Source: CharterS1282

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Wærfrith, bishop (of Worcester), with the permission of King Alfred and of Æthelred and Æthelflæd, to Cynehelm, his kinsman; lease, for three lives, of 10 hides (manentes) at Bengeworth, Worcs., with reversion to the bishopric. The land had been granted to the church of Worcester by Burgred, king of the Mercians, and Bishop Ealhhun.

Charter information
Sawyer 1282
Birch 616
Kemble 341
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Date from Source 907
Scholarly Source Dating 907

Notes

Stevenson 1904, p. 147, spurious or interpolated; Robinson 1919, p. 30, clumsy forgery; Robinson 1923, p. 38, corrupt, but not mere invention; Finberg, ECWM, no. 273, spurious, date may be a scribal error (? for 897), most witnesses recur in S 1272/199; O'Donovan 1973, p. 112, suspicious; Hooke 1990, p. 149; Wormald 1995, p. 122, a forgery; Wormald 1996, p. 124.

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S1282    Burgred 5 (Burhred)
Transaction S1282    Wærfrith 6, bishop (of Worcester 1), with the permission of King Alfred 24 and of Æthelred and Æthelflæd, to Abbot Cynehelm 9, his kinsman; lease, for three lives, of 10 hides (manentes) at Bengeworth, Worcs., with reversion to the bishopric. The land had been granted to the church of Worcester 1 by Burgred, king of the Mercians, and Bishop Ealhhun 2.
Personal Relationship S1282    Cynehelm 9 was Propinquus of Wærfrith 6
Office S1282    Frithewulf 1 held office of Deacon
Office S1282    Baldred 9 held office of Deacon
Office S1282    Eadberht 43 held office of Deacon
Office S1282    Putta 5 held office of Praepositus
Office S1282    Ceolberht 11 held office of Priest
Office S1282    Wulfheard 20 held office of Priest
Office S1282    Ecgberht 21 held office of Priest
Office S1282    Ealhmund 12 held office of Priest
Office S1282    Burgred 5 held office of King
Office S1282    Cynehelm 9 held office of Abbot
Office S1282    Alfred 8 held office of King
Office S1282    Wærfrith 6 held office of Bishop
Office S1282    Æthelred 1 held office of Dux
Office S1282    Æthelflæd 4 held office of Dux
Office S1282    Ealhhun 2 held office of Bishop
Event S1282    Wærfrith 6, bishop (of Worcester), with the permission of King Alfred 8 and of Æthelred 1 and Æthelflæd 4, to Cynehelm 9, his kinsman; lease, for three lives, of 10 hides (manentes) at Bengeworth, Worcs., with reversion to the bishopric. The land had been granted to the church of Worcester by Burgred 5, king of the Mercians, and Bishop Ealhhun 2.
RecordedNames S1282    Frithewulf 1 (Friðulf)