Source: CharterS757

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King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Cumnor, Berks.

Charter information
Sawyer 757
Birch 1222
Kemble 1261
British Academy Kelly, Abingdon No. 111
Source Used Brit_Ac
Archive(s) Abingdon
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 968
Scholarly Source Dating 968

Notes

*Field 1907, pp. 46-7, on bounds; Stenton 1913, p. 48, text not above suspicion; Grundy, Berks. 1922, pp. 149-50, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 426, suspicious; PN Berks., i. 15, ii. 445, 450, iii. 718-19, 731-2, survey probably describes the modern parish of Cumnor; Gelling, ECTV, no. 107, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 n.. 16, 17, some of the formulae may be derived from S 896; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 111, evidently drawn up at Abingdon, authenticity uncertain; cf. S 758-60

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