Source: CharterS1254
Description
Wilfred, bishop of the Hwicce, to Leppa, comes, and his daughter, Beage; lease, for two lives, of 15 hides (cassati) by the river Colne (at Bibury, Gloucs.), with reversion to the see of Worcester.
Charter information
| Sawyer |
1254 |
| Birch |
116 |
| Kemble |
91 |
| British Academy |
--- |
| Source Used |
Birch |
| Archive(s) |
Worcester |
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Source Information
| Language |
Latin with Old English |
| Scholarly Source Dating |
718 x 745 |
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Notes
*Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 40-3, bounds describe tithing of Ablington inBibury, cf. S 1279; Forsberg 1950, pp. 72, 74; PN Gloucs., i. 27-9; PN Berks., iii. 825, Bibury would appear to be named from Beage; Stenton 1971, p. 485, the first recorded English lease; Finberg, ECWM, no. 16, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 460, cited; Cox 1976, p. 43, on place-names; Gelling 1978, p. 182, on place-name Bibury; Sawyer 1978, p. 155-6; Bishop 1984, on bounds; Campbell 1986, pp. 108, 140, on reference to Worcester as the metropolis of the Hwicce; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 89, 152, 379.
Factoid List
| View |
Factoid Type |
Source Ref |
Primary Person |
Short Description |
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Transaction |
S1254 |
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Wilfrid 5, bishop of the Hwicce, to Leppa 1, comes, and his daughter, Beage 1; lease, for two lives, of 15 hides (cassati) by the river Colne (at Bibury, Gloucs.), with reversion to the see of Worcester 1 |
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RecordedNames |
S1254 |
Heardberht 1 |
(Heardberht) |
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RecordedNames |
S1254 |
Ælbred 1 |
(Ælbred) |
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RecordedNames |
S1254 |
Æthelbald 4 |
(Æþelbaldus) |
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RecordedNames |
S1254 |
Æthelric 4 |
(Æþelric) |
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RecordedNames |
S1254 |
Beage 1 |
(Beage) |
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RecordedNames |
S1254 |
Leppa 1 |
(Leppa) |
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RecordedNames |
S1254 |
Wilfrid 5 |
(Uuilfrið) |
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Personal Relationship |
S1254 |
Beage 1 |
was Daughter of Leppa 1 |
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Office |
S1254 |
Æthelbald 4 |
held office of King (king of the Mercians) |
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Status |
S1254 |
Leppa 1 |
held office of Comes |
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Office |
S1254 |
Wilfrid 5 |
held office of Bishop (bishop of the diocese of the Hwicce) |
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Event |
S1254 |
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Wilfrid 5, bishop of the Hwicce, to Leppa 1, comes, and his daughter, Beage 1; lease, for two lives, of 5 hides (cassati) by the river Colne (at Bibury, Gloucs.), with reversion to the see of Worcester 1 |
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