Source: CharterS76

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Description

Æthelred, king, to Oftfor, bishop; grant of 44 hides (cassati) at Fladbury, Worcs., so that monastic life may be re-established there.

Charter information
Sawyer 76
Birch 76
Kemble 33
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 697 x 699

Notes

*Wanley, Catalogus, p. 301, no. 1; HS, p. 280, spurious; Stevenson 1911, pp. 199-200; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4); Stenton 1918/1, p. 258, accepted; Finberg, ECWM, no. 198, authentic; Hart, ECNE, no. 41, authentic; Hooke 1985, pp. 38, 106; Cox 1976, pp. 32-3, on place-names; Scharer 1982, pp. 152-4, not genuine in present form, perhaps based on S 77, date is 697 x 699; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Hooke 1990, pp. 21-2, on estate; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 140-1; cf. S 1252

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Jones, Arthur Anglo-Saxon Worcester Worcester 1958 62-3