Source: CharterS1460

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Description

Record of a dispute between Æthelstan, bishop (of Hereford) and Wulfstan and his son Wulfric, concerning land at Inkberrow, Worcs.

Charter information
Sawyer 1460
Birch ---
Kemble 898
British Academy ---
Source Used  
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Old English
Scholarly Source Dating 1010 x 1023

Notes

Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Ker 1948, pp. 50-1 n. 4, p. 65 n. 1, Worcester portion of tripartite chirograph; Robertson, Charters, pp. 411-13, dates ? 1023; Harmer, Writs, pp. 40-1, on background, dates 1023; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxxiv, on punctuation; Whitelock 1963, p. 11 n. 4, the original agreement is not later than 1011 and the name of the bishop concerned must be a mistake for that of his predecessor Athulf, if S 926 with the latter's attestation is correctly dated 1012; Finberg, ECWM, no. 342, original, dates ? 1023, cf. no. 333; Wormald 1988, no. 77, dates 1023; Hooke 1990, pp. 330-1; Reynolds 1992, p. 218 n. 33 (= 1994, p. 330 n. 35); Lawson 1993, p. 69; Kennedy 1995, pp. 142 n., 156 n., 164 n., 180 n., on legal background. Notes: Upper portion of tripartite chirograph (CYROGRAPHVM). Issued in triplicate, with portions for St Mary's in Worcester, St Æthelberht's in Hereford and for the owner of the estate.

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Go to Anglo-Saxon Charters Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1956 162-5 [no.83]

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1956 163-5 [no.83]