Source: CharterS126

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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
Source Information
Language Latin with Old English
Date from Source 786
Scholarly Source Dating 779 x 790

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)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1956 3-5