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S 1283
A.D. 899 x 904 (Worcester). Wærferth, bishop, to Cyneswith, his kinswoman; lease, for three lives, of 3 hides at Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucs., with reversion to Bishop's Cleeve, for the bishopric. The other 2 hides at Elmstone Hardwicke, of the 5 hides leased by the community to Bishop Wærferth (cf. S 1415), are to belong to Prestbury for as long as the lease runs. English
Archive:
Worcester
MSS:
Printed:
Smith, Bede, pp. 771-2, ex MS ; K, 305, ex Smith ; B, 560, ex Smith
Comments:
Wilson 1959, pp. 301-2, on language ; Finberg 1972, pp. 421 ; Hooke 1985, p. 158, cited ; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 157-8, and p. 139 n. 110, on Prestbury ; Pelteret 1995, pp. 168-9 ; Bassett 1996, p. 167 ; Faith 1997, pp. 171-2 ; Dumville 2003, on identity of witness named Cynah ; Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302 (no. 10), on MS ; Robertson, Charters, pp. 289-91 ; Finberg, ECWM, no. 88, authentic ; Hooke 1989a, p. 117, on woodland