A.D. 956 (iv). King Eadwig to Ælfsige, his fidelis; grant of 25 hides (mansae) at Benham, Berks. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Abingdon

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. VI, ff. 52v-53r (s. xiii in.)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C. IX, ff. 105-203, f. 199v (s. xii 2; bounds only)

Printed:

K, 1199; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 210-12; B, 942; PN Berks., iii. 668, bounds only; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 72

Comments:

Stenton 1913, p. 42, cited; Grundy, Berks., V, pp. 42-4, on bounds; Chaplais 1966, p. 6, compares formulation with S 433 MS 1 (= 1981 XV, p. 6); PN Berks., i. 11, 267, iii. 658, 668-9, bounds may describe whole of modern parish of Speen; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6; Forsberg 1979, p. 148, on bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 73, authentic; Keynes 1980, pp. 59-61, 66, 'Group Four'; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 72, authentic; Hooke 1989a, p. 122, on woodland