Source: CharterS795

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King Edgar to Ælfhere, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Nymed (Woolfin in Down St Mary, Devon).

Charter information
Sawyer 795
Birch 1303
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Exeter ex Crediton
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 974
Scholarly Source Dating 974

Notes

*Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 2, authentic; Pope 1933, on bounds; Rose-Troup 1933, p. 58, on bounds; Rose-Troup 1942, pp. 251-3, on bounds; Wormald 1945, p. 122 n., on script; Finberg, ECDC, p. 13 (no. 41); Bishop 1955, pp. 195-6, apparently authentic; Finberg 1960, pp. 26-9, bounds cover part of Zeal Monachorum and most of Down St Mary; Chaplais 1966, pp. 14-15 (no. 15), probably an original (= 1981, XV pp. 14-15); Finberg 1969, pp. 55, 56-7, 61, genuine; HRH, p. 231, probably original, subscriptions are consistent; Keynes 1980, p. 34 n. 58, on endorsement; Chaplais 1985, p. 42 n. 5, on an emended subscription; Hooke 1994, pp. 172-5, on bounds; cf. S 684.

Notes: On the dorse is a later note stating that this is the land at Copulastan (Copplestone) which the priest Beorhtric gave to Crediton minster for the supplies of the monks

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
King, R.J. Coplestone Cross; and a Charter of Eadgar, A.D. 974 Transactions of the Devonshire Assocation 1876 353-5

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S795    Beorhtric 20, priest, to Crediton 1; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Nymed (Woolfin in Down St Mary, Devon) for the supplies of the monks.
Transaction S795    King Edgar 11 to Ælfhere 11, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Nymed (Woolfin in Down St Mary, Devon)
Office S795    Æthelsige 14 held office of Minister
Office S795    Beorhtmær 6 held office of Minister
Office S795    Wulfstan 21 held office of Minister
Office S795    Æthelweard 22 held office of Minister
Office S795    Æthelmær 9 held office of Minister
Office S795    Leofwine 11 held office of Minister
Office S795    Ælfsige 54 held office of Minister
Office S795    Eanwulf 22 held office of Minister
Office S795    Æthelweard 21 held office of Minister
Office S795    Oslac 7 held office of Dux
Office S795    Ælfweard 9 held office of Minister
Office S795    Æthelwine 2 held office of Dux
Office S795    Byrhtnoth 1 held office of Dux
Office S795    Ælfhere 10 held office of Dux
Office S795    Osweard 3 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Æthelsige 20 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Leofric 11 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Godwine 4 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Beorhtheah 3 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Ælfheah 32 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Sigegar 1 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Ælfnoth 16 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Æthelgar 8 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Wulfsige 37 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Osgar 1 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Æscwig 4 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Ælfric 48 held office of Abbot
Office S795    Theodred 4 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Æthulf 3 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Eadhelm 13 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Sidemann 3 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Anonymous 903 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Ælfstan 45 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Ælfwald 35 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Cyneweard 2 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Æthelwold 1 held office of Bishop
Office S795    Oswald 8 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of York)
Office S795    Dunstan 1 held office of Archbishop (archbishop of Canterbury)
Office S795    Ælfthryth 8 held office of Queen
Office S795    Edgar 11 held office of King
Office S795    Beorhtric 20 held office of Priest
Office S795    Ælfhere 11 held office of Minister
Office S795    Edgar 11 held office of King (king of all Britain)
Office S795    Edgar 11 held office of King
Event S795    King Edgar 11 to Ælfhere 11, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Nymed (Woolfin in Down St Mary, Devon)
Office S795    Ælfstan 38
Office S795    Ælfstan 39