Description
Ęthelred, principatus and dominus the Mercians, to Ęthelwulf; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Himbleton, Worcs., with appurtenant salt-workings etc
Notes
*Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302, no. 9, MS of suspect age and authenticity; Smith, Bede, p. 771, suspicious; PN Bucks., p. 171 n.; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 147-51, on bounds; Parsons 1934; Forsberg 1950, p. 211, on bounds; Davies 1972, p. 470, on a formula; Finberg, ECWM, no. 265, authentic; Hooke 1981/1, pp. 136, 149, on details of saltworkings; Sawyer 1983, p. 296, on meeting-place; Hooke 1990, pp. 129-34, on bounds; Hart 1992, p. 460 n. 19, citing Gelling, meeting-place may be Risborough, Herefords