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A.D. 706. Æthelweard, subregulus, with the consent of Cenred, king of Mercia, to Ecgwine, bishop, for St Mary's Church, Cronuchomme (Evesham); grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Ombersley, Worcs., with later confirmations by Ceolred, Æthelbald and Offa, kings of Mercia. Latin with English bounds
Archive:
Evesham
MSS:
1.
London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XXIV, ff. 25v-26v (s. xii/xiii)
2.
London, British Library, Harley 3763, f. 67r-v (s. xii)
3.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 29 (S.C. 3866), pp. 41-42 (s. xvii)
Printed:
K, 56 and vol. iii. 375 ; HS, pp. 278-9 ; B, 116 ; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 24 ; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 196-7 ; Hooke 1990, pp. 36, 38, bounds only
Comments:
Maitland 1897, pp. 235-6, of fairly good repute, but nothing that comes from Evesham is beyond suspicion ; Stevenson 1914, p. 702, a late and clumsy fabrication ; Levison 1946, p. 264, dubious or forged ; Forsberg 1950, pp. 126-7, on bounds ; John 1960, p. 76 n., may have some authentic basis, although bounds and year of grace are additions ; John 1966, p. 24, confirmations of Mercian kings perhaps suspicious ; Finberg 1972, p. 403, treats as authentic ; Sims-Williams 1976, p. 9 n. 2, dubious ; Hooke 1985, pp. 131, 155, on fisheries, on reservation of right to mast ; Hooke 1990, pp. 36-40, on bounds ; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 36 n. 101, spurious ; Lapidge 1993, p. 309, on a witness ; Cubitt 1995, p. 262, forgery drawing on some earlier material, witness-list may be from an 8th-century charter. ; HS, pp. 279-80, authentic ; PN Worcs., p. xxv n. 2, substantially genuine ; Grundy, Worcs., II, pp. 21-3, on bounds ; Finberg, ECWM, no. 201, authentic basis, bounds not contemporary with charter