Edward, king of Mercia, to the church of St Mary, Cronuchamme (Evesham); grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Lench, Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 37r (s. xii)
Printed: K 289; B 511.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, pp. 199 n. 9, spurious; Drögereit 1935, p. 373 n. 1, suspicious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 367, spurious, treats as 11th-century charter, but notes that witness-list is 9th-century, suggests dating-limits 860 x 867; Keynes 1980, p. 86 n. 9, forgery; Hooke 1990, p. 342, on estate.
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