Source: CharterS216

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Description

Ceolwulf (II), king of the Mercians, to Worcester, St Mary's minster, Worcester; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Overbury, Worcs., with villulae at Conderton and Pendock, Worcs.

Charter information
Sawyer 216
Birch 541
Kemble 308
British Academy ---
Source Used Kemble
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 875
Scholarly Source Dating 875

Notes

Robinson 1919, p. 29, spurious; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 24-5, on bounds; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, untrustworthy; PN Gloucs., i. 4, ii. 60, on bounds; Stenton 1971, p. 252 n. 1, cited with reference to King Ceolwulf; Finberg, ECWM, no. 264, authentic basis, anachronistic reference to St Mary's may be interpolation; Davies 1972, pp. 473, 475, 476, spurious; Hooke 1985, pp. 83, 180, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 125-9, on bounds; Smyth 1995, p. 53; cf. S 215