Source: CharterS77

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Description

Æthelred, king of the Mercians, to Oftfor, bishop, and St Peter's, Worcester; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Henbury and Aust, Gloucs.

Charter information
Sawyer 77
Birch 75
Kemble 32
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 691 x 699

Notes

*Taylor 1894/1, pp. 297-8, authentic; Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 38, it may have been written or interpolated about the end of the 8th century; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4); Dyer and Clarke 1968-9, p. 27; Finberg, ECWM, no. 6, authentic basis, date 691 x 699; Scharer 1982, pp. 152-3, not genuine in present form, date 691 x 693/9; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 78, on Aust, p. 149 n. 32, of doubtful authenticity; Baker et al. 1992, p. 72; Abrams 1996, pp. 50-1, dubious, on estate history of Aust

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Jones, Arthur Edward Ernest Anglo-Saxon Worcester Worcester 1958 61-2

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S77    Æthelred 2, king of Mercians, to Oftfor 1, bishop, and St Peter's, Worcester; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Henbury and Aust, Gloucs.
2 Transaction S77    Æthelred 2, king of the Mercians, to Oftfor 1, bishop, and St Peter's, Worcester; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Henbury and Aust, Gloucs.