Source: CharterS688
Description
King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Burbage, Wilts.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
688 |
| Birch |
1067 |
| Kemble |
1236 |
| British Academy |
Kelly, Abingdon No. 88 |
| Source Used |
Brit_Ac |
| Archive(s) |
Abingdon |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
961 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
961 |
|
Notes
*Grundy, Wilts. 1920, pp. 62-5, on bounds; Crawford 1921, pp. 297-8, on bounds; PN Wilts., p. 337, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 97; Finberg, ECW, no. 291, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 582, has been regarded with some suspicion; Keynes 1980, pp. 11 nn 16, 17, p. 72 n. 143, forgery modelled on S 690; Lapidge 1988, p. 93 n. 34, not above suspicion; Dumville 1992, pp. 109-10, 112, forgery concocted 975 x c. 1150; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 88, authenticity uncertain, perhaps a forgery based on S 690; cf. S 937