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A.D. 951. King Eadred to Ælfhere, his kinsman; grant of 20 hides (mansiunculae) at Buckland (Denham), Somerset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 196r(s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 224r(s. xiv)
3. Lost Glastonbury Liber Terrarum, no. 116(see Abrams 1996, p. 34)

Printed:

Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 454, Transcription of the Latin text of the charter; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 610 (no. 1134), ex MS 1; B, 889, ex MS 2

Comments:

Hart, ECNE, pp. 19-22, 384, discusses charter-type, which he terms 'Dunstan B'; cf. GL 79 (S 1737); Keynes 1980, pp. 27 n. 40, 48 n. 87, probably authentic; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 34, 39, 63-4, 189, 345, on MS sources, on estate history, accepts Buckland Denham identification; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 61, Charter of King Eadred in which the king is found in the witness list as usual, p. 196, Description of charter contents, labelled 43, p. 455-458, Discussion of charter as example of the "Dunstan B" style, its likely authenticity, the historical context of the beneficiaries of the charter, and the bounds of the property granted by it; Grundy, Dorset, VII, p. 68, unable to identify bounds; Ekwall, D.E.P.N., pp. 72, 276, identifies as Buckland Denham, Somerset, mention of Kilmersdon in bounds confirms this; Barker 1949, p. 73, seems genuine; Chaplais 1966a, p. 164, cited (= 1973, p. 47); Finberg, ECW, no. 466, authentic, accepts as Buckland Denham; Keynes 1994, on charter-type, esp. pp. 173, 185; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii, p. ccvi, associates with Buckland Newton in Dorset