Source: CharterS126
Description
Offa, king of the Mercians, to the monks of St Mary's, Worcester church; grant of one hide (mansa) at Broadwas, Worcs.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
126 |
| Birch |
233 |
| Kemble |
154 |
| British Academy |
--- |
| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Worcester |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Date from Source |
786 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
779 x 790 |
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Notes
*Robinson 1919, pp. 11, 27, record of grant, not a charter; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 37-40, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, pp. 260-1, dates to early 790; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, untrustworthy; Finberg, ECWM, no. 232, a memorandum of donation in English with four signatures taken from the original charter, Latin version is a later translation with anachronistic reference to St Mary's, dates 789 or 790, cf. p. 180; Hooke 1980, p. 47, on boundary mark; Scharer 1982, pp. 271-2, agrees with Finberg, dates 779; Hooke 1985, pp. 19-20, 163, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 87-90, on bounds, with map p. 88.
Translation(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
 |
Robertson, Agnes Jane |
Anglo-Saxon Charters
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Cambridge
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1956 |
3-5 |
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