Source: CharterS205

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Description

Beorhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Heahberht, bishop, and his familia at Worcester; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Crowle, Worcs.

Charter information
Sawyer 205
Birch 428
Kemble 242
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 840 x 848

Notes

*Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, untrustworthy; Davies 1972, pp. 471, 476, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 250, authentic basis, bounds which Birch prints with text do not belong to it (cf. S 1591); O'Donovan 1972, p. 44, dating limits must be Dec. 840 x Nov. 845; Whitelock 1972, p. 18 n. 1, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 99-100.