| Administrative History | The whereabouts of the original of this Anglo-Saxon charter are not known. The document survives in an 17th century copy in private hands in Staffordshire. The photocopy referenced D2627 is taken from that copy. Edgar, King of Mercia and the Danelaw, became King of all England in 959 on the death of his elder brother. The text of the charter is in Latin, but the bounds are in Old English. A mancus in the Anglo-Saxon period was a unit of gold, or an actual gold coin, worth thirty pennies. |
| Custodial History | Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 1983. |