A.D. 875. Ceolwulf (II), king of Mercia, to Wærferth, bishop of Worcester; grant to the diocese of exemption from the burden of feeding the king's horses and their servants, in return for liturgical services. The bishop grants to the king a four-life lease of 6 hides (manentes) at Daylesford, Gloucs., with reversion to Worcester, in return for 60 mancuses of gold. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 27rv (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 57-8; K 306; Thorpe, pp. 128-9; B 540; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 39.
Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 95 (p. 533).
Comments: Stenton 1971, p. 252 n. 1, cited with reference to King Ceolwulf; Davies 1972, pp. 473, 476, on formulas; Finberg, ECWM, no. 82, authentic; O'Donovan 1973, p. 92, on witness-list; Whitelock, EHD, p. 533, treats as authentic; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 152, cited with reference to estate history; Dumville 1992, p. 42 n., on estate history; Smyth 1995, p. 53.
A.D. 875. Ceolwulf (II), king of Mercia, to St Mary's minster, Worcester; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Overbury, Worcs., with villulae at Conderton and Pendock, Worcs. Latin with English bounds of Overbury.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 149r-150r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 331-2; K 308 and vol. iii. 399; B 541; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 41.
Comments: Robinson 1919, p. 29, spurious; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 24-5, on bounds; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, untrustworthy; PN Gloucs., i. 4, ii. 60, on bounds; Stenton 1971, p. 252 n. 1, cited with reference to King Ceolwulf; Finberg, ECWM, no. 264, authentic basis, anachronistic reference to St Mary's may be interpolation; Davies 1972, pp. 473, 475, 476, spurious; Hooke 1985, pp. 83, 180, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 125-9, on bounds; Smyth 1995, p. 53; cf. S 215.
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