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A.D. 934 (Buckingham, 13 Sept.). King Athelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassatae) at Kingtone (? Kington St Michael, Wilts.). Latin

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 203r(s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 235r-v(s. xiv)

Printed:

Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 59-60 (no. 130), ex MS 2; K, 365, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 650 (no. 1203), ex MS 1; B, 704, ex MS 2

Comments:

Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 35, 39, 149-51, 167, on MS sources, on estate, on beneficiary; Jackson 1858, pp. 36-7; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 78, on formulation; Woodman, Northern Houses, p. 90, Example of a charter produced by "Aethelstan A"; Darlington 1955, p. 96; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 159, Example of a charter from 934 in the "Aethelstan A" style, likely one of the last documents produced by the scribe responsible for this dominant diplomatic form of the mid 10th century, p. 160, Document in which King Constantine of Scotland attests as a subregulus, as in S 1792; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 195, Description of charter contents, labelled 24, p. 351-352, Transcription of the Latin text of the charter, p. 352-354, Discussion of charter as a product of the scribe "Aethelstan A"; Finberg, ECW, no. 238, authentic; Sawyer 1983, p. 291, on meeting-place; Wormald, English Law, p. 440 n. 80, shortened witness-list; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary