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S245, nos. 2, 135: A.D. 704 (Everley, Wilts., 26 May). Ine, king, to the churches and monasteries (of Wessex); grant of exemption from secular burdens.

S247, no. 9?: 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.

S227, no. 3: 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.

S1249, no. 5: A.D. 680 (6 July). Hædde, bishop (of Winchester), to Hæmgils, abbot (of Glastonbury); grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Leigh in Street and 2 hides (manentes) at Meare, Somerset.

S236, no. 7: 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.

S237, no. 8: 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.

S1253, no. 11: A.D. 712. Forthhere, bishop (of Sherborne), to Ealdberht, abbot (of Glastonbury); grant of 1 hide (cassatus) by the river Axe, near Bleadney, Somerset.

S251, no. 14: A.D. 725. Ine, king of Wessex, to the familia at Glastonbury; grant of 12 hides (manentes) at Sowy (cf. Othery, Middlezoy and Westonzoyland), Somerset.

S253, no. 15: 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).

S1410, no. 17: 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.

S238, no. 20: A.D. 663 for ? 693 (20 July). Ine, king of the (West) Saxons, to Hæmgils, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Brent, Somerset.

S257, no. 21: A.D. 745 (Glastonbury, ? 30 April). Cuthred, king of Wessex, to Glastonbury Abbey; confirmation of grants made by previous kings to Glastonbury.

S513, no. 37: A.D. 944 x 946. King Edmund to Æthelflæd, his queen; grant, for life, of 100 hides at Damerham and Martin, Hants., and Pentridge, Dorset; with reversion to St Mary's, Glastonbury.

S270a, no. 38: A.D. 801. Edbirtus (? Egbert), king of Wessex, to Eadgils, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Butleigh, Somerset.

S371, no. 41: 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.

S442, no. 42: A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Athelstan, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon.

S472, no. 43: A.D. 940 (Colchester, Essex). King Edmund to Wulfric, his minister; grant of 25 hides (manentes) at Grittleton, Wilts.

S504, no. 44: A.D. 944. King Edmund to Wulfric, minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Nettleton, Wilts.

S474, no. 50: A.D. 941. King Edmund to Ælfflæd, a religious woman; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Buckland (Newton) and Plush, Dorset.

S580, no. 62: A.D. 946 x 955. King Eadred to Wulfheah, his man; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Little Langford, Wilts.

S568, no. 67: A.D. 955. King Eadred to Dunstan, abbot; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Badbury, Wilts., in return for 150 gold solidi.

S563, no. 68: 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.

S626, no. 76: A.D. 956. King Eadwig to St Mary's, Glastonbury; confirmation of a vineyard with 2 hides (mansiunculae) at Panborough, Somerset.

S743, no. 82: A.D. 966. King Edgar to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 2 hides (mansiunculae) at (Podimore) Milton, Somerset.

S791, no. 83: A.D. 973. King Edgar to Glastonbury Abbey; grant of 7 hides (mansiunculae) at High Ham, Somerset, in exchange for land at Braunton, Devon.

S473, no. 85: A.D. 940 (Chippenham, Wilts.). King Edmund to Wulfric; grant of 30 hides (mansiunculae) at Langley, Wilts.

S292, no. 91: A.D. 842 (Andredesdune). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Eanwulf, his princeps; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Ditcheat and 5 at Lottisham, Somerset.

S481, no. 101: A.D. 942. King Edmund to Athelstan, his faithful comes; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Mells, Somerset.

S399, no. 102: A.D. 928 (Exeter, Easter Day, 16 April). King Athelstan to Ælfflæd; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Winterburna.

S775, no. 103: A.D. 970. King Edgar to Ælfswith, widow and nun; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Idmiston, Wilts.

S530, no. 104: A.D. 947. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Idmiston, Wilts.

S541, no. 105: A.D. 948. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Idmiston, Wilts.

S462, no. 106: A.D. 940. King Edmund to Elswithe, his kinsman and faithful minister; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Batcombe, Somerset.

S288, no. 107: A.D. 840 (Southampton). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to Duda, his minister; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Asshedoune (cf. Ashdown Park in Ashbury, Berks.).

S524, no. 108: A.D. 947. King Eadred to Eadric, his faithful comes; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Ashdown Park in Ashbury, Berks.

S551, no. 112: A.D. 949. King Eadred to Wulfric, his faithful minister and miles; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Merton, Surrey.

S341, no. 115: A.D. 869. Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Wulfhere, his princeps; grant of 25 hides (cassati) at Winterbourne (Monkton), Wilts.

S555, no. 116: A.D. 951. King Eadred to Ælfhere, his kinsman; grant of 20 hides (mansiunculae) at Buckland (Denham), Somerset.

S431, no. 128: A.D. 936. King Athelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Marksbury, Somerset. s. xiii

S509, no. 131: A.D. 946. King Edmund to Æthelnoth, his minister; grant or lease of 5 hides (mansae) at North Wootton, Somerset, burdened with annual renders to St Mary's, Glastonbury.

S303, no. 136: A.D. 854 (Wilton, Wilts., 22 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the Church; general grant of lands and privileges with a list of the Glastonbury estates affected, namely 5 hides at Buckland Newton, Dorset; 6 at Pennard, Somerset; 1 at Cetenes felda; 6 at Cerawycombe (? Crowcombe, Somerset); 10 hides at Sowy (cf. Middlezoy, Westonzoyland), 3 at Puriton, 1.5 at Montacute (Lodegaresbergh), Somerset; 1.5 at Culmstock, 0.5 at Monk Okehampton and 0.5 at Braunton, Devon ('Second Decimation').