Source: CharterS229

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Description

Cenwealh, king of the West Saxons, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester (Old Minster); grant of 100 hides (mansae) at Downton, Wilts.

Charter information
Sawyer 229
Birch 27
Kemble 985
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Winchester, Old Minster
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 642 x 672

Notes

*Stevenson 1898, p. 42, spurious, same invocation as S 729; Hill 1910, bounds include Downton, Nunton and Standlynch with detached portion at Bishopstone; Grundy, Wilts. 1919, pp. 145-8, second part of boundary clause describes Bishopstone and Stratford Tory; Darlington 1955, p. 84, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 195, spurious, witnesses from a Mercian charter of 793 x 796; Hart 1970/1, p. 25 (no. 25), spurious; Edwards 1988, pp. 131-2, spurious, fabricated in 10th century, most of wording duplicatedin S 275, a purported confirmation of S 229.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Hill, A. Du Boulay The Saxon Boundaries of Downton, Wilts. Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 1910/11 50-6