Source: CharterS103

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Description

Ęthelbald, king of the South Angles, to the church of Worcester, St Peter's; grant of 3 hides (cassati) of woodland at Woodchester, Gloucs.

Charter information
Sawyer 103
Birch 164
Kemble 89
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 716 x 745

Notes

*Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 442 n. 44, possibly represents a text that was produced before the Mercian witan in 896, cf. S 1441 (= Stenton 1970, p. 57 n. 2); Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 271-6, on bounds; Watson 1932, pp. 205-9, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 98, 102, 103, 116, on bounds; Davies 1972, p. 462, on formula; Finberg, ECWM, no. 14, authentic; Cox 1976, p. 38, on place-name; Scharer 1982, pp. 174-6, spurious, bounds possibly forged for the 896 meeting but rest of charter probably fabricated later; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Cox 1992, on bounds; cf. S 1441.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Anon. Ancient Charters relating to Woodchester Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1880-1