Source: CharterS353

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Description

Alfred, king of the English, to Chertsey Abbey; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Thorpe, with Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Hunewaldesham (cf. Hundulsham, lost, in Weybridge) and Woodham, Surrey.

Charter information
Sawyer 353
Birch 563
Kemble 318
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Chertsey
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 871 x 899

Notes

*Corner 1858; Stevenson 1904, p. 151 n. 2, spurious; Gelling, ECTV, no. 322, spurious, bounds are probably a Middle English version of an Old English text; Whitelock 1979, p. 92 n. 5, forgery; Dumville 1992, p. 52, formulas more appropriate to 940s and 950s; Smyth 1995, p. 373

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Office S353    Alfred 8 held office of King (king of the English and surrounding peoples)
Office S353    Alfred 8 held office of Rector
Office S353    Alfred 8 held office of Gubernator
RecordedNames S353    Alfred 8 (Ælfredus)
Transaction S353    Alfred 8, king of the English, to Chertsey Abbey 1; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Thorpe, with Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Hunewaldesham (cf. Hundulsham, lost, in Weybridge) and Woodham, Surrey