Description
Ęthelbald, king of the Mercians, in favour of the minsters and churches (of Mercia); grant of privileges.
Notes
*HS, pp. 247, 387, genuine, a copy existed in MS 3; Maitland 1897, pp. 239-40, cited; Stevenson 1914, p. 700 n. 49, similar formulation in S 583, B 140 is an extract from B 178; John 1960, pp. 67-70, authentic; John 1966, p. 107 n., on immunity; Stenton 1970, pp. 1-2, on identification of Gumley; Brooks 1971, pp. 76-8, authentic; Stenton 1971, p. 205, cited; Vollrath-Reichelt 1971, pp. 134-5, 139; Finberg 1972, p. 459, on immunity; Harrison 1976, p. 188, on dating; Scharer 1982, pp. 188-95, would be suspicious did it not occur in a MS of s. viii2; Vollrath 1985, p. 145 n.; Wormald 1985, p. 25, early copy; Abels 1988, p. 52; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 135-6, treats as authentic; Keynes 1996/1, especially pp. 117-19, 122, 126, 140, on MS 3, pp. 137-9, substantially authentic.