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    Essays. Adams, H., H. Cabot Lodge, E. Young, and J. L. Laughlin, ed., Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law (Boston, MA, 1876) 18 charters cited.

    • S 137. A.D. 794 (Clofeshoas). Record of the restoration by Offa, king, to Heathored, bishop of Worcester, of 5 hides (manentes) at Aust (Cliff), Gloucs., seized by Bynna, the king's comes, the bishop having brought forward a charter of King Æthelbald to prove the bishopric's title.
    • S 886. A.D. 995. King Æthelred to Wulfric (Spot), his minister; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) in the common land at Dumbleton, Gloucs., forfeited by Æthelsige for theft, granted by the king to Hawase, his man, and now exchanged by Hawase for other land belonging to Wulfric.
    • S 939. A.D. 995 x 999 (Cookham). King Æthelred confirms the will of Æthelric (i.e. S 1501), including the bequest of land at Bocking, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury.
    • S 1091. A.D. 1042 x 1050. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to the brethren of St Augustine's (Canterbury) judicial and financial rights over their own men, and over as many thegns as he has granted them to have.
    • S 1109. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Ramsey Abbey judicial and financial rights and shipwreck and what is cast up by the sea at Brancaster and Ringstead, the soke within Bichamdic (cf. S 1108), the market at Downham, Norfolk, and judicial and financial rights in every shire in which St Benedict of Ramsey has land.
    • S 1211. c. A.D. 959. Eadgifu, queen, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Cooling, and at Osterland, Kent, with an account of the history of these estates.
    • S 1429. A.D. 736 x 737. Decree of a synod under Archbishop Nothhelm concerning the succession of a monastery (at Withington, Gloucs.) built on 20 hides (cassati) by the river Tillath (Coln) given for the purpose by Æthelred, king of Mercia.
    • S 1430. A.D. 789 (Chelsea, Middx). Settlement of a dispute between Heathored, bishop, and Wulfheard, son of Cussa, concerning land at Inkberrow and Bradley, Worcs.
    • S 1431. A.D. 803 (Clofesho). Record of an agreement between Deneberht, bishop of Worcester, and Wulfheard, bishop of Hereford, concerning their claims to the minsters at Cheltenham and Beckford, Gloucs.
    • S 1442. A.D. 897. Settlement of a dispute between the churches of Winchcombe and Worcester concerning land at Upton in Blockley, Gloucs.
    • S 1445. A.D. 899 x 924. Letter to King Edward explaining the history of land at Fonthill.
    • S 1446. c. A.D. 903. Settlement of a dispute between Wærferth, bishop, and Eadnoth, concerning land at Sodbury, Gloucs.
    • S 1454. A.D. 990 x 992. Record of a dispute between Wynflæd and Leofwine about land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berks., and at Datchet, Bucks., which was settled at the shire-moot at Cwicelmshlæwe (Scutchamer Knob, Berks.).
    • S 1456. A.D. 995 x 1005. An account of the settlement of a dispute between Godwine, bishop of Rochester, and Leofwine, son of Ælfheah, concerning land at Snodland, Kent.
    • S 1457. ? A.D. 980 x 987. Account of the acquisition by the bishop of Rochester, on behalf of St Andrew's church, of land at Bromley and Fawkham, Kent, in compensation for the theft of the title-deeds of Snodland, Kent.
    • S 1458. c. A.D. 995. Account of Archbishop Dunstan's acquisition of 6 sulungs at Wouldham, Kent, on behalf of St Andrew's, Rochester; including details of the history of estates at Erith, Cray and Eynesford, Kent.
    • S 1460. c. A.D. 1010 x 1023 (? 1023). Record of a dispute between Athelstan, bishop (of Hereford) and Wulfstan and his son Wulfric, concerning land at Inkberrow, Worcs.
    • S 1462. A.D. 1016 x 1035. Account of a dispute between Edwin, son of Enniaun, and his mother, concerning land at Wellington and Crydesleah (? lost in Briley), Herefords.
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    Abrams 1991. Abrams, L., 'A Single-Sheet Facsimile of a Diploma of King Ine for Glastonbury', in The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey: Essays in Honour of the Ninetieth Birthday of C. A. Ralegh Radford, ed. by L. Abrams and J. P. Carley (Woodbridge, 1991), pp. 97–133 6 charters cited.

    • S 237. A.D. 682. Centwine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Hæmgils, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 23 hides (mansiones) near Quantock Wood and 3 hides (cassati) at Crycbeorh (probably Creechbarrow Hill, near Taunton), Somerset.
    • S 247. A.D. 705 or 706 (June). Ine, king of the Saxons, to Beorhtwald, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 20 hides (cassati) on the river Sheppey (formerly Doulting), Somerset.
    • S 248. 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.
    • S 250. A.D. 725. Ine, king (of Wessex), to the church at Glastonbury; grant of 10 hides at Brent, 10 at Sowy (cf. Middlezoy, Westonzoyland), 20 at Pilton, 20 at Doulting and 1 at Bleadney, Somerset, and confirmation of land at Meare, Beckery, Godney, Marchey, Andersey (Nyland), Lantocai (? Leigh in Street), Pennard and Pouelt (cf. Polden Hills), Somerset, with general grant of privileges and reference to dependent churches at Sowy, Middlezoy, Brent, Moorlinch, Shapwick, Street, Butleigh and Pilton.
    • S 253. A.D. 729 (Pencrik). Æthelheard, king of Wessex, and Queen Frithugyth to Coengisl, abbot, and the familia in Glastonbury minster; grant of 60 hides (manentes) at Pouholt (cf. Polden Hills, Somerset).
    • S 1251a. A.D. 705. Aldhelm, bishop (of Sherborne), declares that he has agreed to remain abbot of his monasteries at Malmesbury, Frome and Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, but confirms that the communities are to be free to elect their own abbots after his death.
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    Abrams 1991a. Abrams, L., and J. P. Carley, ed., The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey: Essays in Honour of the Ninetieth Birthday of C. A. Ralegh Radford (Woodbridge, Boydell, 1991), p. 351p 0 charters cited.

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    Aston 1958. Aston, T. H., 'The Origins of the Manor in England', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 5th series 8 (1958), 59–83 (repr. in repr. with postscript in Social Relations and Ideas: Essays in Honour of R.H. Hilton, ed. T.H. Aston et al. (1983), pp. 1-43) 3 charters cited.

    • S 183. A.D. 821. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Abingdon Abbey; grant of privileges for land at Culham, Oxon.; Kennington, Hinksey, Cumnor, Earmundelæh (cf. Bessels Leigh), Eaton, Sunningwell, Dry Sandford, Wootton, Ginge, Denchworth, Charney (Bassett), Goosey, Fernham, Watchfield, Shrivenham, Bourton, Leckhampstead, Boxford, Welford and Wickham in Welford, Berks., with woodland at Speen, Poughley (in Chaddleworth), Trindlæh (lost), and Easton (in Welford), Berks.
    • S 1493. A.D. 978 x 1016. Ærnketel and Wulfrun, his wife, to St Benedict, Ramsey; bequest of land at Hickling and Kinoulton, Notts., and at Lockington, Yorks.
    • S 1539. s. x or xi. Will of Wynflæd concerning land at Ebbesborne, Wilts.; Charlton (probably Horethorne, Somerset); Coleshill, Berks.; Inggeneshamme (perhaps Inglesham, Wilts.); Faccombe, Hants; Adderbury, Oxon.; and at Chinnock, Somerset; the beneficiaries including Shaftesbury and Wilton.
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    Aston 1983. Aston, T. H., 'The Origins of the Manor in England', in Social Relations and Ideas: Essays in Honour of R.H. Hilton, ed. by T. H. Aston and et al. (Cambridge, 1983), pp. 1–43 0 charters cited.

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    Bascombe 1987. Bascombe, K., 'Two Charters of King Suebred of Essex', in An Essex Tribute: Essays presented to Frederick G. Emmison, ed. by K. Neale (London, 1987), pp. 85–96 2 charters cited.

    • S 65a. A.D. c. 693 x 709. Swæfred, king (of Essex), to Fymme; grant of 30 hides (manentes) in Nazeingbury, Essex.
    • S 65b. A.D. c. 693 x 706. Swæfred, king of Essex, to Fymme; grant of 10 hides (manentes) æt Tunende obre.
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    Blair 1996. Blair, J., 'The Minsters of the Thames', in The Cloister and the World: Essays in Medieval History in Honour of Barbara Harvey, ed. by J. Blair and B. Golding (Oxford, 1996), pp. 5–28 4 charters cited.

    • S 511. A.D. 960 ? for 941. (Cheddar, Somerset, 24 July) King Edmund to Æthelgeard, minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Tisted, Hants.
    • S 611. A.D. 956 (iv; Cheddar, Somerset, 29 Nov.). King Eadwig to Beorhtnoth, his faithful princeps; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Tadmarton, Oxon.
    • S 806. A.D. 978 for ? 968 (Cheddar, Easter). King Edgar to Winchester Cathedral; renewal of the liberty of Taunton, Somerset, as granted by King Edward in exchange for land at 10 hides at Crowcombe, 20 at Compton and 20 at Banwell, Somerset, and 20 at Stoce near Shalbourne, Wilts., the land at Compton and Banwell having been given later to the community at Cheddar in exchange for land at Carhampton, Somerset. In return for the confirmation Bishop Æthelwold gave to King Edgar 200 mancuses of gold and a gold cup weighing 5 pounds and to Queen Ælfthryth 50 mancuses.
    • S 1507. A.D. 873 x 888. Will of King Alfred, including bequests of land at Lambourn and Wantage, Berks.; at Stratton in Trigg and elsewhere in Cornwall; at Axmouth, Branscombe, Cullompton, Exminster, Hartland, Lifton, Tiverton, Whitchurch, Devon; at Sturminster Marshall, Dorset; at Candover, Crondall, Hurstbourne Priors, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Kingsclere, Meon, Hants.; at Arreton in the Isle of Wight; in Kent; at Cannington, Carhampton, Chewton Mendip, Crewkerne, Kilton, Wedmore and Yeovil, Somerset; at Eashing, Godalming, Guildford, Leatherhead and Thunderfield Castle, Surrey; at Aldingbourne, Angmering, Beckley, Beeding, Beddingham, Dean, Ditchley, Felpham, Lyminster, Rotherfield, Sutton and Steyning, Sussex; at Amesbury, Ashton Keynes, Bedwyn, Chippenham, Chisledon, Edington and Pewsey, Wilts.; also æt Suttune (Sutton, Hants. or Wilts.), æt Aweltune (Alton, Hants., or Alton Priors, Wilts.), æt Deone (? East and West Dean, Sussex, or West Dean, Wilts.), æt Sutheswyrth (? Lustleigh in Devon), æt Mylenburnam (? Silverton, Devon), æt Welewe and æt Welig (Wellow in Hants., Wilts. or Somerset), æt Cumtune (Compton) and æt Burnham (Somerset); the beneficiaries including Winchester (Cathedral) and the king's children.
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    Brooks 1992a. Brooks, N., 'Church, Crown and Community: Public Work and Seigneurial Responsibilities at Rochester Bridge', in Warriors and Churchmen: Essays for Karl Leyser, ed. by T. A. Reuter (London, 1992), pp. 1–20 1 charter cited.

    • S 1481d. ? s. xi1. List of estates liable for work on Rochester bridge. The places named are: Borstal, Cuxton, Frindsbury, Stoke, Gillingham, Chatham, Halling, Trottiscliffe, Malling, (South) Fleet, Stone, Pinden, Fawkham, Aylesford, Overhill (in Boxley), Oakley, Cossington, Dowdes, Gisleardesland, Wouldham, Burham, Eccles, Horsted, Farleigh, Teston, Chalk, Henhurst, Haven, Wrotham, Maidstone, Wateringbury, Nettlestead, the two Peckhams, Hadlow, Mereworth, Leybourne, Swanton, Offham, Ditton, Westerham, Hollingbourne, Hoo, Northfleet, Bishops Cliffe, Higham, Denton, Milton, Luddesdown, Meopham, Snodland, Birling and Paddlesworth, all in Kent.
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    Cam 1933. Cam, H. M., 'Early Groups of Hundreds', in Historical Essays in Honour of James Tait, ed. by J. G. Edwards, V. H. Galbraith and E. F. Jacob (Manchester, 1933), pp. 13–26 1 charter cited.

    • S 887. A.D. 996. King Æthelred to Eadric, Eadwig and Ealdred, brothers; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Bynsingtun land (? Benson, Oxon.).
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    Chaplais 1978. Chaplais, P., 'The Letter from Bishop Wealdhere of London to Archbishop Brihtwold of Canterbury; the Earliest Original "Letter Close" Extant in the West', in Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts and Libraries: Essays presented to N.R. Ker, ed. by M. B. Parkes and A. G. Watson (London, 1978), pp. 3–23 8 charters cited.

    • S 328. A.D. 858. Æthelberht, king, to Wulflaf, his minister; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Wassingwell in exchange for 5 sulungs at Mersham, Kent, with conversion of the latter into folkland.
    • S 497. A.D. 944. King Edmund to Ælfstan, minister; grant of 12 hides (mansae) or sulungs at Ealdingtune (? Monkton) in Thanet, Kent.
    • S 649. A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Wulfstan, his faithful minister; grant of 9 hides (mansae) at Conington, Hunts.
    • S 1196. ? A.D. 859. 1. Plegred declares that he has purchased from Æthelmod, dix, a half tun which previously pertained to Wilburgewellan near Canterbury (? Well near Ickham), Kent. 2. Æthelmod grants the land to Plegred.
    • S 1197. A.D. 843 x 863. Lufu, ancilla Dei, to Christ Chuch, Canterbury; grant of annual render from her estate at Mongeham, Kent.
    • S 1199. A.D. 858 x 866. Ealhhere to Oswig and Weahtryth; grant of land (? in Canterbury).
    • S 1428b. A.D. 704 x 705. Letter of Waldhere, bishop of London, to Brihtwold, archbishop of Canterbury, concerning a dispute which had arisen between the king of the West Saxons and the rulers of the East Saxons.
    • S 1451a. s. x2. Account of the consecration in 905 of seven bishops (for Winchester, Ramsbury, Sherborne, Wells, Crediton, Selsey and Dorchester), and statement of the assignment to Crediton, on that occasion, of land at Pawton in St Breock, Cællincg and Lawhitton, Cornwall.
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    Costen 1991. Costen, M. D., 'Some Evidence for New Settlements and Field Systems in Late Anglo-Saxon Somerset', in The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey: Essays in Honour of the Ninetieth Birthday of C. A. Ralegh Radford, ed. by L. Abrams and J. P. Carley (Woodbridge, 1991), pp. 39–55 27 charters cited.

    • S 236. A.D. 681. Baldred, king, to Hæmgils, abbot, and the church of Our Lady and St Patrick, Glastonbury; grant of 12 (or 6) hides (manentes) at Pennard, Somerset.
    • S 247. A.D. 705 or 706 (June). Ine, king of the Saxons, to Beorhtwald, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 20 hides (cassati) on the river Sheppey (formerly Doulting), Somerset.
    • S 253. A.D. 729 (Pencrik). Æthelheard, king of Wessex, and Queen Frithugyth to Coengisl, abbot, and the familia in Glastonbury minster; grant of 60 hides (manentes) at Pouholt (cf. Polden Hills, Somerset).
    • S 311. A.D. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 133 hides (manentes) at Taunton and 10 at Brown, Somerset.
    • S 345. A.D. 882 (Epsom, Surrey). Alfred, king of the Saxons, to Athelstan, his minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Cyricestun (? Somerset), in return for 30 mancuses and 2 hides at Stoce (? Stoke St Mary, Somerset).
    • S 371. A.D. 904 for 903. King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd, renews a landbook destroyed by fire for Æthelfrith, dux; confirmation of 20 hides (cassati) at Wrington, Somerset.
    • S 380. A.D. 899 x 909. King Edward to Asser, bishop of Sherborne, and his familia; grant of 6 hides (manentes) at Wellington, 5 at West Buckland and 12 at Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, in exchange for the minster at Plympton, Devon.
    • S 431. A.D. 936. King Athelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Marksbury, Somerset.
    • S 441. A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Æthelred, minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Rimpton, Somerset.
    • S 449. A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Wulfswith, ancilla Dei; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at East Overton, Wilts.
    • S 462. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Elswithe, his kinsman and faithful minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Batcombe, Somerset.
    • S 492. A.D. 943. King Edmund to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at South Newton, Wilts., with meadow at Weolces clife, and 3 hides at Frustfield (lost), Wilts.
    • S 508. A.D. 946. King Edmund to Æthelhere, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Weston near Bath, Somerset, on condition that he and his heirs remain faithful to Edmund until the king's death and thereafter transfer their loyalty to a designated friend (amicus) of the king.
    • S 563. A.D. 955. King Eadred to Ælfgyth, a nun at Wilton; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at (East) Pennard, Somerset, in return for 120 gold solidi.
    • S 571. A.D. 956. King Eadred to Brihtric, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Rimpton, Somerset.
    • S 593. A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Ælfswith, the faithful woman; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Corston, Somerset.
    • S 719. A.D. 963. King Edgar to Wynstan, his faithful camerarius; grant of 3 hides (cassati) in the common land at Afene (? Avon Farm in Stratford-sub-Castle, Wilts.).
    • S 740. A.D. 966. King Edgar to Ælfwold, bishop; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Isle Abbotts, Somerset.
    • S 777. A.D. 970. King Edgar to the church of St Peter, Bath; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Clifton, near Bath, in exchange for 100 mancuses of gold and 10 hides (mansae) at Cumtun (Chilcompton or Compton Dando, Somerset). The land is to be for the use of the monks, just as Abbot Æscwig obtained it.
    • S 791. A.D. 973. King Edgar to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 7 hides (mansiunculae) at High Ham, Somerset, in exchange for land at Braunton, Devon.
    • S 1006. A.D. 1044. King Edward to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Pitminster, Somerset.
    • S 1329. A.D. 974. Oswald, archbishop, to Brihtlaf, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide (mansa) at Cudley in St Martin's-without-Worcester, with reversion to the church of Worcester.
    • S 1410. A.D. 744 (10 July). Lulla, handmaid of Christ, to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Baltonsborough, Somerset, and at Scobbanwirht' with mention of land at Lottisham and Lydford, Somerset, placed at King Æthelbald's disposal.
    • S 1512. A.D. 970 x 981 or 984. Brihtric Grim to Old Minster (Winchester); bequest of land at Rimpton, Somerset.
    • S 1539. s. x or xi. Will of Wynflæd concerning land at Ebbesborne, Wilts.; Charlton (probably Horethorne, Somerset); Coleshill, Berks.; Inggeneshamme (perhaps Inglesham, Wilts.); Faccombe, Hants; Adderbury, Oxon.; and at Chinnock, Somerset; the beneficiaries including Shaftesbury and Wilton.
    • S 1548. Bounds of Adlestrop, Gloucs.
    • S 1580. Bounds of Dauntsey, Wilts.
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    Dumville 1992. Dumville, D. N., Wessex and England from Alfred to Edgar: Six Essays in Political, Cultural and Ecclesiastical Revival (Woodbridge, 1992) 109 charters cited.

    • S 80. A.D. 709. Cenred, king of Mercia, and Offa, ruler of the East Angles, to the monastery at Evesham; confirmation of 67 hides (mansae) at Evesham, Lenchwick, Norton, Offenham, Littleton, Aldington, Badsey, Bretforton, Church Honeybourne, Willersey, Wickhamford, Bengeworth, Hampton, and at Abbots Morton, all in Worcs. except Willersey, Gloucs.
    • S 84. A.D. 718 (? for 727). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Bægia, servant of God; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Daylesford, Gloucs., for the founding of a minster.
    • S 93. A.D. 726 x 737. Æthelbald, king, to St Mary's Minster, Abingdon; confirmation of lands and grant of 27 hides (cassati) at Watchfield and 10 by Ginge Brook, Berks., with further confirmation by Æthelheard, king (of Wessex).
    • S 96. A.D. 757. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eanberht, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) near the wood called Toccan sceaga (Tockenham, Wilts.) and the tumulus called Reada beorg.
    • S 100. A.D. 716 x 757. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Wihtred, his comes, and to Ansith, Wihtred's wife; grant of 7 hides (manentes) in the regio called Geddinges (cf. Yeading), Middx.
    • S 112. A.D. 777. Offa, king of Mercia, to the church of St Mary, Evesham, and the monks there; grant of land at Daylesford, Evenlode, Gloucs., and at Chastleton, Cornwell, Salford, Dornford in Wootton and Shipton on Cherwell, Oxon.
    • S 114. A.D. 779 (Hartleford, Gloucs.; Gumley, Leics.). Offa, king of Mercia, to Duddonus (Dudda), minister; grant of 4 hides (cassatae) near Salmonsbury in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucs.
    • S 138. A.D. 795 for 792 (Æt Beranforda [? Barford, Warwicks.], 4 May). Offa, king of Mercia, to St Albans church; grant of 30 hides (manentes), consisting of 12 at Winslow, Bucks.; 3 at Scelfdune sive Baldiningcotum; 10 at Scuccan hlaw vel Fenntun (cf. Warren Farm in Horwood, Bucks.) with the wood called Horowudu (Horwood, Bucks.); and 5 at Lygetune (? Luton, Beds., or Leyton, Essex).
    • S 149. A.D. 796 Ecgfrith, king of Mercia, to Cuthbert, abbot, and the brethren of Malmesbury Abbey; restitution of 35 hides (manentes) at Purton, Wilts., previously seized by King Offa, in return for 2000 silver solidi.
    • S 183. A.D. 821. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Abingdon Abbey; grant of privileges for land at Culham, Oxon.; Kennington, Hinksey, Cumnor, Earmundelæh (cf. Bessels Leigh), Eaton, Sunningwell, Dry Sandford, Wootton, Ginge, Denchworth, Charney (Bassett), Goosey, Fernham, Watchfield, Shrivenham, Bourton, Leckhampstead, Boxford, Welford and Wickham in Welford, Berks., with woodland at Speen, Poughley (in Chaddleworth), Trindlæh (lost), and Easton (in Welford), Berks.
    • S 187. A.D. 823 (Werburgingwic, 26 May). Ceolwulf, king of Mercia and Kent, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of land in Canterbury, in return for a gold and silver vessel of 5.5 pounds.
    • S 194. A.D. 841 (Tamworth, Staffs.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Heahberht, bishop; grant of privileges for 6 hides (cassati) at Daylesford, Gloucs., in return for 3 pounds of silver.
    • S 215. A.D. 875. Ceolwulf (II), king of Mercia, to Wærferth, bishop of Worcester; grant to the diocese of exemption from the burden of feeding the king's horses and their servants, in return for liturgical services. The bishop grants to the king a four-life lease of 6 hides (manentes) at Daylesford, Gloucs., with reversion to Worcester, in return for 60 mancuses of gold.
    • S 218. A.D. 883. (a) Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, with the consent of King Alfred and the whole Mercian witan, to Berkeley Abbey; grant of privileges in exchange for 12 hides at Stoke Bishop, Gloucs., and 30 gold mancuses. (b) Æthelred, ealdorman, to Cynulf, son of Ceoluht; lease, for three lives, of the land at Stoke Bishop, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin and English with English bounds.
    • S 220. A.D. 888 (Droitwich, Worcs.). Æthelred, procurator of Mercia, to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 15 hides (manentes) at Walden, Herts.
    • S 237. A.D. 682. Centwine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Hæmgils, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 23 hides (mansiones) near Quantock Wood and 3 hides (cassati) at Crycbeorh (probably Creechbarrow Hill, near Taunton), Somerset.
    • S 239. A.D. 687 (5 July). Ine, King of Wessex, to Hean, abbot; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bradfield, 15 at Bestlesforda (near Basildon), 25 at Streatley and 80 at Æaromundeslee, all in Berks.
    • S 264. A.D. 778. Cynewulf, king of the Saxons, to Bica, comes and minister; grant of 13 hides (manentes) at Little Bedwyn, Wilts.
    • S 269. A.D. 786 x 794. Beorhtric, king, to Hemele, his princeps; grant of 36 hides (cassati) by the Hissaburna (the Bourne Rivulet), Hants., in exchange for 34 hides by the river Meon, grantd to Hemele by King Cynewulf.
    • S 284. [A.D. 824 x 833]. Egbert, king, to the church of Winchester; restitution of 40 hides (mansae) at Alresford, Hants.
    • S 305. A.D. 854 (Wilton, 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of land and privileges, with list of lands assigned to Malmesbury Abbey, namely at 35 hides at Purton, 15 at Lacock, 5 at Sutton Benger, 5 at Corston, 10 at Crudwell, Wilts.; 10 at Kemble, Gloucs.; and 1.5 at Dauntsey, Wilts. ('Second Decimation').
    • S 337. A.D. 867. Edgar (? for Æthelred), king, to St Paul's Monastery; grant of 15 hides (mansiones) at Navestock, Essex.
    • S 345. A.D. 882 (Epsom, Surrey). Alfred, king of the Saxons, to Athelstan, his minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Cyricestun (? Somerset), in return for 30 mancuses and 2 hides at Stoce (? Stoke St Mary, Somerset).
    • S 347. A.D. 891 (2 Aug.). Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Berhtwulf, his faithful comes; grant of 12 hides (manentes) at Plush in Buckland Newton, Dorset, and 2 (? for 5) at Raddington, Somerset, in exchange for land at Sutton Poyntz, Dorset.
    • S 353. A.D. 871 x 899. Alfred, king of the English, to Chertsey Abbey; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Thorpe, with Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Hunewaldesham (cf. Hundulsham, lost, in Weybridge) and Woodham, Surrey.
    • S 354. A.D. 878 x 899. Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; regrant of the reversion of 50 hides (manentes) at Chisledon, Wilts., and 60 at Hurstbourne Priors, Hants., in exchange for 100 hides at Cholsey, Hagbourne and Bæstlæsford (Basildon), Berks. With bounds of Cholsey, Hagbourne and Bæstlæsford.
    • S 355. A.D. 892 x 899. Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Deormod; grant of 5 hides (mansi) at Appleford, Berks., in exchange for land at Harandun (Horn Down near East Hendred, Berks.) and 50 mancuses of gold.
    • S 356. A.D. 871 x 899 (Malmesbury). Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, with the consent of the familia of the church of Malmesbury, to Dudig, his minister; lease, for four lives, of 4 hides (cassati) at Chelworth, near Crudwell, Wilts., with reversion to the church of Malmesbury.
    • S 359. A.D. 900 (Winchester). King Edward to the familia of Winchester Cathedral; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Stoke by Hurstbourne, Hants., in exchange for land at Chisledon, and Sparcells in Lydiard Millicent, Wilts. Incorporating a record, in English, of services and dues rendered at Hurstbourne.
    • S 363. A.D. 901. King Edward to the familia of the church of Malmesbury; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Hankerton, Wilts., in exchange for 10 hides at Farmborough, Somerset.
    • S 368. A.D. 903 (Milton, ? Kent or ? Dorset). King Edward to Ordlaf, princeps; renewal of a charter of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, granting 20 hides (cassati) at Stanton St Bernard, Wilts., to Cenwold, minister.
    • S 370. A.D. 903 (Southampton). King Edward founds New Minster, Winchester, and grants 100 hides (cassati) at Micheldever, 9 at Stratton, 3.5 at Burcot, 8.5 at Popham, 10 at Woodmancott, 10 at Candover, 10 at Cranbourne, 4 at Drayton in Barton Stacey, 3 at Swarraton, 6 at Northington, 3 at Norton near Selborne, 1.5 at Slackstead and Tachbury in Copythorne, and 15 at Abbotts Ann, Hants; 50 at Collingbourne, 40 at Chisledon, Wilts.; and land at Durley, Hants.
    • S 372. A.D. 904 (Bickleigh, Devon). King Edward to Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and his familia; grant of 38 hides (manentes) at Bishops Waltham, Hants., in exchange for 40 hides (cassati) at Portchester, Hants.
    • S 373. A.D. 904 (Bickleigh, Devon). King Edward to Denewulf, bishop, and his familia at Winchester; grant of privileges for the monastery at Taunton, Somerset, in exchange for 10 hides (manentes) at Crowcombe, 20 at Compton, 20 at Banwell, Somerset; and 20 at Stoce by Shalbourne, Wilts.
    • S 376. A.D. 909. King Edward to Frithestan, bishop of Winchester; confirmation of the beneficial hidation of Chilcomb, Hants., in return for the bishop's confirmation to the king of leases for 100 hides at Downton, Wilts., and 70 hides at Beddington, Surrey; with a note that Nursling and Chilbolton, Hants., shall be reckoned as part of Chilcomb.
    • S 379. A.D. 921 (Wilton, Wilts., 11 Jan.). King Edward to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Collingbourne Kingston, Wilts.
    • S 380. A.D. 899 x 909. King Edward to Asser, bishop of Sherborne, and his familia; grant of 6 hides (manentes) at Wellington, 5 at West Buckland and 12 at Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, in exchange for the minster at Plympton, Devon.
    • S 382. King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 60 hides (manentes) at Farnham, Surrey, and 10 at Bentley, Hants.
    • S 398. A.D. 927. King Athelstan to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Folkestone, Kent, the site of a former minster.
    • S 401. A.D. 929. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Worcester; grant of land at Aust, Gloucs., for a fishery.
    • S 402. A.D. 929. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Worcester; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Water Eaton, Oxon.
    • S 404. A.D. 930. King Athelstan to Cynath, abbot; grant of 10 hides (mansiunculae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., with 2 hides at Aston Somerville, Worcs., and woodland at Fleferth (? Kington, near Flyford Flavell,Worcs.). With a note, in Latin, recording King Edgar's confirmation of the land to Osulf, bishop of Ramsbury (A.D. 959 x 970).
    • S 406. A.D. 930. King Athelstan to Worcester minster; grant of land at Clifton-upon-Teme, Worcs.
    • S 408. A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Abingdon; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Sandford, Oxon.
    • S 409. A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Abingdon; grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Shellingford, Berks.
    • S 410. A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Abingdon; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Swinford, Berks.
    • S 416. A.D. 931 (Lifton, Devon, 12 November). King Athelstan to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 9 hides (cassatae) at Ham, Wilts.
    • S 420. A.D. 933 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, 16 December). King Athelstan to the familia of Chertsey Minster; confirmation of land at Chertsey, Thorpe, Egham, Chobham, Frimley, Weybridge, Woodham in Chertsey, Whone Waldesham (i.e. Hundulsham, lost, in Weybridge), Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Molesey, Petersham, Tooting, Streatham, Mitcham, Sutton, Thunderfield, Carshalton (Euualtone), Beddington, Waddington, Coulsdon, Chipstead, Merstham, Chaldon, Banstead with Suthmeresfelda (Canon's Farm, Banstead), Cheam, Cuddington, Ewell, Epsom, Tadworth, Bookham, Effingham, East Clandon, Cobham, Pointers in Cobham, Albury, West Clandon, Byfleet, Dritham, Bisley, all in Surrey; and White Waltham, Berks.
    • S 428. A.D. 930 for 934 (London, 7 June). King Athelstan to St Mary's, Worcester; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Werstfelda, 5 (cassati) at Cofton Hackett, 5 at Rednal in Kings Norton, 2 at Wast Hills and Hopwood in Alvechurch, all in Worcs.; and 3 at Wihtlafesfeld.
    • S 448. A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Eadwulfu, a nun; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Brightwalton, Berks.
    • S 449. A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Wulfswith, ancilla Dei; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at East Overton, Wilts.
    • S 453. A.D. 924 x 939. King Athelstan to St Paul's minster, London; confirmation of privileges, and 10 hides (mansae) at Sandon with Rothe (Roe Green in Sandon), 8 at Ardeley with Luffenhall, Herts.; 10 at Belchamp St Pauls with Wickham St Pauls, 8 at Heybridge, 12 at Runwell, 30 in the Sokens, Essex; 10 at West Drayton, Middx; 8 at Barnes, Surrey; 10 at Neasden with Willesden, Middx.
    • S 464. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Æthelswith, a nun; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Oswaldingtune (near Ashford, Kent).
    • S 465. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Æthelthryth, a nun; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Poolhampton in Overton, Hants.
    • S 474. A.D. 941. King Edmund to Ælfflæd, a religious woman; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Buckland (Newton) and Plush, Dorset.
    • S 480. A.D. 942. King Edmund to Athelstan, comes; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Ærmundeslea and a vill at Appleton, Berks.
    • S 482. A.D. 942. King Edmund to Sæthryth, a nun; grant of 11 hides (mansae) at Winkfield [and at Swinley], Berks.
    • S 485. A.D. 942. King Edmund to Wynflæd, a nun; restoration and confirmation of 7 hides (mansae) at Cheselbourne, Dorset, and grant of a further 8 hides there; with note, in English, of grant to Wynflæd of land in Winterbourne Tomson, Dorset.
    • S 487. A.D. 943. King Edmund to Ælfswith, a religious woman; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Burghclere, Hants.
    • S 493. A.D. 944. King Edmund to Ælfgyth, a nun; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Rollington (lost) in Bulbridge, near Wilton, Wilts.
    • S 534. A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfthryth, a religious woman; grant of 8 hides (mansae) in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.
    • S 535. A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfwyn, a religious woman; grant of 6 hides (mansae), equated with 6 sulungs, at Wickhambreux, Kent, in return for 2 pounds of purest gold.
    • S 550. A.D. 949. King Eadred to Wulfric, miles; grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucs., with bounds of 20 hides at Bourton, 7 hides at Maugersbury and 7 hides at Daylesford, Gloucs.
    • S 563. A.D. 955. King Eadred to Ælfgyth, a nun at Wilton; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at (East) Pennard, Somerset, in return for 120 gold solidi.
    • S 636. A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Wulfric, his princeps; grant of 7 hides (cassati) at Millbrook, with a haga in Southampton, Hants.
    • S 688. A.D. 961. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Burbage, Wilts.
    • S 689. A.D. 961. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 50 hides (cassati) at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hants., and 13 predia in Winchester, with the bounds of Crux Easton, Hants.
    • S 690. A.D. 961. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 22 hides (cassati) at Ringwood, Hants.
    • S 731. A.D. 964 = 963 (Gloucester, 28 December). King Edgar to St Mary's Abbey, Worcester; grant of privileges for land at Cropthorne, Overbury, Pendock, Worcs.; Teddington, Gloucs.; Mitton in Bredon, Sedgeberrow, Worcs.; Northwick in Blockley, Evenlode, Daylesford, Dorn in Batsford, Icomb, Gloucs.; Shipston-on-Stour, Blackwell in Tredington, Warwicks.; Grimley, Little Witley, Knightwick, Hallow, Harvington, Bredon, Worcs.; Blockley, Gloucs.; Tredington, Warwicks; together with the creation of the triple Hundred of Oswaldslow.
    • S 752. A.D. 967. King Edgar to Chertsey Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of land, consisting of 5 hides (mansae) at Chertsey and 10 hides (cassati) at Thorpe, 20 at Egham with Englefield, 5 at Chobham with Busseleghe, Frensham and Frimley, 10 (mansiones) at Petersham, 30 at Sutton with swine-pastures at Thunderfield Castle, 20 at Cheam with swine-pastures in the Weald [and the charter which Edgar had bought from Eadwine for 50 mancuses], 10 at Waddington, 20 at Coulsdon, 20 at Merstham, 10 at Chipstead with Chaldon, 10 at Banstead with Suthemeresfelda (cf. Canon's Farm in Banstead), 20 at Epsom, 12 at Bookham, 10 at (East) Clandon, 20 at Cobham with Pointers (in Cobham), 5 at Byfleet with Weybridge, all in Surrey; 10 at (White) Waltham, Berks.; and 20 at Molesey, Surrey [which King Eadwig unjustly gave to Old Minster, Winchester, and which were retrieved by Edgar and Bishop Æthelwold].
    • S 756. A.D. 958 or 968. King Edgar to Abingdon Abbey; grant of 72 hides (cassati) at Bedwyn, Wilts.
    • S 775. A.D. 970. King Edgar to Ælfswith, widow and nun; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Idmiston, Wilts.
    • S 806. A.D. 978 for ? 968 (Cheddar, Easter). King Edgar to Winchester Cathedral; renewal of the liberty of Taunton, Somerset, as granted by King Edward in exchange for land at 10 hides at Crowcombe, 20 at Compton and 20 at Banwell, Somerset, and 20 at Stoce near Shalbourne, Wilts., the land at Compton and Banwell having been given later to the community at Cheddar in exchange for land at Carhampton, Somerset. In return for the confirmation Bishop Æthelwold gave to King Edgar 200 mancuses of gold and a gold cup weighing 5 pounds and to Queen Ælfthryth 50 mancuses.
    • S 818. A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the bishopric of Winchester; confirmation of land at Chilcomb, Hants., and restoration of land at Downton, Wilts.; Taunton, Somerset; Alresford, Clere, Tichborne, Worthy, Hants.; Fonthill, Wilts.; Bishopstoke, Hants.; and at Fermesham (probably Farnham, Surrey).
    • S 823. A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to the church of Winchester; restoration of 60 hides (mansae) at Farnham, Surrey, and 10 hides (cassati) at Bentley, near Alton, Hants.
    • S 935. A.D. 1016. King Æthelred to Evesham Abbey; restitution of 1 hide (mansa) at Maugersbury, Gloucs., seized by Wulfric Ripa.
    • S 937. A.D. 990 x 1006, perhaps 999. King Æthelred to St Mary's, Abingdon; grant of land at Farnborough and Wormleighton, Warwicks., and South Cerney, Gloucs. [seized by Ælfric, dux, from a widow, Eadflæd, forfeited by him and restored to Eadflæd, and bequeathed by Eadflæd to King Æthelred]; and at Pyrian (? Wood- or Waterperry, Oxon.) [given to King Æthelred by Æthelweard, son of Ceolflæd], in compensation for the loss of land at Hurstbourne, Hants., and at Bedwyn and Burbage, Wilts. [granted to Abingdon by King Edgar and confiscated by King Edward the Martyr].
    • S 1035. A.D. 1062. King Edward to Chertsey Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of land, consisting of 5 hides (mansae) at Chertsey, 10 at Thorpe, 10 at Egham, 10 at Chobham, 10 at Petersham, 7 at Tooting with Streatham, 7 at Mitcham and Sutton, 20 at Banstead with Suthmeresfelda (i.e. Canon's Farm in Banstead), 20 at Waddington with Coulsdon and Chaldon, 20 at Mertsham, 5 at Chipstead, 20 at Epsom, 6 at Cuddington, 5 at Tadworth, 20 at Bookham with Effingham, Dritham and Piccingawrthe, 20 at Cobham, 5 at Esher, 5 at Apps Court, 10 at East Clandon, 2 at West Clandon [bought by Abbot Wulfwold from Harold, comes, for 2 marks of gold in the presence of King Edward], 4 at Albury, 6 at Henley Park, Surrey; 10 at White Waltham, Berks.; 8 at Byfleet with Weybridge, Surrey; 2 at Laleham [bought by Abbot Wulfwold from King Edward for 15 marks of silver] and 1 at Ashford, Middx.
    • S 1038. A.D. 1065. King Edward to Malmesbury Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of land, consisting of (a) 30 hides at Long Newnton [granted by King Æthelred], (b) 30 at Kemble of which 4 were at Chelworth in Crudwell, and 35 at Purton [granted by King Cædwalla to Abbot Aldhelm], (c) 40 at Crudwell, including Eastcourt, Hankerton and Murcott, 20 at Charlton near Malmesbury, and 10 at Dauntsey [granted by King Æthelwulf], (d) 10 at Wootton Bassett, 38 at Bremhill, including Euridge in Colerne, Spirthill in Bremhill, Chedecotun, Foxham and Avon in Bremhill, 5 at Norton, Wilts.; 5 at Somerford (? Somerford Keynes), Gloucs. [all granted by King Athelstan]; (e) 50 at Brokenborough [granted by King Eadwig], (f) 50 (?) at Grittenham, 10 at Sutton Benger, 10 at Rodbourne, 10 at Corston, 3 at Cusfalde (Cole Park), 2 at Bremilham, (g) 5 at Brinkworth [granted by Leofsige, uir nobilis], (h) and 11 at Highway in Hilmartin [granted by King Æthelred], all in Wilts.; (i) and 5 at Littleton on Severn, Gloucs. [granted by Wernoth, with the consent of King Æthelred].
    • S 1042. A.D. 1065 (Windsor, Berks., 20 or 24 May). King Edward to the bishopric of Wells; general confirmation of lands, comprising (a) 50 hides at Wells (formerly Tidingtun), with appurtenances at Polsham, Wookey, Henton, Yarley, Bleadney, Easton, Westbury, Wookey Hole, Ebbor, Burcott, (Upper and Lower) Milton, Pen Hill, East and West Horrington, Whitchurch, Dinder, Dulcote, Wellesley, Worminster, Chilcote, Binegar, Wanstrow, Litton; (b) 50 hides at Chew, with appurtenances at Littleton, Hæsele (Hazel Farm near Upper Littleton in Dundry), Dundry, (Bishops) Sutton, Sutton (Wick), Sutton (Court); (c) 20 hides at Evercreech, with Prestleigh, Chesterblade and (Stony) Stratton; (d) 38 hides at Kingsbury, with appurtenances at Lambrook, Readewelle, æt tham Beorge, Littleney (lost) in Huish, Huish Episcopi, Combe St Nicholas, Pibsbury, Chard, and other frusa Cerdren (? South Chard), Crimchard, Langham in Chard, Winsham, Congresbury and Banwell; (e) 15 hides at Wellington, with appurtenances at (West) Buckland, Ham, Huntanapoth, Harpford, Pinksmoor in Wellington Without and Chelston; (f) 15 hides at Wiveliscombe, with appurtenances at Nunnington, Upcott, Whitefield, Withycombe, Oakhampton, Langley, Ford, Pitsford, Fitzhead, the other Fifhyda, Dean, Slæp and Hwrentimor; (g) 15 hides at (Bishops) Lydeard, with appurtenances at (East) Combe, Padnoller (in Charlynch), Wuduland, Ash (Priors), Bagborough, Anacota and Hylle (? Lydeard Hill); (h) 4 hides at Wedmore, with appurtenances at Tarnock in Biddisham, Heawycan and Mark; all in Somerset. The diploma was written by Giso, bishop of Wells.
    • S 1096. A.D. 1058 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has granted to Wulfwold, abbot of Chertsey, sake and soke over his lands in London and over his own men.
    • S 1115. A.D. 1061 x 1065. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has given to Bishop Giso for the maintenance of his canons at St Andrew's, Wells, land at Wedmore, Somerset, and the bishop is to draw up a privilegium concerning this.
    • S 1165. A.D. 672 x 674 (Fullingadich, 1 March). Frithuwold, subregulus of Surrey, to Eorcenwold and to St Peter's minster, Chertsey; grant of 200 (or 300) hides (manentes) at Chertsey and 5 at Thorpe, with 10 hides by the port of London. The property comprises land at Chertsey, Thorpe, Egham, Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Molesey, Woodham in Chertsey and Hunewaldesham (lost) in Weybridge, Surrey. Confirmed by Wulfhere, king of the Mercians, in the royal vill at Thame, Oxon.
    • S 1181. A.D. 727. Frithuwold, subregulus of Surrey, and Eorcenwold, to Chertsey Minster; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Molesey, 10 at Petersham, 7 at Tooting with Streatham, 7 at Mitcham, 30 at Sutton, 10 at Carshalton (Æuueltone), 20 at Beddington, 7 at Waddington, 20 at Coulsdon, 20 at Merstham, 5 at Chipstead with Chaldon, 10 at Banstead with Suthemeresfelda (Canon's Farm in Banstead), 5 at Tadworth, 20 at Epsom, 30 at Ewell with Cuddington, 20 at Cheam with swine-pasture in the Weald, 20 at Bookham with Effingham, 20 at Cobham with Pointers, 5 at Esher, 5 at Apps Court, 10 and 2 at East and West Clandon, 2 at Albury, 4 at Compton, 5 at Henley Park, Surrey; 30 at Winchfield with Elvetham, Hants.; 8 at Byfleet with Weybridge, Surrey; and 10 at White Waltham, Berks.
    • S 1198. c. A.D. 850. Ealhburg to St Augustine's Abbey; grant of renders from land at Brabourne, Kent.
    • S 1205. A.D. 901. Ordlaf to the familia of the church of Malmesbury; grant of 4 hides (manentes) at Chelworth near Crudwell, Wilts., in exchange for 5 hides at Mannington in Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.
    • S 1238. A.D. 1061 x 1065. Ælfgar, dux, to Æthelwig, abbot of Evesham; restitution of 7 hides at Daylesford, Gloucs., in return for 6 marks of gold.
    • S 1250. A.D. 714. Statement by Ecgwine, bishop of the Hwicce, of the lands he acquired for the minster at Evesham, including the minster at Fladbury, Worcs. [obtained from King Æthelred (of Mercia) in exchange for the minster at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks.]; 20 hides (mansae) at Twyford, Worcs. [granted by Osward, Æthelred's brother]; 84 hides on both banks of the river Avon [granted by Cenred, king of Mercia]; 8 hides [granted by Æthelric, adolescens]; and land at the following places: Evesham, Bengeworth, Hampton, Lenchwick, Mortun (probably for Norton), Offenham, Littleton, 'the other Littleton', Badsey, Wickhamford, Church Honeybourne, Bretforton, all in Worcs.; Willersey, Gloucs.; Weethley, Sambourne, Kinwarton, Salford Priors and Abbots Salford, Warwicks.; Ombersley, Oldberrow, Abbots Morton, Worcs.; Bourton-on-the-Water, Maugersbury, Adlestrop, (Lower) Swell, Gloucs.; Mappleborough, Warwicks.; and Childswickham, Worcs.
    • S 1251. A.D. 714. Statement by Ecgwine, bishop of the Hwicce, on the foundation and endowment of the minster at Evesham. The endowment included land at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks., and Chadbury, Worcs., and the minster at Fladbury, Worcs. [granted by King Æthelred (of Mercia); the land at Stratford was later ceded to Æthelheard, subregulus of the Hwicce, in exchange for the restoration of Fladbury]; 84 hides (mansae) around Evesham, on both sides of the river Avon [granted by Cenred, king of Mercia, and Offa, king of the East Angles (recte Essex)]; 20 hides at Twyford, Worcs. [granted by Osward]; 8 hides [granted by Æthelric, son of King Oshere]; and 8 hides [granted by Balterius, sacerdos].
    • S 1263. A.D. (801 x 803) x (805 x 814). Ealhmund, bishop of Winchester, to Brihthelm; grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Farnham, Surrey, in exchange for 33 hides (manentes) at Wootton Rivers, Mildenhall, Froxfield and Bedwyn, Wilts., and 2 nights entertainment at Farnham every year for the bishop and his heirs, and an annual render of 10 jars of honey. If Brihthelm or any of his heirs wishes to sell the land, the church at Winchester is to be given the first option to purchase it, paying only for [40] hides.
    • S 1274. A.D. 858 (Amesbury, Wilts.). (1) Swithhun, bishop of Winchester, to Æthelbald, king of Wessex; grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Farnham, Surrey. (2) King Æthelbald grants the reversion of the land, after his death, to the bishop and church of Winchester.
    • S 1281. A.D. 904. Wærferth, bishop, with the Worcester community, to Wulfsige, his reeve; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide at Aston Magna, Gloucs., just as Herred held it.
    • S 1284. A.D. 900 (Winchester). Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and his brethren there, to Ordlaf, comes; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Lydiard, Wilts [given to Winchester by Ordlaf's grandfather, Eanwulf]; in exchange Ordlaf gives the bishop 10 hides at Fonthill, Wilts., and the bishop gives his familia 3 hides at Ebincgtun (Yavington in Avington, Hants.).
    • S 1286. A.D. 904 (Bicanleag, ? Bickleigh, Devon). Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and his familia, to King Edward; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Stoce near Shalbourne, Wilts., in exchange for privileges for the minster at Taunton.
    • S 1288. A.D. 924, probably for 905 (or 920). Plegmund, archbishop, to Byrthræd; lease, for three lives, of 80 iugera at Wærincg mersc, near the river Rumenesea, Kent, in return for a payment of 385 pence, with reversion of Christ Church.
    • S 1340. A.D. 979. Oswald, archbishop, to Athelstan, his brother; lease, for three lives, of 3 hides (mansae) at Daylesford, Gloucs., with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester.
    • S 1398. A.D. 1042 x 1046 (Bedwyn, Wilts.). Lyfing, bishop, to Mannig, abbot; confirmation of privileges and of Leofric's grant to Evesham Abbey of land at Hampton, Worcs.
    • S 1417. A.D. 924 x 933. The familia of New Minster, Winchester, to Alfred, minister of King Athelstan; lease, for three lives, of 20 hides (cassati) at Chisledon, Wilts., in return for 80 mancuses of gold and an annual rent of 80 shillings.
    • S 1443. c. A.D. 900. Record of the acquisition by King Edward from Bishop Denewulf and the community at Winchester, in exchange for St Andrew's church, of land at Winchester for the foundation of a monastery; also of the acquisition by the king of land by St Gregory's church.
    • S 1444. A.D. 900 x 908. Letter of Denewulf, bishop, to King Edward concerning 60 hides at Beddington, Surrey.
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    Fleming 1993. Fleming, R., 'Christchurch's Sisters and Brothers: an Edition and Discussion of Canterbury Obituary Lists', in The Culture of Christendom: Essays in Medieval History in Commemoration of Denis Bethell, ed. by M. A. Meyer (London, 1993), pp. 115–53 10 charters cited.

    • S 123. A.D. 785 (Chelsea, Middx). Offa, king of Mercia, to Ealdbeorht, minister, and Selethryth, his sister; grant of 14 sulungs (aratra) at Ickham and Palmstead, Kent, with woodland in the Weald and other appurtenances.
    • S 155. A.D. 799 (Tamworth, Staffs.). Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Christ Church, Canterbury; restoration of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Charing, 10 at Seleberhtes cert or Bryning lond (Chart) and 4 at Humbinglond in Barham, Kent, previously seized and redistributed by King Offa.
    • S 169. A.D. 812. Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Wulfred, archbishop; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Graveney and a 'yokelet' (ioclet) at Caseborne (lost) in Cheriton, Kent, in exchange for 1 sulung (equivalent to 2 manentes) at Swarling, Kent, and a 'yokelet' at Ecgheang lond.
    • S 1188. A.D. 805 x 810 (or 805 x 815). Oswulf, aldormonn, and Beornthryth, his wife, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of 20 sulungs at Stanhamstead (in Aldington), Kent, with confirmation by Archbishop Wulfred.
    • S 1222. ? A.D. 1036. Thored to Christ Church; grant of land at East Horsley, Surrey.
    • S 1438. A.D. 838 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey). Record of the agreement made at Kingston, between Archbishop Ceolnoth and Kings Egbert and Æthelwulf concerning the restoration to Christ Church, Canterbury, of land at Mallingum (East Malling, Kent or South Malling, Sussex), previously granted by Baldred, king of Kent. In return Ceolnoth and the Christ Church community and their successors promise loyalty to the West Saxon kings and their heirs. An additional passage concerns an agreement over the election of abbots and abbesses to the Kentish minsters. Confirmations by King Æthelwulf (at a meeting at Wilton) and (A.D. 839) by bishops south of the Humber, at a synod æt Astran.
    • S 1501. c. A.D. 960 x 994. Will of Æthelric, including bequest of all his land to his wife, with reversions as follows; land at Bocking, Essex, part to Christ Church and part to the church at Bocking; at Rayne, Essex, to St Paul's, London; at Copford and Glazenwood in Bradwell, Essex, to Ælfstan, bishop (of London); at Northho, part to St Gregory's, Sudbury, and part to St Edmunds at Bedericesworth (Bury).
    • S 1508. A.D. 871 x 899. Will of Alfred, ealdorman, including bequests of 32 hides at Sanderstead and Selsdon in Surrey, 20 at Westerham in Kent, 6 at Lingfield and 10 at Horsley, both in Surrey, and 6 at Nettlestead, Kent [to his wife, Werburg, and their daughter, Alhthryth]; of a annual render of 200 pence from an estate at Clapham, Surrey [to Chertsey minster]; of 2 hides at Waddington and 1 at Gatton, Surrey [to his son, Æthelwald]; of 1 hide at Linkfield in Reigate, Surrey, to his kinsman Beorhtsige; of land at Nettlestead, Kent, to his kinsman Sigewulf, burdened with an annual render to Christ Church, Canterbury; of land at Farleigh, Kent, burdened with an annual render to Rochester, to Eadred, after Æthelred's time, with reversion to Alfred's maternal relatives.
    • S 1530. A.D. 1042 x 1043. Bequest by Thurstan of land at Wimbish, Essex, to Christ Church.
    • S 1531. A.D. 1043 x 1045. Will of Thurstan, son of Wine, including bequests of land at Wimbish, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Harlow, Essex (except the half hide at Ealing Bridge in Harlow which Ælfwine had), and Shouldham, Norfolk, to Bury St Edmunds; land at Wetheringsett, Suffolk, and at Knapwell, Cambs., to Ely abbey; land at Weston Colville, Cambs., to Æthelswith, for life, with reversion to Ely; land at Shouldham, Norfolk, to Ramsey and St Benedict's at Holme; land at Borough Green, Cambs., to Ulfketel, if he outlives Thurstan, except a half hide at Westley Waterless and 1 hide at Dullingham (granted to Thurstan's servant, Viking); land in Norfolk and at Pentlow, Ashdon and Henham, Essex, to his wife Æthelgyth (except land at Bromleg [possibly Bromley Barn in Widdington] and half a hide at Henham, to go to the local minsters); land at Kedington, Suffolk, to the priest Ælfwig and Thurstan's chaplains Thurstan and Ordheah; land at Little Dunmow, Essex, to Merewine and his family; and instructions that land at Bidicheseye (? Bottisham, Cambs.) was to be sold and payments made to a number of beneficiaries. With an additional section detailing further bequests, including the reversion of land at Henham, Essex, to Æthelswith and then to Ely abbey; a half hide at Ongar, Essex, to Thurgot, his servant; a half hide and a haga near Marden Ash in High Ongar, Essex, to Merewine; and a half hide to Swegn.
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    Foot 1991. Foot, S., 'Glastonbury's Early Abbots', in The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey: Essays in Honour of the Ninetieth Birthday of C. A. Ralegh Radford, ed. by L. Abrams and J. P. Carley (Woodbridge, 1991), pp. 163–89 27 charters cited.

    • S 96. A.D. 757. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eanberht, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) near the wood called Toccan sceaga (Tockenham, Wilts.) and the tumulus called Reada beorg.
    • S 227. A.D. 670. Cenwalh, king of Wessex, to Beorhtwald, abbot; grant of 1 hide (cassatus) and two small islands, with a fishery, at Meare, Somerset.
    • S 247. A.D. 705 or 706 (June). Ine, king of the Saxons, to Beorhtwald, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 20 hides (cassati) on the river Sheppey (formerly Doulting), Somerset.
    • S 248. 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.
    • S 253. A.D. 729 (Pencrik). Æthelheard, king of Wessex, and Queen Frithugyth to Coengisl, abbot, and the familia in Glastonbury minster; grant of 60 hides (manentes) at Pouholt (cf. Polden Hills, Somerset).
    • S 254. A.D. 737. Æthelheard, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, and 3 at Cearn (probably Charmouth, Dorset), in augmentation of Queen Frithugyth's gift of land at Taunton.
    • S 257. A.D. 745 (Glastonbury, ? 30 April). Cuthred, king of Wessex, to Glastonbury Abbey; confirmation of grants made by previous kings to Glastonbury.
    • S 270a. A.D. 801. Edbirtus (? Egbert), king of Wessex, to Eadgils, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Butleigh, Somerset.
    • S 417. A.D. 932 (Milton, ? Kent, 30 August). King Athelstan to Æthelgeard (or Æthelweard), minister; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at (West) Meon, Hants.
    • S 466. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Dunstan, his faithful abbot; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Christian Malford, Wilts.
    • S 499. A.D. 944. King Edmund to the church of St Mary, Glastonbury, and to Abbot Dunstan; grant and confirmation of privileges.
    • S 568. A.D. 955. King Eadred to Dunstan, abbot; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Badbury, Wilts., in return for 150 gold solidi.
    • S 626. A.D. 956. King Eadwig to St Mary's, Glastonbury; confirmation of a vineyard with 2 hides (mansiunculae) at Panborough, Somerset.
    • S 741. A.D. 966. King Edgar to Crowland Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of land etc. at Crowland, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Whaplode, Algarkirk, Dowdike, Drayton, Burtoft, Sutterton, Bucknall, Hallington, Gerimthorp, Langtoft, Baston, Deeping, Thetford, Rippingale, Laithorp, Kirkby, Lincs.; Wellingborough, Addington, Elmington, Glapthorn, Worthorpe, Peakirk and Badby, Northants.; Morborne and Thurning, Hunts.; Beeby, Sutton, Stapleton, Leics.; Cottenham, Oakington and Dry Drayton, Cambs.; and at Standon, Herts.
    • S 876. A.D. 993 (Winchester, Hants., Pentecost, i.e. 4 June; Gillingham, Dorset, 17 July). King Æthelred to Abingdon Abbey; confirmation of privileges, including the right of free election of a new abbot.
    • S 891. A.D. 997 (Calne, Wilts., and Wantage, Berks.). King Æthelred to Old Minster, Winchester; restoration of 100 hides (mansae), comprising 55 at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. The land had been granted by King Cenwalh (cf. S 229), confirmed (?) by King Cynewulf, restored by King Egbert (cf. S 275) and again by King Eadred (cf. S 540) and King Edgar (cf. S 819, 821).
    • S 1253. A.D. 712. Forthhere, bishop (of Sherborne), to Ealdberht, abbot (of Glastonbury); grant of 1 hide (cassatus) by the river Axe, near Bleadney, Somerset.
    • S 1294. A.D. 966 (St Paul's, London). Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury, Oscytel, archbishop of York, and others, to Crowland Abbey; confirmation of lands and privileges.
    • S 1410. A.D. 744 (10 July). Lulla, handmaid of Christ, to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Baltonsborough, Somerset, and at Scobbanwirht' with mention of land at Lottisham and Lydford, Somerset, placed at King Æthelbald's disposal.
    • S 1677. A.D. 729 x 740. Frithugyth, wife of king Æthelheard, to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 5 hides at Brompton, Somerset.
    • S 1678. A.D. 745. Cuthred, king of Wessex, to Tunbeorht, abbot; grant of 3 hides at Ure.
    • S 1679. A.D. 746. Æthelbald (king of Mercia) to Tunbeorht, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 4 hides at Jecesig and Bradanleghe.
    • S 1680. A.D. 754. Sigebeorht, king, to Tica, abbot, and Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 22 hides in Poholt, Somerset.
    • S 1685. A.D. 762. Cynewulf, king of Wessex, to Wealdhun, abbot of Glastonbury; grant of 5 hides at Cumtun.
    • S 1693. A.D. 802. Egbert, king of Wessex, to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of land and privileges for land by the river Torridge, Devon.
    • S 1695. A.D. 839 x 855. King Æthelwulf to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 10 hides at Braunton, Devon, ad capturam isiciorum.
    • S 1703. A.D. 871 x 879. Tunbeorht, bishop (of Winchester), to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of land at Logderesdone (Montacute, Somerset).
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    Hart 1970a. Hart, C., 'The Codex Wintoniensis and the King's Haligdom', in Land, Church and People: Essays presented to Prof. H. P. R. Finberg, ed. by J. Thirsk (Reading, 1970), pp. 7–38 219 charters cited.

    • S 229. Cenwalh, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester (Old Minster); grant of 100 hides (mansae) at Downton, Wilts.
    • S 235. A.D. 688 (Besingahearh). Cædwalla, king of the (West) Saxons, to Cedde, Cisi and Criswa (? Crispa); grant, for the foundation of a minster, of 60 hides (cassati) at Farnham, Surrey, including 10 at Binton and 2 at Churt, Surrey, and land at Cusanweoh.
    • S 254. A.D. 737. Æthelheard, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Withiel Florey, Somerset, and 3 at Cearn (probably Charmouth, Dorset), in augmentation of Queen Frithugyth's gift of land at Taunton.
    • S 258. A.D. 749. Cuthred, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 10 hides (familiae) at Clere (Highclere, Hants.).
    • S 259. A.D. 749. Cuthred, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 7 hides (familiae), consisting of 5 hides (mansae) at Thruhham (now Park Farm, Beaulieu), 1 at Eppelhyrste (lost, near Brockenhurst) and 1 at Hwitanleage (Whitley, near Brockenhurst), Hants.
    • S 272. A.D. 825 (Criodantreow, 19 Aug.; Southampton, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king, to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 15 hides (manentes) at Alton Priors, Wilts., formerly held by Burgheard, præfectus.
    • S 273. A.D. 825 (Creodantreow, 19 Aug.; Southampton, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (Winchester); grant of 5 hides (cassati) at (Martyr) Worthy, Hants.
    • S 274. A.D. 826. Egbert, king, to the bishopric of Winchester; grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Calbourne, Isle of Wight.
    • S 275. A.D. 826 (Southampton). Egbert, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 55 hides (mansae) at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts.
    • S 276. A.D. 826 (Southampton). Egbert, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Droxford, Hants.
    • S 281. A.D. 838 (Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey). Egbert, king of Wessex, to the see of Winchester; grant of 40 hides (cassati) at Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, conditional upon the loyalty of Bishop Ealdhun and his successors to Æthelwulf; with later confirmation (A.D. 839, Vetustissimus = æt Astran) by a Southumbrian synod.
    • S 283. A.D. 924 for ? 824 (Acleah). Egbert, king of Wessex, to Wulfheard, præfectus; grant of 22 hides (manentes) on the river Meon, Hants.
    • S 304. A.D. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of privileges, with specific grant to Hunsige, minister, for 3 hides (cassati) at Martyr Worthy, Hants. ('Second Decimation').
    • S 307. A.D. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of land and privileges with specific grant to Swithhun, bishop, for the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester, of 30 hides (cassati) at Brightwell, Berks. ('Second Decimation').
    • S 308. A.D. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of land and privileges with specific grant to Wiferth, minister, of 1 hide (cassatum) at Hardenhuish, Wilts. ('Second Decimation').
    • S 309. A.D. 854 (Wilton, 22 April). Æthelwulf, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; restitution of 3 hides (mansae) at Headbourne Worthy, Hants., originally granted by King Cenwalh.
    • S 310. A.D. 854 (Wilton, 2Wilts., 2 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Ruishton, and 8 at Stoke St Mary in (æt) Orchard Portman, Somerset, to augment the estate at Taunton given by Queen Frithugyth.
    • S 311. A.D. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 133 hides (manentes) at Taunton and 10 at Brown, Somerset.
    • S 312. A.D. 854. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Wanborough (i.e Little Hinton), Wilts.
    • S 313. A.D. 854. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to St Peter and the Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 20 hides at Wanborough, Wilts.
    • S 316. A.D. 855 for ? 853. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and Kent, to Ealdhere, his minister; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) at Ulaham, Kent.
    • S 317. A.D. 856. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Ealdred, his minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Æscesbyrig (i.e. Woolstone), Berks.
    • S 325. [A.D. 854.] Æthelwulf, king, to (Winchester Cathedral); confirmation of the beneficial hidation of Chilcomb, Hants.
    • S 328. A.D. 858. Æthelberht, king, to Wulflaf, his minister; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Wassingwell in exchange for 5 sulungs at Mersham, Kent, with conversion of the latter into folkland.
    • S 336. A.D. 863 (Dorchester, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Wulfhere, princeps; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Buttermere, Wilts., and at Æscmere.
    • S 340. A.D. 868 (Dorchester, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Hunsige, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Martyr Worthy, Hants.
    • S 344. A.D. 873. Alfred, king, and Æthelred, archbishop, to Liaba, son of Birgwine; grant of land at Ileden, Kent, in return for 25 mancuses of gold.
    • S 351. A.D. 939. Alfred, king of the English, to Heahferth, minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Worthy, Hants.
    • S 352. A.D. 979 probably for 878 (19 Oct.). Alfred, king, to Denewulf, bishop; grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Ruishton, Somerset.
    • S 354. A.D. 878 x 899. Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; regrant of the reversion of 50 hides (manentes) at Chisledon, Wilts., and 60 at Hurstbourne Priors, Hants., in exchange for 100 hides at Cholsey, Hagbourne and Bæstlæsford (Basildon), Berks. With bounds of Cholsey, Hagbourne and Bæstlæsford.
    • S 358. A.D. 900 (Winchester). King Edward to the familia of Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 50 hides (manentes) at Hurstbourne Priors, Hants., bequeathed by Alfred and previously acquired by King Egbert from Abingdon Abbey in exchange for 50 hides at Marcham, Berks.
    • S 359. A.D. 900 (Winchester). King Edward to the familia of Winchester Cathedral; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Stoke by Hurstbourne, Hants., in exchange for land at Chisledon, and Sparcells in Lydiard Millicent, Wilts. Incorporating a record, in English, of services and dues rendered at Hurstbourne.
    • S 362. A.D. 901. King Edward to Æthelwulf; grant of 10 hides (cassati) by the river Wylye (i.e. at Stockton, Wilts.), forfeited by Wulfhere and his wife for treason; with a note, in English, of the agreement of Æthelwulf and Deormod, granting this land to Deorswith.
    • S 372. A.D. 904 (Bickleigh, Devon). King Edward to Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and his familia; grant of 38 hides (manentes) at Bishops Waltham, Hants., in exchange for 40 hides (cassati) at Portchester, Hants.
    • S 373. A.D. 904 (Bickleigh, Devon). King Edward to Denewulf, bishop, and his familia at Winchester; grant of privileges for the monastery at Taunton, Somerset, in exchange for 10 hides (manentes) at Crowcombe, 20 at Compton, 20 at Banwell, Somerset; and 20 at Stoce by Shalbourne, Wilts.
    • S 375. A.D. 909. King Edward to Frithestan, bishop of Winchester; confirmation of title to 40 hides (mansiones) at Alresford, Hants.
    • S 376. A.D. 909. King Edward to Frithestan, bishop of Winchester; confirmation of the beneficial hidation of Chilcomb, Hants., in return for the bishop's confirmation to the king of leases for 100 hides at Downton, Wilts., and 70 hides at Beddington, Surrey; with a note that Nursling and Chilbolton, Hants., shall be reckoned as part of Chilcomb.
    • S 377. A.D. 909. King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 20 hides (mansae) at Overton, with woodland at Tadley, 15 hides at North Waltham and 5 at Bradley, Hants.
    • S 378. A.D. 909. King Edward to the familia of St Peter's, Winchester; confirmation of 50 hides (manentes) at Whitchurch, Hants., previously granted by Hemele, comes. With bounds of Whitchurch and Ashmanworth, Hants., and a note, in English, that Ashmanworth is to belong to the familia after King Edward's death.
    • S 381. King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 20 hides (manentes) at Crawley and 8 at Hunton, Hants., with appurtenant land at Ticcenesfelda wicum (in Ampfield, Hants.).
    • S 382. King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 60 hides (manentes) at Farnham, Surrey, and 10 at Bentley, Hants.
    • S 383. King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 10 hides (manentes) at Highclere, Hants.
    • S 385. c. A.D. 909. King Edward and the community at Winchester to Bishop Denewulf; lease, for three lives, of 20 hides at Tichborne, Hants., with an annual food-render and reversion to the church of Winchester.
    • S 393. A.D. 905 for 931 x 934. King Athelstan to the see of Winchester; confirmation of 100 hides (mansae) at Downton, Wilts.
    • S 400. A.D. 928 (Exeter, Easter Day, 16 April). King Athelstan to Byrhtferth, minister; grant of 12 hides (mansiones) at Odstock, Wilts.
    • S 412. A.D. 931 (Colchester, Essex, 23 March). King Athelstan to Ælfric, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) æt Clere (Ecchinswell, Hants.).
    • S 416. A.D. 931 (Lifton, Devon, 12 November). King Athelstan to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 9 hides (cassatae) at Ham, Wilts.
    • S 417. A.D. 932 (Milton, ? Kent, 30 August). King Athelstan to Æthelgeard (or Æthelweard), minister; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at (West) Meon, Hants.
    • S 427. A.D. 934 (Frome, Somerset, 16 Dec.). King Athelstan to the familia of Holy Trinity, Winchester; grant of 30 hides (cassatae) at Enford, Wilts.; 10 (mansae) at Chilbolton and 10 (cassati) at Ashmanworth, Hants. Latin version has English bounds of Enford, Hants.
    • S 430. A.D. 935. King Athelstan to Wihtgar, minister; lease, for four lives, of 7 hides (mansae) at Havant, Hants.
    • S 438. A.D. 937. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Wilton; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Burcombe, Wilts.
    • S 439. A.D. 937. King Athelstan to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; confirmation of the beneficial hidation of Chilcomb, Hants.
    • S 440. A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Ælfheah, minister; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Pitminster, Somerset, in return for 200 staterae of gold and silver.
    • S 441. A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Æthelred, minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Rimpton, Somerset.
    • S 444. A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Old Minster, Winchester; grant of 25 hides (mansae) at Tichborne and 5 at Beauworth, Hants., to remain forever under episcopal control.
    • S 446. A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Eadburh, his sister; grant of 17 hides (mansae) at Droxford, Hants.
    • S 447. A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Eadwulf, minister; grant of 12 hides (mansae) at Meopham, Kent.
    • S 449. A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Wulfswith, ancilla Dei; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at East Overton, Wilts.
    • S 463. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Æthelgeard, minister; grant of 12 hides (mansae) at Exton, Hants., with note, in English, of grant by King Eadred to Æthelgeard, thegn, of a mill and messuage (haga) at Winchester.
    • S 465. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Æthelthryth, a nun; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Poolhampton in Overton, Hants.
    • S 467. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Eadric, minister; lease, for four lives, of 4 hides (mansae) at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs.
    • S 468. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Garulf, minister; grant of 9 hides (mansae) at Swallowcliffe, Wilts.
    • S 475. A.D. 941. King Edmund to Ælfheah, minister; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Pitminster, Somerset.
    • S 486. A.D. 943. King Edmund to Ælfsige, minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts.
    • S 487. A.D. 943. King Edmund to Ælfswith, a religious woman; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Burghclere, Hants.
    • S 488. A.D. 943. King Edmund to Æthelgeard, minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Tisted, Hants., and note, in English, of grant by King Eadred to Æthelgeard of a messuage (haga) in Winchester.
    • S 492. A.D. 943. King Edmund to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at South Newton, Wilts., with meadow at Weolces clife, and 3 hides at Frustfield (lost), Wilts.
    • S 503. A.D. 944 King Edmund to Wulfric, minister: grant of 20 hides at Æscesbyrig (i.e. Woolstone, Berks.).
    • S 511. A.D. 960 ? for 941. (Cheddar, Somerset, 24 July) King Edmund to Æthelgeard, minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Tisted, Hants.
    • S 517. A.D. 945. King Eadred to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Brightwell, 15 at Sotwell, 5 at Mackney, and land at Wallingford, Berks.
    • S 522. A.D. 947. King Eadred to Ælfsige, his faithful man; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Ebbesborne, Wilts.
    • S 523. A.D. 947. King Eadred to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister and miles; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Brightwell, Berks.
    • S 532. A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfric, his faithful minister; grant of 11 hides (mansae) at Alverstoke, Hants.
    • S 536. A.D. 948. King Eadred to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Mackney and 5 at Sotwell, Berks.
    • S 540. A.D. 948. King Eadred to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; confirmation of 55 hides (mansae) at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts.
    • S 547. A.D. 948. King Eadred to Frithuric, his minister; grant of four hides (mansae) at Ofærtune
    • S 565. A.D. 955. King Eadred to Ælfsige, bishop of Winchester; grant, for four lives, of 10 hides (mansiunculae) at Highclere, Hants., with reversion to St Peter's (Old Minster), Winchester.
    • S 571. A.D. 956. King Eadred to Brihtric, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Rimpton, Somerset.
    • S 574. A.D. 957. King Eadred to Wulfhelm, his minister; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Little Aston and Great Barr, Staffs.
    • S 575. A.D. 958. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister: grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Æscesbyrig (i.e. Woolstone, Berks.).
    • S 576. A.D. 958. Eadred, king of Mercia, to Wulfric, his devoted minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Austrey, Warwicks.
    • S 577. A.D. 958. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Boxford, Berks.
    • S 579. A.D. 951 x 955 (or 957 x 959). King Eadred (? for Eadwig or Edgar) to Burhelm, his minister; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Old Swinford, Worcs.
    • S 585. A.D. 956 (iii). King Eadwig to Ælfheah, his kinsman and faithful minister; grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Ellendune (Wroughton), Wilts.
    • S 598. A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his princeps; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Chidden in Hambledon, Hants.
    • S 599. A.D. 956 (? ii). King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his karus; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Niwantune.
    • S 600. A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelhild, the noble lady; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Droxford, Hants.
    • S 602. A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Æthelnoth, minister; grant of land at Darlaston, near Stone, Staffs.
    • S 604. A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelsige, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at East Stoke on Hayling Island, Hants.
    • S 606. A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Æthelwold, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Bleadon, Somerset.
    • S 608. A.D. 906 for 956 (i). King Eadwig to Æthelwold, his fidelis; grant of 4 hides (mansae) at Wudetune.
    • S 613. A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Beornric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Poolhampton, Hants.
    • S 619. A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Eadric, his faithful minister; grant of 50 hides (mansae) at Meon, Hants.
    • S 635. A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Wulfric, one of his proceres; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Ebbesborne, Wilts.
    • S 636. A.D. 956 (ii). King Eadwig to Wulfric, his princeps; grant of 7 hides (cassati) at Millbrook, with a haga in Southampton, Hants.
    • S 640. A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Ælfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Ebbesborne, Wilts.
    • S 641. A.D. 957. King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Sotwell, Berks.
    • S 653. A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Eadheah, his faithful man; grant of 2.5 hides (mansae) and 25 segetes at Ayshford in Burlescombe and Boehill in Sampford Peverell, Devon.
    • S 662a. A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Bathingbourne in Godshill, Isle of Wight.
    • S 672. A.D. 956. King Edgar to Ælfstan, miles; grant of [7 hides at] Harwell, Berks.
    • ... and 119 more
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    Hart 1987a. Hart, C., 'The Ealdordom of Essex', in An Essex Tribute: Essays presented to F.G. Emmison, ed. by K. Neale (London, 1987), pp. 57–84 2 charters cited.

    • S 337. A.D. 867. Edgar (? for Æthelred), king, to St Paul's Monastery; grant of 15 hides (mansiones) at Navestock, Essex.
    • S 1483. A.D. 946 x c. 951. Will of Ælfgar, including bequests of land at Cockfield, Suffolk; Fen Ditton, Cambs.; Lavenham, Suffolk; Baythorne, Essex; Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; Colne, Tey, Peldon, (West) Mersea, Greenstead, Tidwoldingstone (Heybridge near Maldon) and Totham, Essex; Ashfield and Rushbrook, Suffolk; the beneficiaries including St Edmunds, Bedericesworth; the community at Stoke (probably Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk); St Mary's, Barking; Christ Church, Canterbury; and St Paul's, London.
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    Keynes 1991. Keynes, S., 'Crime and Punishment in the Reign of Æthelred the Unready', in People and Places in Northern Europe 500–1600: Essays in Honour of Peter Hayes Sawyer, ed. by I. Wood and N. Lund (Woodbridge, 1991), pp. 67–81 7 charters cited.

    • S 877. A.D. 996. King Æthelred to Ælfthryth, his mother; grant of 3.5 (sulunga) at Brabourne, 3.5 at Evegate, 2 at Burhwarefelda, 3 at Nackington, 3 at Chalk and 1 at Wirigenn (? Perry), Kent, forfeited by Wulfbald for many crimes. Ælfthryth gives in exchange land at Cholsey, Berks. With an account of Wulfbald's forfeiture in English.
    • S 883. A.D. 995. King Æthelred to Æthelwig, his miles; grant of 5 hides (mansi) at Ardley, Oxon., forfeited by three brothers.
    • S 918. A.D. 1008. King Æthelred to St Mary's, Abingdon; restitution of 20 hides (mansi) at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts., and grant of a prediolum at Cricklade, Wilts.
    • S 926. A.D. 1012. King Æthelred to Godwine, bishop of Rochester; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Fen Stanton and Hilton, Hunts., previously fofeited by Æthelflæd for helping her exiles brother, Ealdorman Leofsige
    • S 934. A.D. 1015. King Æthelred to Brihtwold, bishop; grant of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Chilton, Berks., forfeited by Wulfgeat, minister.
    • S 997a. A.D. 1006 for 1016. Edward, son of King Æthelred, to St Peter's Abbey, Ghent; undertaking to restore land at Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich, Kent.
    • S 1495. s. x/xi. Æthelflæd to St Paul's minster, London; bequest of land at Laver, Essex, and at Cockhampstead, Herts.
  • Metadata

    Meyer 1993. Meyer, M. A., 'The Queen's 'Demesne' in Later Anglo-Saxon England', in The Culture of Christendom: Essays in Medieval History in Commemoration of Denis Bethell, ed. by M. A. Meyer (London, 1993), pp. 75–113 5 charters cited.

    • S 850. A.D. 984. King Æthelred to Shaftesbury Abbey; confirmation of 20 hides (mansae) at Tisbury, Wilts., and woodland at Sfgcnyllebar (? Sedgehill bær).
    • S 904. A.D. 1002. King Æthelred to Abbess Heanflæd and Wherwell Abbey; grant of privileges and confirmation of 70 hides (mansae) in the vicinity of the abbey, and grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Æthelingadene (East and West Dean, Sussex), previously belonging to Queen Ælfthryth. With note, in Latin and English, dated 1008, confirming 29 messuages in Winchester to the abbey and granting 10 hides (mansae) at Bullington, Hants.
    • S 1138. A.D. 1053 x 1066. Writ of King Edward declaring that he has given Rutland to Westminster Abbey and Queen Edith is to have it for her lifetime.
    • S 1211. c. A.D. 959. Eadgifu, queen, to Christ Church, Canterbury; grant of land at Cooling, and at Osterland, Kent, with an account of the history of these estates.
    • S 1212. A.D. 961. Latin version of S 1211 with note of grant by Eadgifu, queen, to Christ Church, Canterbury, of land at Meopham, Cooling, Lenham, Pettham (Petham or Peckham), Farleigh, Monkton, and Ealdintun, Kent; with confirmation by King Æthelred (A.D. 995 x 1005).
  • Metadata

    Nelson 1991. Nelson, J. L., 'Reconstructing a Royal Family: Reflections on Alfred from Asser, Chapter 2', in People and Places in Northern Europe, 500-1600: Essays in Honour of Peter Hayes Sawyer, ed. by I. Wood and N. Lund (Woodbridge, 1991), pp. 47-66 [= 1999, no. III] 24 charters cited.

    • S 57. A.D. 756 for 777 x 779. Uhtred, ruler of the Hwicce, with the permission of Offa, king of Mercia, to Ceolmund, minister; grant of 8 hides (mansiones) at Kemerton, Worcs.
    • S 298. A.D. 847 [= 846] (Dorchester, Dorset, 26 Dec.). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to himself; grant of 20 hides (cassati) om Homme (at South Hams, Devon).
    • S 307. A.D. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of land and privileges with specific grant to Swithhun, bishop, for the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester, of 30 hides (cassati) at Brightwell, Berks. ('Second Decimation').
    • S 308. A.D. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of land and privileges with specific grant to Wiferth, minister, of 1 hide (cassatum) at Hardenhuish, Wilts. ('Second Decimation').
    • S 317. A.D. 856. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Ealdred, his minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Æscesbyrig (i.e. Woolstone), Berks.
    • S 319. A.D. '874' ? for 844. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and Kent, to Eadred; grant of land at Horton, near Canterbury, Kent.
    • S 326. A.D. 860. Æthelbald, king of Wessex, to Osmund, his minister; grant of 14 hides (cassati) at Teffont, Wilts.
    • S 327. A.D. ? 860 (altered to 790). Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Wærmund, bishop; grant of land at Rochester with a marsh, in return for 15 pounds and 30 mancuses.
    • S 328. A.D. 858. Æthelberht, king, to Wulflaf, his minister; grant of 5 sulungs (aratra) at Wassingwell in exchange for 5 sulungs at Mersham, Kent, with conversion of the latter into folkland.
    • S 340. A.D. 868 (Dorchester, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Hunsige, his minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Martyr Worthy, Hants.
    • S 348. A.D. 892. Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Æthelhelm, comes; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at North Newnton, Wilts.
    • S 350. A.D. 898 (Woolmer, Hants.). Alfred, king of the Saxons, to Sighelm, dux; grant of 1 hide (manens) at Farleigh, Kent, with appurtenant meadow.
    • S 356. A.D. 871 x 899 (Malmesbury). Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, with the consent of the familia of the church of Malmesbury, to Dudig, his minister; lease, for four lives, of 4 hides (cassati) at Chelworth, near Crudwell, Wilts., with reversion to the church of Malmesbury.
    • S 363. A.D. 901. King Edward to the familia of the church of Malmesbury; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Hankerton, Wilts., in exchange for 10 hides at Farmborough, Somerset.
    • S 364. A.D. 901 (Axminster, Devon). King Edward to Wihtbrord, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Fovant, Wilts.
    • S 367. A.D. 903. King Edward, with Æthelred and Æthelflæd of Mercia, at the request of Æthelfrith, dux, renews the charter of a grant by Athulf to Æthelgyth, his daughter, of 30 hides (cassati) at Monks Risborough, Bucks.
    • S 374. A.D. 904 (Bickleigh, Devon). King Edward to St Peter's Minster, Winchester; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Micheldever, Hants.
    • S 378. A.D. 909. King Edward to the familia of St Peter's, Winchester; confirmation of 50 hides (manentes) at Whitchurch, Hants., previously granted by Hemele, comes. With bounds of Whitchurch and Ashmanworth, Hants., and a note, in English, that Ashmanworth is to belong to the familia after King Edward's death.
    • S 1201. A.D. 868. Æthelswith, queen of Mercia, to Cuthwulf, minister.; grant of 15 hides (manentes.) at Lockinge, Berks.
    • S 1203. A.D. 875. Eardwulf to Wighelm; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent), in return for 120 mancuses of gold; with confirmation by Archbishop Plegmund, A.D. 890 x 923. The land had been given to Eardwulf by King Alfred.
    • S 1274. A.D. 858 (Amesbury, Wilts.). (1) Swithhun, bishop of Winchester, to Æthelbald, king of Wessex; grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Farnham, Surrey. (2) King Æthelbald grants the reversion of the land, after his death, to the bishop and church of Winchester.
    • S 1278. A.D. 872. Wærferth, bishop of Worcester, and the Worcester familia, to Eanwulf, minister; lease, for four lives, of 2 hides (mansae or mansiones) at Nuthurst, Warwicks., in return for 20 mancuses of gold, with reversion to the monastery of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks.
    • S 1507. A.D. 873 x 888. Will of King Alfred, including bequests of land at Lambourn and Wantage, Berks.; at Stratton in Trigg and elsewhere in Cornwall; at Axmouth, Branscombe, Cullompton, Exminster, Hartland, Lifton, Tiverton, Whitchurch, Devon; at Sturminster Marshall, Dorset; at Candover, Crondall, Hurstbourne Priors, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Kingsclere, Meon, Hants.; at Arreton in the Isle of Wight; in Kent; at Cannington, Carhampton, Chewton Mendip, Crewkerne, Kilton, Wedmore and Yeovil, Somerset; at Eashing, Godalming, Guildford, Leatherhead and Thunderfield Castle, Surrey; at Aldingbourne, Angmering, Beckley, Beeding, Beddingham, Dean, Ditchley, Felpham, Lyminster, Rotherfield, Sutton and Steyning, Sussex; at Amesbury, Ashton Keynes, Bedwyn, Chippenham, Chisledon, Edington and Pewsey, Wilts.; also æt Suttune (Sutton, Hants. or Wilts.), æt Aweltune (Alton, Hants., or Alton Priors, Wilts.), æt Deone (? East and West Dean, Sussex, or West Dean, Wilts.), æt Sutheswyrth (? Lustleigh in Devon), æt Mylenburnam (? Silverton, Devon), æt Welewe and æt Welig (Wellow in Hants., Wilts. or Somerset), æt Cumtune (Compton) and æt Burnham (Somerset); the beneficiaries including Winchester (Cathedral) and the king's children.
    • S 1560. Bounds of land in Winchester.
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    Padel 1991. Padel, O. J., 'Glastonbury's Cornish Connections', in The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey: Essays in Honour of the Ninetieth Birthday of C. A. Ralegh Radford, ed. by L. Abrams and J. P. Carley (Woodbridge, 1991), pp. 245–56 1 charter cited.

    • S 248. 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.