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S 716
A.D. 963. King Edgar to Gunner, his faithful dux; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Newbald, Yorks. Latin with English bounds
Archive:
York
MSS:
1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 9 (S.C. 4151), f. 2v (s. xvii; incomplete)
2. York, DC., Magnum Registrum Album, pt 1, f. 57r-v (s. xiv)
Printed:
Mon. Angl., iii. 129; K, 504; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), vi. 1176 (no. 4); B, 1113; B, 1353, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 16; Farrer, EYC, i, no. 5
Translated:
Farrer, EYC, i. 17, bounds only
Comments:
Stenton 1910, p. 86; Farrer, EYC, i, pp. 16-18; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400; Stenton 1970, p. 218, on beneficiary; Hart, ECNE, no. 124, authentic but corrupt, discusses bounds; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation; Keynes 1986, p. 87, on background; Hart 1992, p. 316, on assessment
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