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A.D. 757. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Eanberht, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassati) near the wood called Toccan sceaga (Tockenham, Wilts.) and the tumulus called Reada beorg. Latin

Archive:

uncertain (possibly Malmesbury)

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Charters viii. 3 (s. viii 2; BM Facs., iv. 3; Ch.L.A., iii. no. 193)

Printed:

K, 100 ; B, 181 ; Earle, pp. 283-4, in part ; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 44

Comments:

Stenton 1913, p. 23 n. 1, accepted as Æthelbald's last charter ; Stenton 1918, p. 443, treats as authentic and discusses witness-list, rejects Birch's identification (= Stenton 1970, pp. 57-8) ; Robinson 1921, p. 37, original ; Darlington 1955, p. 5 n. 24, accepts Wallenberg's suggestion ; Watkin 1956, p. 229, cited, Eanberht cannot have been abbot of Malmesbury ; John 1966, p. 52, on royal style ; Stenton 1971, pp. 204, 287, cited ; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 140-5 ; Bischoff 1976, p. 692, MS 1 later copy ; Scharer 1982, pp. 182-4, authentic ; Wormald 1985, p. 25, original or early copy ; Edwards 1988, pp. 124-6, citing T.J. Brown, could be original ; Scharer 1988, pp. 57, 60, 61, on royal style ; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 225-8, charter is probably of Malmesbury provenance if not origin, discusses witness-list ; Foot 1991, p. 175, on abbot Tica/Wiccea ; Dumville 1992, p. 82, non-contemporary copy ; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, 9th century ; B, 181, suggests Toccan sceaga is Tickenhurst, Kent ; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 41-3, suggests connection with Tockenham, Wilts. ; Ch.L.A., iii, no. 193, copy written c. 800 ; Finberg, ECW, no. 189, authentic, agrees with Tockenham identification, Readabeorg is probably the tumulus on Waite Hill ; Whitelock, EHD, p. 19, cited