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Stowe MS 945

Record Id:

040-001953792

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001952775

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x0001e1

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Stowe MS 945

Title:

Scope & Content:

WILL of Alfred the Great, in Anglo-Saxon, copied from No. 944 above (f. 29 b), when in T. Astle's possession; with introduction and notes, and translations into English and Latin, by O[wen] M[anning],1776 (see f.18). Published at Oxford,1788. Followed (f. 19) by the will of Alfred the Alderman (Thorpe, Diplomatarium, 1865, p. 480), in Anglo-Saxon with interlinear Latin translation, and with an English translation; and (f. 27) by an English translation of the will of Æthelstan the Ætheling (Thorpe, p. 557). Paper; ff. 28. XVIIIth cent. Bound in red morocco, tooled. Belonged to T. Astle. Folio.

Wills: King Alfred.: copy, 18th cent.

Owen Manning: Will of Alfred the Great, edited by: 1776.

ÆLfred of England: Will, with Lat. and Engl. transl.: 18th cent.

includes:

f. 19 Wills: Alfred the Aldorman: Copy, 18th cent.
f. 19 Alfred, the Alderman: Will.: Copy, 18th cent.
f. 27 Æthelstan, Ætheling, son of King Æthelred II: Engl. transl. of above: 18th cent.
f. 27 (translation) Wills: Æthestan Ætheling: circ. 1015.: Angl-Sax.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Stowe Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001952775
036-001953770
040-001953792

Is part of:

Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 924-946 : CLASS XX.MONASTIC CHARTULARIES, ETC.

Stowe MS 945 : WILL of Alfred the Great, in Anglo-Saxon, copied from No. 944 above (f. 29 b), when in T. Astle's possession; with introduction…

Hierarchy:

032-001952775[0020]/036-001953770[0022]/040-001953792

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
English, Old

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

Era:

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Custodial History:

Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Owned.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Alfred, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great', 848/9-899,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115945283,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/10639246
Alfred, the Alderman
Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Manning, Owen
Æthelstan, Ætheling, son of King Æthelred II