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A.D. 705 or 706 (June). Ine, king (of Wessex), to Beorhtwald, abbot; grant of 20 hides (casati) by the river Tone, 20 hides (manentes) by the river Sheppey (formerly Doulting) and 20 hides west of Corscombe (? North Wootton), all in Somerset. Latin

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Taunton, Somerset Record Office, DD/SAS PR 501 c/795(s. xvi; OS Facs., ii, Taunton; Abrams 1991, plates I, II)

Printed:

Davidson 1884, pp. 9-10; B, 113; Abrams 1991, p. 133; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 241-242, Transcription of the Latin text of the charter

Comments:

Davidson 1884, pp. 9-13, 18-23; Abrams 1996, pp. 11, 35, 38, 81-2, 96-7, 113-14, 183-4, 200-3, 204-5, 207, 231-2, on history of MS 1; on MS sources; on estate history; Bruckner 1965, p. 12 n. 10, probably copy of early 10th century; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 27-33, authentic, may be early modern script-facsimile; Robinson 1921, p. 31, not genuine in present form; Costen 1992, p. 41, on estate; Scott 1981, pp. 94, 198 n. 87; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 113, Evidence of Bishop Wealdhere of London participating in a synod convened by King Ine of Wessex; Foot 1991, p. 172, on abbot Beorwald; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 195, Description of charter contents, labelled 7, p. 242-250, Discussion of the possibility of this charter being the oldest surviving original West Saxon charter, although it is more likely to be a later copy, and account of the estates granted by this charter and their boundaries; Padel 1991, pp. 251-2, on river identification; Cubitt 1995, pp. 261-2; Finberg, ECW, no. 371, authentic; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Abrams 1991, copy of authentic charter, date of MS 1 uncertain, perhaps s. x or xi; Crick 1997, on script of MS 1