Source: CharterS1250
Description
Statement by Ecgwine, bishop of the Hwicce, of the lands he acquired for the minster at Evesham, including the minster at Fladbury, Worcs. [obtained from King Æthelred (of Mercia) in exchange for the minster at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks.]; 20 hides (mansae) at Twyford, Worcs. [granted by Osweard, Æthelred's brother]; 84 hides on both banks of the river Avon [granted by Cenred, king of Mercia]; 8 hides [granted by Æthelric, adolescens]; and land at the following places: Evesham, Bengeworth, Hampton, Lenchwick, Mortun (probably for Norton), Offenham, Littleton, 'the other Littleton', Badsey, Wickhamford, Church Honeybourne, Bretforton, all in Worcs.; Willersey, Gloucs.; Weethley, Sambourne, Kinwarton, Salford Priors and Abbots Salford, Warwicks.; Ombersley, Oldberrow, Abbots Morton, Worcs.; Bourton-on-the-Water, Maugersbury, Adlestrop, (Lower) Swell, Gloucs.; Mappleborough, Warwicks.; and Childswickham, Worcs.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1250 |
| Birch |
130 |
| Kemble |
64 |
| British Academy |
--- |
| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Evesham |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin |
| Date from Source |
714 |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
714 |
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Notes
*Galton 1855, pp. 370-1; HS, p. 281, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 11 (pp. 33, 89-90) and p. 214, authentic basis; Hart, ECNE, no. 45, authentic basis, S 1251 is an expanded; Fleming 1985, pp. 252, 256; Hooke 1990, pp. 23-4; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 92, 133 n. 84, p. 141, can be disregarded; Dumville 1992, pp. 41-2 n. 58, spurious, discusses history of estates.
Translation(s)
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Editor |
Article or Book Title |
Journal or Pub.Loc. |
Date |
pp. |
 |
Hooke, Della |
Worcestershire Anglo-Saxon Charter-Bounds
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London
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1990 |
24 |
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Event/Transaction List
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Factoid Type |
Source Reference |
Short Description |
| 1 |
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Transaction |
S1250 |
Æthelric 4, adolescens, to Evesham 1; grant of 8 hides |
| 2 |
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Transaction |
S1250 |
Cenred 2, king of the Mercians, to Evesham 1; grant of 84 hides on both banks of the river Avon |
| 3 |
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Transaction |
S1250 |
Osweard 2, Æthelred 2's brother, to Evesham, St Mary's 1; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Twyford, Worcs. |
| 4 |
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Transaction |
S1250 |
Æthelred 2, king, to Evesham 1; grant of the minster at Fladbury, Worcs. in exchange for the minster at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks. |
| 5 |
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Transaction |
S1250 |
Æthelred 2, king, to Evesham, St Mary's 1; grant of the minster at Fladbury, Worcs. in exchange for the minster at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks. |
| 6 |
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Event |
S1250 |
Statement by Ecgwine 1, bishop of the Hwicce, of the lands he acquired for the minster at Evesham 1, including the minster at Fladbury, Worcs |
| 7 |
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Transaction |
S1250 |
Statement by Ecgwine 1, bishop of the Hwicce, of the lands he acquired for the minster at Evesham, St Mary's |
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