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A.D. 777 x 780. Ealdred, subregulus of the Hwicce, with the permission of Bishop Tilhere, to Æthelburh, his kinswoman; lease, for life, of the minster at Fladbury, Worcs., with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost Somers charter 2 (lost)

Printed:

Smith, Bede, pp. 765-6, ex MS ; K, 146, ex Smith ; B, 238, ex Smith ; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 73

Comments:

Hooke 1990, p. 34, on estate ; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 37-8, 132, 158, 238-9, agrees with Whitelock; Fladbury discussed; witness discussed ; Wanley, Catalogus, p. 301, no. 2, on MS ; Finberg, ECWM, no. 225, p. 178, authentic; Æthelburh was abbess of Withington ; Whitelock, EHD, p. 494, Æthelburh was not Offa's daughter

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    • + Regnante domino in secula sæculorum . Ego Aldred subregulus Huicciorum cum licentia venerabilis episcopi Tilheri monasterium illud on Flaedanbyrg dabo Æˇelburgæ propinquæ meæ coram testibus infra nominatis ea conditio