S 665

A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Eadric, his faithful minister; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Leckhampstead, and a mill on the river Lambourn, Berks. Latin.

Archive: Abingdon

MSS: 1. BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 115v (s. xiii)
2. BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 133v (s. xii)

Printed: K 1217; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 476-7; B 996; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 133; Kelly, Abingdon, cf. no. 37.

Comments: B 996 n., an adaptation of S 491; PN Berks., i. 12, 254; Gelling, ECTV, no. 92, spurious; Kelly, Abingdon, cf. no. 37, version of S 491 with the donor's name altered, perhaps forged in 11th century.

See S 491. (Almost verbatim, save Eadwig for Eadmund and breaks off before bounds)