Source: CharterS84
Description
Ęthelbald, king of the Mercians, to Bęgia, servant of God; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Daylesford, Gloucs., for the founding of a minster.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
84 |
| Birch |
139 |
| Kemble |
69 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Worcester |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
718 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
727 |
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Notes
*Turner 1916, p. xxxii, citing Stevenson, genuine; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 70-2, on bounds; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 102-4, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 212, 217, ii. 207, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 13, authentic, indiction is correct for 727; Finberg 1972, p. 389, on a boundary mark; Cox 1976, pp. 20, 43, on place-names; Scharer 1982, pp. 164-6, not genuine in present form, contamination from S 194; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 119, 151-2, on Bęgia's minster; Dumville 1992, pp. 41-2 n. 58, on estate history; Bassett 1996, p. 166.