S 1292

A.D. 956 x 957. Agreement between Brihthelm, bishop, and Æthelwold abbot (of Abingdon) whereby Brihthelm gives land at Kennington, Berks., to Abingdon, in exchange for land at Curbridge, Oxon. English.

Archive: Abingdon

MSS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 54r (s. xiii); cf. Latin note in BL Cotton Claud. C. ix, 115r (s. xii)

Printed: K 1201; Thorpe, p. 191; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 218; B 972; Robertson, Charters, no. 31 (p. 58), with translation, p. 59; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 76.

Comments: Stubbs, Memorials, p. xcii n.; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 3, may be genuine; Stenton 1913, p. 48, cited; Robertson, Charters, pp. 314-15; Finberg, ECDC, p. 16, suggests Crydanbrigce was near Cradwell, Wilts.; PN Oxon., ii. 315, for identification of Curbridge; Stenton 1971, p. 366 n. 2, on witness-list; PN Berks., ii. 453; Gelling, ECTV, no. 76, authentic; Blair 1994, p. 133, on Curbridge; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 76, authentic; cf. S 614.

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