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S 76

A.D. 697 x 699. Æthelred, king, to Oftfor, bishop; grant of 44 hides (cassati) at Fladbury, Worcs., so that monastic life may be re-established there. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

2. London, British Library, Add. 46204, recto (s. xi)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 9r-v (s. xi 1)
1. Lost Somers charter 1 (lost)

Printed:

Smith, Bede, pp. 764-5, ex MS 1 ; Hearne, Heming, pp. 21-2, ex MS 3 ; K, 33, ex Smith ; B, 76, ex K ; Stevenson 1911, pp. 199-200, ex MS 2

Comments:

Stevenson 1911, pp. 199-200 ; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious ; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4) ; Cox 1976, pp. 32-3, on place-names ; Scharer 1982, pp. 152-4, not genuine in present form, perhaps based on S 77, date is 697 x 699 ; Hooke 1985, pp. 38, 106 ; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy ; Hooke 1990, pp. 21-2, on estate ; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 140-1 ; Whybra 1990, p. 34 ; Wanley, Catalogus, p. 301, no. 1 ; HS, p. 280, spurious ; Stenton 1918a, p. 258, accepted ; Finberg, ECWM, no. 198, authentic ; Hart, ECNE, no. 41, authentic

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    • + Apostolus Paulus de extremo judicio domini manifestissime loquens ita refert :-- 'Omnes enim stabimus ante tribunal Christi, ut recipiat unusquisque prout gessit sive bonum sive malum.' Quid autem sit quod apostolus pro meritis suis quosque percepturos