A.D. 996. King Æthelred to Wulfric, his minister: grant of land at Pillaton, near Penkridge, Staffs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Burton

MSS:

1. Stafford, William Salt Library, 84/3/41 (BA Facs., no. 26)
2. Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 390, ff. 1-184, f. 179r (s. xiii med.)

Printed:

Hart, ECNE, pp. 196-8, ex MSS 1, 2; Sawyer, Burton, no. 26, ex MSS 1, 2; Hooke 1983, pp. 90, 92, bounds only

Comments:

HRH, p. 237, subscriptions consistent for 996; Hart, ECNE, no. 92 and pp. 198-200, spurious, based on S 878, rejects identification with Pillaton; Gelling 1978a, p. 213, on identification; Sawyer 1978, p. 152, cited; Sawyer, Burton, pp. 44-5, a fabrication based on S 602, 878; Keynes 1980, p. 254, spurious; Hooke 1983, pp. 90, 92-3, 94, on bounds; PN Staffs., i. 91; BA Facs., p. 8, spurious