Æthelstan A
Charters

Æthelstan A

Section Title: Charters
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Date	Sawyer number	Place of issue	Subject	Comments

16 April 928	S 400	Exeter	"King Æthelstan to Byrhtferth, minister; grant of 12 hides (mansiones) at Odstock, Wilts"

16 April 928	S 399	Exeter	"King Æthelstan to Ælfflæd; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Winterburna"

3 April 930	S 403	Lyminster	"King Æthelstan to Beornheah, Bishop of Selsey; grant of 4 hides (cassatae) at Medmerry, with woodland at Earnley and meadow outside Chichester"	Bishop required to sing psalms for the king.

29 April 930	S 405	Chippenham	"King Æthelstan to Eadulf, bishop and the familia at Crediton; grant of 3 hides (cassatae) at Sandford near Crediton"

23 March 931	S 412	Colchester	"King Æthelstan to Ælfric, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) æt Clere (Ecchinswell, Hants)"

20 June 931	S 413	Kings Worthy	"King Æthelstan to Ælfric, minister; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Watchfield, Berks"

15 July 931	S 1604	East Wellow	"King Æthelstan to ?; grant of land at Bultheswrthe"	Survives in abbreviated form.

12 November 931	S 416	Lifton	"King Æthelstan to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 9 hides (cassatae) at Ham, Wilts"	Original charter in Æthelstan A's hand.

30 August 932	S 417	Milton ?Kent	"King Æthelstan to Æthelgeard (or Æthelweard), minister; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at (West) Meon, Hants"	Milton Regis, Kent or Milton Abbas, Dorset.

9 November 932	S 418a	Exeter	"King Æthelstan to Beorhtsige, abbot; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Bowers Gifford, Essex"

24 December 932	S 418	Amesbury	"King Æthelstan to Alfred, minister; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at North Stoneham, Hants"	Beneficiary to provide for 120 destitute daily.

24 December 932	S 419	Amesbury	"King Æthelstan to Shaftesbury Abbey; grant of 11.5 hides (cassatae) at Fontmell, Dorset"	Nuns asked to sing fifty psalms and say mass for the king every day.

11 January 933	S 379	Wilton	"King Edward (sic) to Wulfgar, minister; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Collingbourne Kingston, Wilts"	Copy of charter of 933 with the date altered to 921 and king to Edward. Beneficiary to provide food for destitute once a year.

26 January 933	S 422	Chippenham	"King Æthelstan to the familia of Sherborne Minster; grant of 10 hides (cassatae) at Bradford Abbas, Dorset"	Monks asked to sing entire psalter for the king once a year on All Saints Day.

26 January 933	S 423	Chippenham	"King Æthelstan to the church of Sherborne; grant of 5 or 8 hides (familiae) at Stalbridge Weston, Dorset"	Monks asked to sing entire psalter for the king once a year on All Saints Day.

28 May 934	S 425	Winchester	"King Æthelstan to Ælfwald, minister; grant of 12 hides (cassatae) at Derantune. (probably Durrington, Sussex)"	Original charter in Æthelstan A's hand.

7 June 934	S 407	Nottingham	"King Æthelstan to the church of St Peter, York: grant of land at Amounderness, Lancs"	Date changed to 930. Grant of "a vast tract of the north-west to the Archbishop of York".

13 September 934	S 426	Buckingham	"King Æthelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassatae) at Kingtone (? Kington St Michael, Wilts)"

21 December 935	S 434	Dorchester	"King Æthelstan to the familia of Malmesbury; grant of 60 hides (cassati) at Bremhill, Wilts"	"Dated 937 but apparently derived from a charter of 935."

21 December 935	S 435	Dorchester	"King Athelstan to the familia of Malmesbury; grant of 10 hides (cassati) at Wootton, Wilts"	"Dated 937 but apparently derived from a charter of 935."

Sentence(s)

The first charter produced by Æthelstan A on 16 April 928.

final_sentence: The first charter produced by Æthelstan A on 16 April 928.