held office of Minister
Office S690    Æthelmund 18 held office of Dux
Office S690    Ælfgar 11 held office of Minister
Office S690    Æthelstan 31 held office of Dux
Office S690    Æthelwald 45 held office of Dux
Office S690    Byrhtnoth 1 held office of Dux
Office S690    Ælfstan 43 held office of Bishop
Office S690    Oswald 8 held office of Bishop
Office S690    Athulf 7 held office of Bishop
Office S690    Beorhthelm 28 held office of Bishop
Office S690    Oscytel 5 held office of Bishop (archbishop of the basilica of York)
Office S690    Dunstan 1 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Office S690    Edgar 11 held office of Monarch (monarch of Britain and the English)
Office S690    Edgar 11 held office of Rector (gubernator and rector of all Britain)
Office S690    Edgar 11 held office of Gubernator (gubernator and rector of all Britain)
Event S690    King Edgar 11 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 22 hides (cassati) at Ringwood, Hants.