Source: CharterS1384

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Description

Wulfstan, archbishop, to Ælfwig, his brother; lease, for three lives, of 6 hides (manentes) at Bentley in Holt, Worcs., and salt-ovens at Droitwich, with reversion to the church of Worcester.

Charter information
Sawyer 1384
Birch ---
Kemble 1313
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 1017
Scholarly Source Dating 1017

Notes

Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 142-3, on bounds; Whitelock 1963, p. 11, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 339, authentic; HRH, p. 235, subscriptions consistent but few, probably genuine; John 1979, p. 244 n. 4; Hooke 1980, p. 48; Hooke 1981, pp. 362-3, on bounds; Hokke 1981/1, pp. 145, 151, on salt-ovens; Lapidge 1988, p. 923 n. 32; Hooke 1990, pp. 354-6, on bounds, estate covered Holt and Little Witley; Dumville 1993, p. 66 n. 287, p. 67 n. 292; Baker and Holt 1996, p. 139, on estate; King 1996, p. 115.