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K:
B:
S 53
(A.D. 693.) Oshere, king of the Hwicce, to Cuthswith, abbess; grant of 15 hides (tributarii) at Penintanham (probably Inkberrow, Worcs.) and Dyllawidu (?), for the foundation of a minster. Latin
Archive:
Worcester
MSS:
2.
London, British Library, Harley 4660, f. 3v (s. xvii; ex 1)
1.
Lost original
Printed:
Hickes, Inst. Gramm, pp. 169-70, ex MS 1, cf. pp. 168-9 ; K, 36 ; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 585 (no. 5) ; B, 85 ; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 36
Comments:
Turner 1916, p. xxxii, citing Stevenson, authentic ; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, commands respect (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4) ; Davies 1972, p. 466, spurious elements ; Cox 1976, pp. 20, 35, on place-names ; Sims-Williams 1976, pp. 8-13, agrees with Inkberrow identification ; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy ; Hooke 1990, p. 21, on estate ; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 35 n. 99, 191, 193-4, authentic ; Cubitt 1995, pp. 40, 259, authentic ; HS, pp. 232, 241, unquestioned ; Finberg, ECW, p. 251, reading should be Penintanham, not Penitanham, identifies with Inkberrow ; Finberg, ECWM, no. 382, authentic, and p. 239 ; Gelling 1978a, p. 212, disputes Inkberrow identification ; John of Worcester, p. 164 n., on two witnesses ; Kelly, Selsey, p. xlix, on formulation.