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A.D. 930 (Chippenham, Wilts., 29 April). King Athelstan to Eadulf, bishop and the familia at Crediton; grant of 3 hides (cassatae) at Sandford near Crediton, Devon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Exeter (ex Crediton)

MSS:

1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2 (S.C. 31346), no. III (s. x/xi; BA Facs., no. 27)

Printed:

B, 1343 ; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 5-9 ; Hooke 1990a, p. 210, bounds only ; Hooke 1994, p. 117, bounds only

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 702 and n. 62, contemporary, discusses immunity ; Rose-Troup 1942, pp. 248-50, on bounds ; Bishop 1955, p. 195, probably authentic ; John 1965, p. 409 n. 2, not contemporary and likely to be a fabrication, discusses immunity ; Chaplais 1966, pp. 10-11 (no. 9), imitative script, possibly forged early in 11th century (= 1981 XV, pp. 10-11) ; Finberg 1969, pp. 20-38, authentic with interpolations, discusses bounds (= Finberg 1968, pp. 59-65) ; Forsberg 1970, p. 74, on detail of bound ; Bullough 1972, p. 471 n. 38, on detail of Latin ; Keynes 1980, p. 43 n. 74, not authentic in its received form ; Chaplais 1981, XV addendum, spurious ; Sawyer 1983, p. 292, on meeting-place ; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A' ; Crosby 1994, pp. 270-1 ; Hooke 1994, pp. 117-22, on bounds ; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 65-80, authentic ; PN Devon, p. 411 n ; Finberg, ECDC, no. 18 ; Hooke 1990a, pp. 202-4, 207-9, on bounds ; BA Facs., pp. 8-9, probably 'improved' version of lost original

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    • + Regnante perpetualiter atque omnem humane inbecillitatis sensum . benignitate transce[n]dente . largiflua tonantis iduma . que mirando ineffabilique proprii arbitrii priuilegio . alta media infima . iusta inuicte fortitudinis lance trutinata gubernat .