S 78

A.D. 708. Cenred, king of Mercia, to Ecgwine, bishop of the Hwicce, for his church at Cronuchomme (Evesham); grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Abbots Morton, Worcs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Evesham

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XXIV, f. 36r (s. xii/xiii)

Printed:

K, 59 and vol. iii. 376; B, 120; Hooke 1990, p. 43, bounds only

Comments:

HS, p. 280, spurious; Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 5-7, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 203, spurious; Scharer 1982, pp. 155-6, spurious; Hooke 1990, pp. 43-6, on bounds; Lapidge 1993, p. 293 n., spurious

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    • + Anno dominicæ incarnationis dcc oviii o. Ego Kenredus , rex Merciorum , Romam transire disponens ; venerabilem virum Ecguinum Uuicciorum episcopum qui prius ibi fuerat itineris mei comitem atque laboris consolatore