S 665

A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Eadric, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Leckhampstead, and a mill on the river Lambourn, Berks. Latin

Archive:

Abingdon

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. VI, f. 115v (s. xiii in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C. IX, ff. 105-203, f. 133v (s. xii 2)

Printed:

K, 1217; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 476-7; B, 996; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 133; Kelly, Abingdon, cf. no. 37

Comments:

B, 996 n., an adaptation of S 491; PN Berks., i. 12, 254; Gelling, ECTV, no. 92, spurious; Kelly, Abingdon, cf. no. 37, version of S 491 with the donor's name altered, perhaps forged in 11th century

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    • See S 491. (Almost verbatim, save Eadwig for Eadmund and breaks off before bounds)