Bath

26 charters

• S 1168. A.D. 670 x 671 [? A.D. 681] (October). Wigheard to Abbes Bernguidis (Beorngyth); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Slæpi (Islip, Oxon). Latin
• S 51. A.D. 676 (= 675, 6 Nov.). Osric, king, to Bertana, abbess; grant of 100 hides (manentes) at Bath, Somerset, for the foundation of a nunnery. Latin
• S 1167. A.D. 680 (October). Æthelmod to Bernguidis (Beorngyth), abbess, and to Folcburh, and their monastery; grant of 20 hides (manentes) by the river Cherwell. Latin
• S 265. A.D. 808 for 757 x 758. Cynewulf, king of the Saxons, to the brethren of St Peter's Minster, Bath; grant of 5 hides (mansiones) at North Stoke, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 414. A.D. 931. King Athelstan to the familia of St Peter's, Bath; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Priston, Somerset, and 5 at Cold Ashton, Gloucs., forfeited by Alfred for conspiracy. Latin with English bounds
• S 476. A.D. 941. King Edmund to Æthelnoth, minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Corston, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• 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. Latin with English bounds
• S 593. A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Ælfswith, the faithful woman; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Corston, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 610. A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to St Peter's Abbey, Bath, and to Wulfgar, abbot; grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Tidenham, Gloucs., of which 3 are to belong to the abbot. Latin with English bounds
• S 627. A.D. 956 (i). King Eadwig to Hehelm, his fidelis; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Bathampton, Somerset, with a note that Hehelm promised the land to Bath Abbey after his death. Latin with English bounds
• S 661. A.D. 961 for 956 (iv). King Eadwig to the church of St Peter, Bath; restitution of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at Weston, near Bath, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 643. A.D. 957. King Eadwig to St Peter's Abbey, Bath; grant, at the request of his sacerdos Wulfgar, of 10 hides (mansae) at Bathford, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 664. A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to the church of St Peter, Bath; restoration of 5 hides (mansae) at Olveston, and 5 at Cold Ashton, Gloucs., granted to the minster by King Athelstan (cf. S 414). Latin with English bounds
• S 692. A.D. 961. King Edgar to Æthelwold, his faithful minister; grant of one hide (cassa for cassatus) at Evesty (lost) on the river Camelar (Cam Brook), Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 694. A.D. 961. King Edgar to the church of St Peter, Bath; restoration of 5 hides (mansiunculae) at South Stoke, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 711. A.D. 963. King Edgar to Ælfsige, his faithful decurio; grant of 2.5 hides at Stanton Prior, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 735. A.D. 965. King Edgar to Æscwig, abbot of St Peter's, Bath; grant of 7.5 hides (mansiunculae) at Stanton Prior, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• 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. Latin with English bounds
• S 785. A.D. 972. King Edgar to Bath Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansiunculae) at Corston, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 854. A.D. 984. King Æthelred to the church of Bath; grant of 3.5 hides (mansae) at Radstock, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 1538. A.D. 984 x 1016 (probably 984 x 1001). Will of Wulfwaru, including bequests of land at Freshford, Somerset, to Ælfhere, abbot of Bath; at Claverton, Compton and Butcombe, Somerset, to Wulfmær, her son; at Butcombe to Ælfwaru, her daughter; at Leigh, Holton, Somerset, and at Hocgestune, to Ælfwine, her son; at Winford, Somerset, to Gode, her daughter. English
• S 1034. A.D. 1061. King Edward to Wulfwold, abbot; grant of land at Ashwick, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 1426. A.D. 1061 x 1065. Ælfwig, abbot, and the community at Bath, to Stigand, archbishop; lease, for life, of 30 hides at Tidenham, Gloucs., in return for 10 marks of gold and 20 pounds of silver, with reversion to the abbey. The lessee is to pay an annual render of one mark of gold, 6 porpoises and thirty thousand herring. English
• S 1427. A.D. 1061 x 1082, possibly 1061 x 1066. Writ of Abbot Wulfwold announcing that he has given to St Peter's minster at Bath land at Evesty (lost, cf. S 692) and Ashwick, Somerset. English
• S 1555. Bounds and customs of Tidenham, Gloucs. English
• S 1569a. Bounds of Charlcombe, Somerset. English

1 manuscript

• Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 55-131. Cartulary, s. xii 2.