The reasoning to support the "Eðandun" of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the "Ethandun" of Asser's "Life" being Edington in Wiltshire is derived from a trail of information from ancient manuscripts. Edington, Wiltshire, is known to have been part of Alfred's family estate. He left a manor called "Eðandun" to his wife in his will. A charter records a meeting of the king's council at "Eðandun", although a later scribe has annotated the same document with "Eðandun". In 968, another charter reported that King Edgar had granted land at "Edyndon" to Romsey Abbey. The Domesday book has an entry for Romsey Abbey holding land at "Edendone" in the county of Wiltshire at the time of Edward the Confessor (before 1066) and also in 1086, and this is known to be at Edington, Wiltshire.