A.D. 871 x 899 (Malmesbury). Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, with the consent of the familia of the church of Malmesbury, to Dudig, his minister; lease, for four lives, of 4 hides (cassati) at Chelworth, near Crudwell, Wilts., with reversion to the church of Malmesbury. Latin

Archive:

Malmesbury

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Lansdowne 417, f. 16r-v (s. xiv/xv)
2. London, Public Record Office, E 164/24, ff. 128v-129r (s. xiii ex.)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 5 (S.C. 8593), ff. 33r-34r (s. xiii)
4. Oxford, Magdalen College, 172, f. 92v (s. xii)

Printed:

Wharton, Anglia Sacra, ii. 28; K, 321, ex MS 1; Hamilton, William of Malmesbury, G.P., pp. 394-5, ex MS 4; Brewer, Reg. Malm., pp. 302-3, ex MS 2; B, 568, ex Brewer and MS 1; B, 569, ex Hamilton

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, p. lxvii, spurious; Watkin 1956, p. 213 and n. 62; Finberg, ECW, no. 213, authentic; John 1966, p. 45, on royal style; O'Donovan 1973, pp. 97, 104, spurious; Whitelock 1979, pp. 84-5, abbrevaited but may be authentic, cf. S 1205; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, pp. 227-8 n. 1, cited; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Dumville 1992, pp. 43-4, on Chelworth; Keynes 1992, p. 57 n. 24; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1138-9, authentic basis, but probably substantially rewritten at Malmesbury; Abrams 1996, p. 85, on Chelworth; Stewartby 1998, p. 152