Shaftesbury

32 charters

• S 1164. A.D. 670 x 676. Cenred to Bectun, abbot; grant of 30 hides (manentes) by Fontmell Brook, Dorset. Latin with bounds
• S 1256. A.D. 759. Cyneheard, bishop (of Winchester), and Cynewulf, king, to Ecgwold, abbot, and his familia at Tisbury Minster, Wilts.; confirmation of 30 hides by Fontmell Brook, Dorset, acquired by a predecessor of Ecgwold from another monastery. Latin
• S 277. A.D. 833 (Dorchester, Dorset, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king of Wessex, to Beornwyn, Ælfflæd and Walenburch, sisters; confirmation of 10 hides (manentes) at Woolland, Dorset, the old charters having been lost, and of the new division between the sisters following Beornwyn's inheritance of land at Dartington, Devon. Latin with English bounds
• S 334. A.D. 859 ? for 869 or 870 (Woodyates, Dorset). Æthelred, king of the Saxons, to Ælfstan, princeps; grant of 2 hides (cassati) at Cheselbourne, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 326. A.D. 860. Æthelbald, king of Wessex, to Osmund, his minister; grant of 14 hides (cassati) at Teffont, Wilts. Latin with English bounds
• S 329. A.D. 860 (Somerton, Somerset). Æthelberht, king of Wessex, to Osmund, his minister; grant of 3 sulungs (cassati) at Dinton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds
• S 342. ? A.D. 869 or 870 (Woodyates, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Ælfstan, ealdorman; grant of 5 hides at Cheselbourne, Dorset. English with bounds
• S 357. A.D. 871x877. Alfred, king, to the church of Shaftesbury; grant of privileges and of land at Donhead (St Andrew and St Mary), Wilts.; Compton Abbas, Sixpenny Handley, Gussage (St Andrew), Tarrant Hinton, Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, Dorset. English and Latin versions
• S 419. A.D. 932 (Amesbury, Wilts., 24 December). King Athelstan to Shaftesbury Abbey; grant of 11.5 hides (cassatae) at Fontmell, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 429. A.D. 935. King Athelstan to the nuns of Shaftesbury; grant of 12 hides (manentes) at Tarrant Hinton, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 445. A.D. 939. King Athelstan to Ælfric or Alfred, bishop; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at West Orchard, Dorset, with regrant by Alfred to Beorhtwyn, daughter of Wulfhelm. Latin with English bounds
• S 459. A.D. 940. King Edmund to Adulf (Eadwulf); grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Liddington, Wilts. Latin with English bounds
• S 478. A.D. 941. King Edmund to Eadric, his vassallus; grant of 2 hides (mansae) at Beechingstoke, Wilts. Latin with English bounds
• 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. Latin with English bounds
• S 490. A.D. 943. King Edmund to Eadric, comes; grant of 11 hides (mansae) at Mapperton in Almer, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 502. A.D. 944. King Edmund to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Hinton St Mary, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 534. A.D. 948. King Eadred to Ælfthryth, a religious woman; grant of 8 hides (mansae) in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 562. A.D. 953. King Eadred to Eadgifu, famula Dei and his mother; grant of 30 hides (mansiones) at Felpham, Sussex. Latin with English bounds
• S 570. A.D. 956 for ? 953 x 955. King Eadred to Brihtric, minister; grant of 5 hides (caracti) at Henstridge, Somerset. Latin with English bounds
• S 573. A.D. 956. King Eadred to Wihtsige, minister; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Corfe and Blashenwell, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 630. A.D. 956. King Eadwig to the minster at Shaftesbury; grant of 80 (or 90) hides (mansae), with the bounds of land at Donhead (St Andrew and ? St Mary) and Easton Bassett, Wilts.; and at Compton Abbas, Sixpenny Handley and Iwerne Minster, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 632. A.D. 956. King Eadwig to Wihtsige, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Corfe and Blashenwell, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 655. A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Wulfgar Leofa, his karus: grant of land at Shaftesbury, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 656. A.D. 958. King Eadwig to Wulfgar, his faithful minister; grant of 3 hides (mansae) at Thornton in Marnhull and Iwerne Courtney, Dorset, to be attached to the beneficiary's estate at Hinton St Mary (cf. S 502). Latin with English bounds
• S 710. A.D. 963. King Edgar to Ælfsige, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at East Orchard, Dorset. Latin with English bounds
• S 730. A.D. 964. King Edgar to Sigestan, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (cassati) in the common land at Teffont, Wilts. Latin
• S 744. A.D. 966. King Edgar to Shaftesbury Abbey; confirmation of 10 hides (cassati) at Uppidelen (Piddletrenthide, Dorset), originally granted by the king's grandmother, Wynflæd. Latin with English bounds
• S 762. A.D. 968. King Edgar to Brihtgifu, his faithful lady; grant of 3 iugera at Ealderescumbe. Latin with English bounds
• S 850. A.D. 984. King Æthelred to Shaftesbury Abbey; confirmation of 20 hides (mansae) at Tisbury, Wilts., and woodland at Sfgcnyllebar (? Sedgehill bær). Latin with English bounds
• 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. English
• S 899. A.D. 1001. King Æthelred to Shaftesbury Abbey; grant of the cenobium of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts., with land at Bradford. Latin with English bounds
• S 955. A.D. 1019. King Cnut to Agemund (Agmundr), his minister; grant of 16 hides (cassati) at Cheselbourne, Dorset. Latin with English bounds

1 manuscript

• London, British Library, Harley 61. Cartulary, s. xv in..