Source: CharterS991

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Description

Writ of King Cnut declaring that he grants to Beorhtwine 5 hides at Bengeworth, Worcs., for life, with reversion to Evesham Abbey.

Charter information
Sawyer 991
Birch ---
Kemble 757
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Evesham
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 1017 x 1030

Notes

Harmer, Writs, pp. 225-7, authenticity uncertain; Finberg, ECWM, no. 340, authentic; Wormald 1988, no. 79; Hooke 1990, p. 330; Lawson 1993, p. 66 n. 29, p. 209, suspect; Wormald 1995, p. 122 n., perhaps basically genuine, but doctored

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Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
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Anglo-Saxon Writs Harmer, Florence Elizabeth Anglo-Saxon Writs Manchester 1952 no.48