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

Archive:

Bath

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 55-131, pp. 60-61 (s. xii 2)

Printed:

K, 21; B, 57, ex K; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 7-8

Translated:

Whitelock, EHD, no. 57 (pp. 483-4)

Comments:

Stenton 1913, p. 21; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, ancient formulas (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4); PN Oxon., i. 6; John 1960, pp. 6-7, 23, on formulation; Stenton 1971, p. 287, cited; Sims-Williams 1975, esp. p. 3, authentic, presumably refers to Bath; Cox 1976, p. 43, on place-name; Sawyer 1978, p. 145, cited; Gelling, ECTV, no. 259, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 483, authentic; Scharer 1982, p. 34 n. 73, 214 n. 19, authentic ; Cunliffe 1984, p. 384, cited; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 214-18, authentic, dates 680; Sims-Williams 1988, p. 165 n. 11; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 88, 112, authentic, dates 680; Blair 1994, p. 78, cited