Source: CharterS1326

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Oswald, bishop, to his kinsman Oswulf, the cniht; lease, for three lives, of land at Teddington and Alstone, Gloucs., with reversion first to Eadleofu, his wife (if his children [Anonymi] do not survive), and then to two of her brothers [Anonymous, Anonymous], with ultimate reversion to the church of Worcester.

Charter information
Sawyer 1326
Birch 1233
Kemble 557
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Old English
Date from Source 969
Scholarly Source Dating 969

Notes

Bond 1878, MS 1 is contemporary; Robertson, Charters, pp. 342-3; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxviii, on script; Finberg, ECWM, no. 116, authentic; Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary; Dumville 1993, p. 153 n. 71, cited, with reference to script; Dumville 1994, p. 154 n. 123, cited; Baker and Holt 1996, pp. 138-9, on estate; Bullough 1996, p. 11, on beneficiary; King 1996, pp. 103, 108, 110; Wareham 1996, pp. 54-5, 59-61, on beneficiary.

Notes: Upper portion of chirograph (CYROGRAVVM). Number of hides left blank. Rubric in MS 2 refers to Leo...n 1 (? Leofrun; Robertson suggests Leofa) and Wihtgar 1, who were presumably the second and third lives.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Robertson, Agnes Jane Anglo-Saxon Charters Cambridge 1956 96-7 [no.46]

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event S1326    Oswald 8, bishop, to his kinsman Oswulf 20, the cniht; lease, for three lives, of land at Teddington and Alstone, Gloucs., with reversion first to Eadleofu 1, his wife (if his children [Anonymi 2688] do not survive), and then to two of her brothers [Anonymous 1015, Anonymous 1016], with ultimate reversion to the church of Worcester 1
2 Transaction S1326    Oswald 8, bishop, to his kinsman Oswulf 20, the cniht; lease, for three lives, of land at Teddington and Alstone, Gloucs., with reversion first to Eadleofu 1, his wife (if his children [Anonymi 2688] do not survive), and then to two of her brothers [Anonymous 1015, Anonymous 1016], with ultimate reversion to the church of Worcester 1