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A.D. 699 x 709. Offa, king of Mercia (? recte of Essex), also termed subregulus, to the church of Worcester; grant of 33 hides (cassati) at Shottery, 3 at Nuthurst, Warwicks.; and 3 at Hellerelege (lost, in Kings Norton), Worcs. Latin with bounds in Latin and English

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. I, pt 2, ff. 181-84v, f. 184r (s. xi)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 107r-v (s. xi 1; omits Hellerelege)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 107v-108r (s. xi 1; omits Nuthurst)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 227-9; K, 55 and vol. iii. 374-5; B, 123, ex MS 1; B, 123A, ex MS 2; B, 123B, ex MS 3; Earle, pp. 310-11

Comments:

Earle, p. 311, spurious; Turner 1916, p. xxxii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 163-4, on bounds of Hellerelege; PN Worcs., p. 15; PN Warwicks., p. 239 n., on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 200 and p. 182, authentic basis, donor was probably Offa of Essex; Hart, ECNE, no. 42, authentic basis; Cox 1976, pp. 22, 25, 26, 38, 43, 45, on place-names; Dyer 1980, p. 25, cf. S 1278; Hooke 1985, p. 57, on bounds and topography; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possible genuine elements; Yorke 1985, pp. 7-8, 22-3, 25-6, uses charter as evidence for royal status of Offa of Essex; Hooke 1989a, p. 116, on woodland; Hooke 1990, pp. 58-61, on bounds of Hellerelege, solution still not definite; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 35 n. 99, 162, citing Whitelock, may originally have been a charter of Cenred of Mercia; Whybra 1990, p. 42; Hooke 1991-2, p. 79; Lapidge 1993, p. 293 n., has some claim to be genuine; Hooke 1996, p. 106; Hooke 1999, pp. 27-30, on bounds, with map