Source: CharterS167
Description
Cenwulf, king of the Mercians, founds Winchcombe Abbey.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
167 |
| Birch |
338 |
| Kemble |
197 |
| British Academy |
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| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Winchcombe |
|
Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
9th November 811 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
811 |
|
Notes
*HS, pp. 572-5, questionable as to date and details; Stevenson, Asser, p. 229 n. 1, dubious; Levison 1946, pp. 253-9, spurious but may be based on an 811 synodal charter and another earlier document naming King Cuthred; Finberg, ECWM, no. 56, citing Levison, spurious but genuine basis possible; Campbell 1989, p. 35, not entirely genuine but some authentic basis probable; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 41-2, 166, spurious, discusses history of Winchcombe; Cubitt 1995, p. 284, undoubted forgery but based on a genuine synodal acta of 811; Bassett 1996, p. 166; cf. S 1861, from the same archive.