S 1333

A.D. 977. Oswald, bishop, to Cynulf, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide (mansa) at Aston Magna, Gloucs., with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 91v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 196-7; K, 615; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 47

Comments:

Robinson 1919, p. 18, witness-list unique and is probably corrupt; PN Worcs., p. 88, identifies as White Ladies Aston; PN Gloucs., i. 234; Finberg, ECWM, no. 123, authentic, identifies as Aston Magna; Sawyer 1975, pp. 92, 228 nn. 29 & 30, very unusual document, suspicious; Whybra 1990, p. 56; Barrow 1996, pp. 87-8, on witnesses