A.D. 860 (Somerton, Somerset). Æthelberht, king of Wessex, to Osmund, his minister; grant of 3 sulungs (cassati) at Dinton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Shaftesbury

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 61, f. 17v (s. xv in.)

Printed:

K, 238 and vol. iii. 395; B, 499; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 4

Comments:

Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 180-1, fails to identify estate, not Donhead; Forsberg 1942, pp. 153-4, for identification; Finberg, ECW, no. 210, authentic; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1123-34, esp. p. 1129, authentic, perhaps drawn up by a royal scribe; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 21-2, authentic, incorrect indiction probably added by copyist