Source: CharterS481

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Description

King Edmund to Æthelstan, his faithful comes; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Mells, Somerset.

Charter information
Sawyer 481
Birch 776
Kemble 393
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Glastonbury
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 942
Scholarly Source Dating 942

Notes

*Drögereit 1935, pp. 379-82; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 98-101, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 445, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 66 n. 124, on formulation; Scott 1981, pp. 116, 202 n. 112; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 34, 36, 38, on MS sources, pp. 171-2, on estate

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View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S481    King Edmund 14 to Æthelstan 26, his faithful comes; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Mells, Somerset
RecordedNames S481    Æthelstan 26 (Athelstan)
RecordedNames S481    Eadred 16 (Eddreth)
RecordedNames S481    Wulfstan 14 (Wolstan)
RecordedNames S481    Eadgifu 4 (Egifu)
RecordedNames S481    Edmund 14 (Edmundus)
RecordedNames S481    Ælfheah 19 (Alphet)
Personal Relationship S481    Eadred 16 was Brother of Edmund 14
Personal Relationship S481    Eadgifu 4 was Mother of Edmund 14
Office S481    Wulfstan 14 held office of Archbishop
Status S481    Æthelstan 26 held office of Comes
Office S481    Ælfheah 19 held office of Bishop (bishop of the church of Winchester)
Office S481    Edmund 14 held office of King (king of the English and of the surrounding peoples)
Event S481    King Edmund 14 to Æthelstan 26, his faithful comes; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Mells, Somerset