S 1343

A.D. 981. Oswald, archbishop, to Athelstan, his miles; extension, for two further lives, of a lease of 3 hides (cassati) at Pegglesworth in Dowdeswell, Gloucs., granted by Bishop Cenwold to Athelstan's father, with ultimate reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. I, pt 2, ff. 181-84v, f. 184r-v (s. xi; abbreviated)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 112r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 235-6; K, 631

Comments:

Finberg 1964, p. 37; Finberg, ECWM, no. 128, authentic, and cf. p. 53; Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary; Whybra 1990, pp. 18, 48; King 1996, p. 104; Wareham 1996, p. 56, on beneficiary