Source: CharterS196

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Beorhtwulf, king of the Mercians, to Heahberht, bishop; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Wychwood, Oxon., in return for 31 mancuses.

Charter information
Sawyer 196
Birch 432
Kemble 247
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Worcester
Source Information
Language Latin
Date from Source 840
Scholarly Source Dating 841

Notes

*PN Oxon., ii. 386, estate is to be identified with bishop of Worcester's 10-hide manor at Spelsbury, Oxon.; Stenton 1971, p. 44, on place-name; O'Donovan 1972, p. 43, on dating, problems with indiction and regnal year; Harrison 1973, p. 64, on date; Gelling, ECTV, no. 264, authentic basis; Sawyer 1983, pp. 293, 296-7; Hooke 1985, p. 15, cited; Campbell 1989, p. 27, on counter-payment; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 386, on place-name; Blair 1994, pp. 78, 189 n. 30, on Wychwood.

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