Source: CharterS1329

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Oswald, archbishop, to Beorhtlaf, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide (mansa) at Cudley in St Martin's-without-Worcester, with reversion to the church of Worcester.

Charter information
Sawyer 1329
Birch 1298
Kemble 586
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 974
Scholarly Source Dating 974

Notes

Robinson 1919, pp. 20, 34-7, not original form; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 114-16, on bounds; Atkins 1940, p. 11, not original form; John 1966, pp. 261-2, slightly adapted by cartularist; Finberg, ECWM, no. 304, authentic; Finberg 1972, pp. 488, 495-6; HRH, p. 231, doubtful, no subscriptions but early copy; Sawyer 1975, pp. 92, 228 n. 30, suspect; John 1977, p. 193, perhaps genuine but tampered with; Hooke 1985, pp. 41, 45, on topography; Hooke 1985, pp. 140, 196, 237, 241; Hooke 1990, pp. 290-3, on bounds; Barrow 1992, pp. 56, 71-2, suspect witness clause, probably interpolated; Barrow 1996, pp. 88-9, 97-8.

Notes: Rubric and postscript refer to beneficiary's sons, Beorhtmær 1 and Beorhtwine 1, as heirs.