A.D. 693 = ? 692 (30 Dec.). Ine, king of the Saxons, to Froda, abbot; grant of 40 hides (cassati) by the river Isle, and a wood called Stretmerch, Somerset. Latin

Archive:

Muchelney

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 56488, ff. 5v-6r (s. xiii 2)

Printed:

Bates, Two Cartularies, no. 5 (p. 46)

Comments:

Bates, Two Cartularies, p. 46, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 365, authentic, grant apparently refers to Isle Abbotts, Stretmerch may be a detached portion of woodland between Broadway and Ashill; Cox 1976, p. 27, on place-name; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Edwards 1988, pp. 198-201, authentic basis, present text is a later account of a charter quoted after some introductory material, identification with Isle Abbotts is problematic, grant may refer to Ilminster, Somerset