Source: CharterS566

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King Eadred to Ælfsige Hunlafing, thegn; grant of 5 hides at Alwalton, Hunts.

Charter information
Sawyer 566
Birch 909
Kemble 433
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Peterborough
Source Information
Language Old English
Date from Source 955
Scholarly Source Dating 955

Notes

*Plummer 1899, p. 154, genuine; PN Hunts., pp. 180, 181, 193, 195; Robertson, Charters, pp. 311-14, probably Translated from Latin; Drögereit 1952, p. 63 n. 23, p. 64 n. 29, p. 66; Hart, ECEE, no. 7, authentic, bounds cover whole of Alwalton; John 1966, p. 55, on royal style, authenticity not in doubt; Hart 1972, p. 126 n. 12, probably translation of 'alliterative' charter, cf. S 574; Keynes 1978, p. 171, on valediction; Dumville 1979, p. 7 n. 1; Sawyer, Burton, pp. xlvii-ix, on 'alliterative' charters; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends 'alliterative' charters; Keynes 1980, p. 82 n. 165, on charter-type; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on charter-type; Hart 1992, pp. 131-45, on charter-type, see esp. p. 434

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1956 56-9

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