Source: CharterS1459

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Description

Marriage agreement whereby Wulfric, on marrying the sister of Archbishop Wulfstan, promises her land at Orleton and Ribblesford, Worcs., for her life, undertakes to obtain for her from the community at Worcester a lease, for three lives, of land at Knightwick, Worcs., and settles on her land at Alton in Rock, Worcs.

Charter information
Sawyer 1459
Birch ---
Kemble 738
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 1014 x 1023

Notes

Larson 1910, p. 725 n. 28, cited; Robertson, Charters, pp. 395-7, dates 1014 x 1016; Atkins 1940, pp. 16-17, dates c. 1017; Whitelock 1963, p. 11 n. 2, on date; Finberg, ECWM, no. 337, authentic; HRH, p. 236, authentic, dates c. 1014 x 1016; Whitelock, EHD, p. 593; Hooke 1990, pp. 329-30; Dumville 1993, p. 67 n. 292, perhaps 1017; Lapidge 1993, p. 413, on Evesham link, dates 1014 x 1023; Pelteret 1995, pp. 166-7. Notes: Issued in duplicate, with copies retained by the archbishop in Worcester and Bishop Æthelstan in Hereford.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
  EHD     593 [no.128]