Source: CharterS116
Description
Offa, king of the Mercians, to St Peter's Minster, Bredon; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Teddington, 10 hides (cassati) at Little Washbourne, 10 hides (mansiones) at Cutsdean, all in Gloucs., and 10 hides (manentes) at Bredons Norton, Worcs.
Charter information
Sawyer |
116 |
Birch |
236 |
Kemble |
140 |
British Academy |
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Source Used |
Birch |
Archive(s) |
Worcester |
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Source Information
Language |
Latin |
Date from Source |
22nd September 780 |
Scholarly Source Dating |
780 |
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Notes
*Stenton 1918, pp. 444-6, suspicious but some early features, may be authentic (= Stenton 1970, pp. 58-60); Robinson 1919, p. 27, of ill-repute; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 232-4; PN Gloucs., i. 4, 13, ii. pp. xi, 8-9, 12, 46; John 1966, p. 52, probably genuine; Chaplais 1968, p. 325, on use of Bedan indiction (= 1973, p. 75); Finberg, ECWM, no. 42 (pp. 40-1, 95), authentic; Harrison 1973, p. 116, on indiction; Harrison 1976, p. 116, on dating clause; Scharer 1982, pp. 247-9, probably spurious; Hooke 1985, p. 84, queries Bredons Norton identification, estate may be in Gloucs., pp. 87, 230, cited; Hooke 1990, p. 31; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 153-4, 163, treats as authentic; Bassett 1996, p. 173, on assessment; cf. S 117, 118