Source: CharterS1301

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Description

Oswald, bishop, to Eadmær, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides (mansae) at Bentley in Holt, saltpans at Upwich (lost, in Droitwich) and woodland at Bradley, all in Worcs., with reversion to the church of Worcester.

Charter information
Sawyer 1301
Birch 1087
Kemble 498
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 962
Scholarly Source Dating 962

Notes

Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 138-41, on bounds; PN Worcs., p. 287; Finberg, ECWM, no. 282, authentic; Hooke 1981/1, pp. 145, 136, 151, on salt-working, and for Upwich see map p. 130; Hooke 1985, pp. 110, 158, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 248-50, on bounds.

Notes: A rubric and postscript name Wulfrun 1 as the second life.