Source: CharterS342

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Description

Æthelred, king of the West Saxons, to Ælfstan, ealdorman; grant of 5 hides at Cheselbourne, Dorset.

Charter information
Sawyer 342
Birch 526
Kemble 302
British Academy Kelly, Shaftesbury No. 6
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Shaftesbury
Source Information
Language Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 869 x 870

Notes

*Fägersten 1933, p. 173, on place-name; Grundy, Dorset 1934, pp. 122-9, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, pp. 281-3, may represent a separate grant from S 334; Stenton 1955, p. 47 n. 1, cited; Finberg, ECW, no. 575, authentic; Meyer 1981, p. 354, cited; Forsberg 1984, p. 6, on detail of bounds; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; PN Dorset, i. 303, 310, ii. 271, iii. 202-8, 218; Keynes 1994/2, pp. 1123-34, esp. p. 1125; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 24-8, probably a translation of S 334

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1956 22-5 [no. 12]

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S342    Heahmund 4 (Heahmund)
RecordedNames S342    Ealhfrith 4 (Ealferð)
RecordedNames S342    Ælfstan 5 (Elfstane)
RecordedNames S342    Æthelred 15 (Atheldred)
Office S342    Heahmund 4 held office of Bishop
Office S342    Ealhfrith 4 held office of Bishop
Office S342    Ælfstan 5 held office of Dux
Office S342    Æthelred 15 held office of King (king of the West Saxons)
Event S342    Æthelred 15, king of the West Saxons, to Ælfstan 5, ealdorman; grant of 5 hides at Cheselbourne, Dorset
Transaction S342    Æthelred 15, king of the West Saxons, to Ælfstan 5, ealdorman; grant of 5 hides at Cheselbourne, Dorset