Source: CharterS787

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King Edgar to Peterborough Abbey, with later confirmations, grant of privileges for the abbey and its land at Dogsthorpe, Eye, Paston and Oundle, Northants.; and confirmation of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Warmington, Ashton, Kettering, Castor, Ailsworth, Walton, Werrington, Eye, and Thorp, Northants.; a mint at Stamford, Lincs.; and half of Whittlesey Mere.

Charter information
Sawyer 787
Birch 1280
Kemble 575
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Peterborough
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 972
Scholarly Source Dating 972

Notes

*Riley 1862, genuine but tampered with; Searle 1894, pp. 176-8; Hall 1908, ii. 5; Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, B 1258 is doubtful or spurious; Harmer 1950, p. 349, authenticity would be difficult to substantiate; Levison 1946, pp. 219-20, spurious, possibly work of Guerno, signatures from S 782; Hart, ECEE, no. 15 (pp. 25-6, 101, 112), spurious; Hart, ECNE, no. 8, spurious; Fleming 1985, p. 255; Hart 1990, pp. 10-11, forged; Hart 1992, p. 150, post-Conquest forgery, incorporates some reliable traditions; Kennedy 1995, p. 151 n. 86, cited; Wormald 1995, p. 128.

Notes: An abbreviated version is in Bodleian, Laud Misc. 636, 37rv (s. xii; facsimile), Printed Plummer 1892, pp. 116-17 and B 1281

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S787    The kings Wulfhere 1 and Æthelred 2 granted privileges to Peterborough 1.
Transaction S787    King Edgar 11 to Peterborough 1 Abbey; confirmation of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Warmington, Ashton, Kettering, Castor, Ailsworth, Walton, Werrington, Eye, and Thorp, Northants.; a mint at Stamford, Lincs.; and half of Whittlesey Mere
Transaction S787    King Edgar 11 to Peterborough 1 Abbey, with later confirmations, grant of privileges for the abbey and its land at Dogsthorpe, Eye, Paston and Oundle, Northants.
RecordedNames S787    Tosti 2 (Tostig)
RecordedNames S787    Harold 3 (Harold)
RecordedNames S787    Hringwulf 1 (Ringulf)
RecordedNames S787    Thureth 1 (Thured)
RecordedNames S787    Eanwulf 21 (Eignulf)
RecordedNames S787    Æthelred 2 (Æthelred)
RecordedNames S787    Wulfhere 1 (Wlfere)
Office S787    Brand 2 held office of Abbot
Office S787    Ealdred 37 held office of Archbishop
Office S787    Eadgyth 3 held office of Queen
Office S787    Stigand 1 held office of Archbishop
Office S787    Ælfsige 84 held office of Abbot
Office S787    Leofric 23 held office of Abbot
Office S787    Ealdwulf 18 held office of Abbot
Office S787    Edward 15 held office of King (king of the English)
Office S787    William 1 held office of King (king of the English)
Office S787    Cnut 3 held office of King (king of the English)
Office S787    Æthelred 32 held office of Emperor
Office S787    Edward 12 held office of King (king of the English)
Office S787    Frithegist 2 held office of Minister
Office S787    Ælfweard 9 held office of Minister
Office S787    Ælfsige 54 held office of Minister
Office S787    Eanwulf 21 held office of Minister
Office S787    Byrhtnoth 1 held office of Dux
Office S787    Æthelwine 2 held office of Dux
Office S787    Oslac 7 held office of Dux
Office S787    Ælfhere 10 held office of Dux
Office S787    Æthelgar 8 held office of Abbot
Office S787    Æthulf 3 held office of Bishop
Office S787    Osgar 1 held office of Abbot
Office S787    Æscwig 4 held office of Abbot
Office S787    Æthelwold 1 held office of Bishop
Office S787    Ælfstan 40 held office of Bishop
Office S787    Æthelwold 1 held office of Bishop
Office S787    Dunstan 1 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of Canterbury)
Office S787    Oswald 8 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of the church of York)
Office S787    Edgar 11 held office of Basileus (basileus of all Albion)
Office S787    Edgar 11 held office of King (king of Great Britain)
Event S787    King Edgar 11 to Peterborough 1 Abbey, with later confirmations, grant of privileges for the abbey and its land at Dogsthorpe, Eye, Paston and Oundle, Northants.; and confirmation of land at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs.; Warmington, Ashton, Kettering, Castor, Ailsworth, Walton, Werrington, Eye, and Thorp, Northants.; a mint at Stamford, Lincs.; and half of Whittlesey Mere
RecordedNames S787    Frena 1 (Frana)