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A.D. 691 x 699. Æthelred, king of Mercia, to Oftfor, bishop, and St Peter's Church, Worcester; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Henbury and Aust, Gloucs. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

2. London, British Library, Harley 4660, f. 3r (s. xvii; ex 1)
1. Lost original

Printed:

Hickes, Inst. Gramm., p. 169, ex lost original, cf. pp. 168-9 ; K, 32 ; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 584-5 (no. 4) ; B, 75 ; Earle, pp. 12-13 ; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 16

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 38, it may have been written or interpolated about the end of the 8th century ; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4) ; Dyer and Clarke 1969, p. 27 ; Scharer 1982, pp. 152-3, not genuine in present form, date 691 x 693/9 ; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements ; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 78, 149 n. 32, on Aust; doubtful authenticity ; Baker et al. 1992, p. 72 ; Abrams 1996, pp. 50-1, dubious, on estate history of Aust. ; Taylor 1894a, pp. 297-8, authentic ; Finberg, ECWM, no. 6, authentic basis, date 691 x 699

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