Source: CharterS633

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Description

King Eadwig to Worcester minster, at the instance of Beorhtnoth; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Phepson in Himbleton, Worcs., with salt-furnaces.

Charter information
Sawyer 633
Birch 937
Kemble 451
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 956
Scholarly Source Dating 956

Notes

*Robinson 1923, p. 59; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 151-2, on bounds; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, unsatisfactory; Drögereit 1952, pp. 62-5; Finberg, ECWM, no. 280, authentic; Hart 1972, p. 126, on formulation; Dumville 1979, p. 7 n.; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends the 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; Keynes 1980, p. 49 n. 93, p. 62 n. 108, p. 82 n. 165; Hooke 1981/1, pp. 149-50, on salt-workings; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hooke 1990, pp. 167-9, on bounds, with map p. 168; Hart 1992, pp 132, 431-45, on formulation

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Jones, Arthur Edward Ernest Anglo-Saxon Worcester Worcester 1958 106-7