Source: CharterS147

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Offa, king of the Mercians, with Ealdred, subregulus of the Hwicce, to St Mary's, Worcester Minster; grant of 10 hides (mansiones) at Yate, Gloucs.

Charter information
Sawyer 147
Birch 231
Kemble 145
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating 777 x 779

Notes

*Wanley, Catalogus, p. 301 (no. 3), MS 1 a copy in a hand later than Offa's time; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, probably spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Robinson 1919, p. 26, probably a forgery based on S 141; Finberg, ECWM, no. 37, suspicious features including anachronistic reference to St Mary's; Scharer 1982, pp. 244-5, spurious; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 153, forgery based on S 141, may include some authentic information.

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