Source: CharterS201

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Description

Beorhtwulf, king of the Mercians, to Worcester, St Mary's church; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Grimley, Worcs.

Charter information
Sawyer 201
Birch 462
Kemble 266
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 851
Scholarly Source Dating 851

Notes

*Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, authentic; Robinson 1919, p. 28, spurious; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 115-19, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 267, very suspicious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 255, spurious, witnesses largely copied from S 180, bounds identical to S 1370; Hart, ECNE, p. 92 n. 1, forgery; Hooke 1980, pp. 41, 46, on boundary marks; Hooke 1990, pp. 115-20, on bounds.