1. Cotton MS Augustus II 23
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 23
- Title:
- Grant of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–939) to Ealdwulf, minister
- Scope & Content:
- King Æthelstan grants 12 hides (mansae) at Meopham, Kent, to Ealdwulf, minister: dated 939, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 447). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is meaphames land boc þe. æþelstan cing gebocode. ealdulfe his þegne on ece yrfe.’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Ethelstanus...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 939
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
