Source: CharterS1373

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Description

Oswald, archbishop, to Wulfgeat, his cniht; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide at Himbleton (i.e. Huddington), Worcs., with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester.

Charter information
Sawyer 1373
Birch ---
Kemble 680
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 975 x 978

Notes

Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 152-4, bounds actually cover land in neighbouring parish of Huddington; Robertson, Charters, pp. 362-3, probably 977; Finberg, ECWM, no. 308, authentic; Finberg 1972, pp. 487, 496, on details of bounds; HRH, p. 235, probably genuine; Sawyer 1975, p. 87, dates 977; Hooke 1985, pp. 238, 241, 242, on details of bounds; Hooke 1990, pp. 293-7, on bounds, land located in Huddington; King 1996, p. 103; Faith 1997, pp. 137-8.

Notes: Postscript states that the land is now in the possession of Wulfmær 1.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1956 no.56