Source: CharterS137

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Description

Record of the restoration by Offa, king, to Heathored, bishop of Worcester, of 5 hides (manentes) at Aust (Cliff), Gloucs., seized by Bynna, the king's comes, the bishop having brought forward a charter of King Ęthelbald to prove the bishopric's title.

Charter information
Sawyer 137
Birch 269
Kemble 164
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 794
Scholarly Source Dating 794

Notes

*Finberg, ECWM, no. 48, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 414 n. 4, on assessment; Scharer 1982, p. 278, not a royal charter; Wormald 1988, no. 5; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 146, cited; Cubitt 1995, p. 84, note on formulation, p. 274; Abrams 1996, pp. 50-1, on estate history.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Adams, Henry, Lodge, Henry Cabot, Young, Ernest, Laughlin, James Laurence Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law Boston 1876 316