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

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
RecordedNames S77    Headda 7 (Headda)
RecordedNames S77    Guthlac 1 (Guthlac)
RecordedNames S77    Folchere 1 (Folchere)
RecordedNames S77    Ecgfrith 2 (Ecgfrith)
RecordedNames S77    Eadwald 3 (Eaduuald)
RecordedNames S77    Cille 1 (Cille)
RecordedNames S77    Beorhtred 1 (Berhttred)
RecordedNames S77    Æthelred 2 (Æthilred)
RecordedNames S77    Æthelred 2 (Æthelred)
PersonInfo S77    Oftfor 1 venerable
Office S77    Oftfor 1 held office of Bishop
Office S77    Headda 7 held office of Bishop
Office S77    Æthelred 2 held office of King (king of the Mercians)
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.
RecordedNames S77    Oftfor 1 (Oftfor)
RecordedNames S77    Osfrith 4 (Osfrith)
RecordedNames S77    Sigewald 1 (Sigiuuald)
RecordedNames S77    Torhtwald 1 (Torhtuuald)
RecordedNames S77    Tuddel 1 (Tuddul)
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.