Source: CharterS1339

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Oswald, archbishop, to Æthelnoth, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide (mansa) at Smite in Hindlip, Worcs., with reversion to the church of Worcester.

Charter information
Sawyer 1339
Birch ---
Kemble 618
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 978
Scholarly Source Dating 978

Notes

Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 136-8, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 311, authentic; Hooke 1981, pp. 360-1, on bounds; Hooke 1985, p. 238, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 301-4, on bounds, estate seems to have consisted of both Lower and Upper Smite, which lay within a detached portion of Warnden parish.

Notes: Leofwine 3, Æthelnoth 1's son, is named as the second life.