Description
King Eadwig to Worcester minster, at the instance of Beorhtnoth; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Phepson in Himbleton, Worcs., with salt-furnaces.
Notes
*Robinson 1923, p. 59; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 151-2, on bounds; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, unsatisfactory; Drögereit 1952, pp. 62-5; Finberg, ECWM, no. 280, authentic; Hart 1972, p. 126, on formulation; Dumville 1979, p. 7 n.; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372-3, defends the 'alliterative' charters, of which this is one; Keynes 1980, p. 49 n. 93, p. 62 n. 108, p. 82 n. 165; Hooke 1981/1, pp. 149-50, on salt-workings; Keynes 1985, pp. 156-9, on 'alliterative' charters; Hooke 1990, pp. 167-9, on bounds, with map p. 168; Hart 1992, pp 132, 431-45, on formulation