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A.D. 697 x 699. Æthelred, king, to Oftfor, bishop; grant of 44 hides (cassati) at Fladbury, Worcs., so that monastic life may be re-established there. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost Somers charter 1 (lost)
2. London, British Library, Add. 46204, recto (s. xi)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 9r-v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Smith, Bede, pp. 764-5, ex MS 1; Hearne, Heming, pp. 21-2, ex MS 3; K, 33, ex Smith; B, 76, ex K; Stevenson 1911, pp. 199-200, ex MS 2

Translated:

Jones 1958, pp. 62-3

Comments:

Wanley, Catalogus, p. 301, no. 1; HS, p. 280, spurious; Stevenson 1911, pp. 199-200; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, cited (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4); Stenton 1918a, p. 258, accepted; Finberg, ECWM, no. 198, authentic; Hart, ECNE, no. 41, authentic; Cox 1976, pp. 32-3, on place-names; Scharer 1982, pp. 152-4, not genuine in present form, perhaps based on S 77, date is 697 x 699; Hooke 1985, pp. 38, 106; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Hooke 1990, pp. 21-2, on estate; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 140-1; Whybra 1990, p. 34