S 1365

A.D. 991. Oswald, archbishop, to Æthelmær, his artifex; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides (mansae) at Æsctun (possibly Ashton-under-Hill, Worcs.), with reversion to the church. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 62r-v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 131-2; K, 678; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 67

Comments:

PN Gloucs., ii. 42, accepts Finberg's identification; Finberg, ECWM, no. 330, authentic, suggests identification; HRH, p. 232, probably genuine; Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary; Hooke 1990, p. 153; Whybra 1990, pp. 18, 48; Baker and Holt 1996, pp. 137-8; King 1996, pp. 103, 107, 116 n. 107