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A.D. 991. Oswald, archbishop, to Æthelmær, his artifex; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides (mansae) at Æsctun (possibly Ashton-under-Hill, Worcs.), with reversion to the church. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 62r-v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 131-2 ; K, 678 ; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 67

Comments:

Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary ; Hooke 1990, p. 153 ; Whybra 1990, pp. 18, 48 ; Baker and Holt 1996, pp. 137-8 ; King 1996, pp. 103, 107, 116 n. 107 ; Finberg, ECWM, no. 330, authentic, suggests identification ; PN Gloucs., ii. 42, accepts Finberg's identification ; HRH, p. 232, probably genuine