A.D. 963. King Edgar to Ælfsige, his faithful decurio; grant of 2.5 hides at Stanton Prior, Somerset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Bath

MSS:

1. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 111, pp. 55-131, pp. 81-82 (s. xii 2)

Printed:

K, 502 and vol. iii. 459-60; B, 1099; Hunt, Bath Carts., pp. 26-7; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 126

Comments:

Grundy, Somerset, pp. 190-2, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, p. 425, doubtful; Turner 1951, on place-names; Finberg, ECW, no. 487, authentic; Whitelock 1970, p. 133 n., on decurio; Finberg 1972, p. 488, cited; Keynes 1980, pp. 73-4, 'Edgar A' formulation, treats as authentic; Costen 1983, p. 30, on bounds