A.D. 926. King Athelstan to Uhtred; confirmation of 60 hides (manentes) at Hope and Ashford, Derbys., formerly purchased from the Danes for 20 pounds of gold and silver. Latin

Archive:

Burton

MSS:

1. Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 390, ff. 1-184, ff. 173v-174r (s. xiii med.)

Printed:

B, 658; Sawyer, Burton, no. 3

Comments:

Napier and Stevenson, pp. 74-5, on beneficiary; Stenton 1910, pp. 74-5, on historical context; Robinson 1918, p. 34, trustworthy; Stenton 1955, p. 30, authentic; John 1966, p. 49, on royal style; Stenton 1971, pp. 322-3, cited; Hart, ECNE, no. 101 and p. 167, authentic, may be Worcester formulation; Sawyer 1975a, pp. 31-5, on beneficiary and his estate; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 6-7, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 32 n. 52, 42-3; Hart 1992, p. 443, cited; Keynes 1998, p. 38 n. 165, on royal style; Davis 1982, p. 804, implications for boundaries of Danelaw