Source: CharterS1415

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Description

Bishop Wærferth, with the permission of the familia in the church of Worcester, arranges for himself a lease, for three lives, of 5 hides (manentes) at Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucs., formerly belonging to the minster at Bishop's Cleeve, with reversion to the church of Worcester.

Charter information
Sawyer 1415
Birch 559
Kemble 315
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 889
Scholarly Source Dating 889

Notes

*Robinson 1923, p. 38, on a witness; Finberg, ECWM, no. 84, authentic, the lease-holder was a pay an annual church-scot to the minster at Bishop's Cleeve; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 157-8, on estate history; Pelteret 1995, p. 168; Faith 1997, pp. 171-2, on estate history