Source: CharterS1281

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Description

Wærfrith, bishop, with the Worcester community, to Wulfsige, his reeve; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide at Aston Magna, Gloucs., just as Herred held it.

Charter information
Sawyer 1281
Birch 609
Kemble ---
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Old English
Date from Source 904
Scholarly Source Dating 904

Notes

Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Taylor 1894/1, p. 291; Robinson 1923, p. 38, on a witness; Robertson, Charters, p. 294, estate was at White Ladies Aston; Sisam 1953/1, p. 311 n. 2, original; Wilson 1959, pp. 301-2, on language; Chaplais 1968, p. 315 n. 3, one of earliest original chirographs now extant (= 1973, p. 63 n. 3); Finberg, ECWM, no. 90, authentic, identifies as Aston Magna; Finberg 1972, p. 485, cited; Dumville 1987, p. 157 n. 52, cited with reference to script; Dumville 1992, p. 92 n. 182, cited with reference to script Faith 1997, p. 171 and map, p. 173.

Notes: Lower portion of cyrography (COROGRAPHVM).

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1957 35 [no.18]