A.D. 840 for c. 844 x 852. Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to the church of St Mary, Evesham; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Quinton, Warwicks.; 2 at Pebworth, Worcs.; and 5 at Mappleborough in Studley, Warwicks. Latin.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Harley 3763, 63v (s. xii)
Printed: K 244; B 453.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 229 n. 4, doubtful; PN Bucks., p. 108, treats as Quinton, Gloucs.; Finberg, ECWM, no. 252, authentic basis, witnesses not compatible with A.D. date; O'Donovan 1973, p. 91, dubious, indiction and regnal year correspond with 840 but episcopal witnesses belong some years later; Hart, ECNE, no. 49, authentic basis; Hooke 1990, p. 100, on Pebworth.
A.D. 840 (Tamworth, Staffs., Easter; Wellesbourne, Warwicks.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Heahberht, bishop of Worcester; restitution of land at Stoulton, Worcs.; Little Washbourne, Gloucs.; Kemerton, Worcs.; Tateringctun (? Taddington, Gloucs.); and at Codeswelle in Cutsdean, Gloucs., in return for gifts of treasure and horses to the king and queen. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Add. 46204 verso (s. xi; incomplete)
2. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 183r (s. xi; incomplete)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 12rv (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 26-8; K 245; Thorpe, pp. 90-1; B 430; Stevenson 1911, pp. 207-9; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 3.
Translated: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 72-5 (no. 1); Whitelock, EHD, no. 86 (pp. 520-1).
Comments: Bridgeman 1916, pp. 73-5; Drögereit 1952, p. 63 n. 23, doubtful; PN Gloucs., ii. 8, 25; Dyer and Clarke 1969, p. 28; Finberg, ECWM, no. 65, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 520; Dyer 1980, p. 12, cited; Wormald 1982, p. 139, cited; Wormald 1988, no. 17; Campbell 1989, p. 27 on counter-payment; Bullough 1990, pp. 21-2, on counter-payment; Hooke 1990, p. 98, on estates; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 154, cited.
A.D. 841 = 840 (Tamworth, Staffs., 25 Dec.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Eanmund, abbot of Bredon (? Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leics., or Bredon, Worcs.), and his community: grant of privileges, in return for 120 mancuses of pure gold and liturgical obligations. Latin.
Archive: Worcester (ex Bredon, Worcs., or Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leics.)
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 183r (s. xi; short version)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 13rv (s. xi1)
4. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 130rv (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 122-3; Hearne, Heming, pp. 28, 458-60 ex Mon. Angl., p. 566 ex MS 4; K 248; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 589 (no. 18); Thorpe, pp. 92-3; B 434 ex MS 3; B 435 ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 312-14.
Comments: Stubbs 1861/1, p. 203, spurious; Thorpe, p. 92 n.; Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Stenton 1933, p. 318 n. 3, applies to Bredon, Worcs., cf. S 197 (= Stenton 1970, p. 184 n. 3); Finberg, ECWM, no. 249, authentic, applies to Bredon, Worcs.; O'Donovan 1972, pp. 43-4, unpromising but may be acceptable; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 23, dubious; Hooke 1990, p. 99; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 103 n., probably refers to Breedon-on-the-Hill, as does S 197; Foot 1992, p. 191 n. 149, on a formula.
A.D. 841 (Tamworth, Staffs.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Heahberht, bishop; grant of privileges for 6 hides (cassati) at Daylesford, Gloucs., in return for 3 pounds of silver. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 32r (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 69-70; K 251; B 436; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 6.
Comments: Finberg, ECWM, no. 67, authentic; Scharer 1982, p. 165, on diplomatic connection with S 84, which covers the same property; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 151-2, treats as authentic; Dumville 1992, p. 42 n., on history of estate, treats as authentic.
A.D. 841 = 840 (Tamworth, Staffs., 25 Dec.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Heahberht, bishop, for the monks of St Mary's, Worcester; grant of one hide (mansa) at Mitton in Bredon, Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 179v (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 400-1; K 249; B 433; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 5.
Comments: Robinson 1919, p. 28, abbreviated version of S 193 with interpolations; Finberg, ECWM, no. 248, spurious, based on S 193; Harrison 1973, p. 64, doubtful, discusses indiction; Hooke 1990, pp. 98-9.
A.D. 841 = 840 (Cropthorne, Worcs., with confirmation at Tamworth, Staffs., 25 Dec.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Heahberht, bishop; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Wychwood, Oxon., in return for 31 mancuses. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 32v (s. xi1)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 175r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 70-1, 387-8; K 247; B 432.
Comments: PN Oxon., ii. 386, estate is to be identified with bishop of Worcester's 10-hide manor at Spelsbury, Oxon.; Stenton 1971, p. 44, on place-name; O'Donovan 1972, p. 43, on dating, problems with indiction and regnal year; Harrison 1973, p. 64, on date; Gelling, ECTV, no. 264, authentic basis; Sawyer 1983, pp. 293, 296-7; Hooke 1985, p. 15, cited; Campbell 1989, p. 27, on counter-payment; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 386, on place-name; Blair 1994, pp. 78, 189 n. 30, on Wychwood.
A.D. 844 for 848 (Repton, Derbys.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Abbot Eanmund and his familia in the minster at Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leics.; grant of privileges, in return for a gift of 180 mancuses in gold and 15 hides (manentes) at Stanlege (? Stanley, Derbys.) and at Bellanford (? Belford, Northants.) to the king and also the donation of a precious vessel to Humberht, princeps. Latin.
Archive: Peterborough (ex Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leics.)
MSS: 1. London, Soc. Ant., 60, 42v-44v (s. xii)
2. Peterborough, D. & C., 1, 131v-132v (s. xiii)
Printed: Gunton 1686, pp. 342-4; K 261; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 380-1 (no. 5); Thorpe, pp. 101-4; B 454; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 13.
Comments: Stubbs 1861/1, p. 203, genuine; Stevenson 1904, p. 229 n. 4, cited; Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, doubtful or spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Stenton 1933, p. 318, authentic basis, cf. S 193 (= Stenton 1970, p. 184 n. 3); Stenton 1955, p. 54, authentic basis; Stenton 1971, pp. 41, 289, cited; Finberg 1972, p. 459, cited; O'Donovan 1973, p. 91, suspect, indiction possible for late 847 or 848, perhaps a date 847 was miscopied; Hart, ECNE, no. 34, authentic, Stanlege may be Stanley, Derbys.; Dornier 1977, pp. 158-9; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 23, dubious; Bullough 1993, pp. 121-2, discusses obligation of hospitality to ambassadors; Foot 1992, p. 191 n. 148, on a formula; Keynes 1993/1, p. 127, cited; cf. S 193.
A.D. 845 = 844 (Tamworth, Staffs., Christmas). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Heahberht, abbot, and his familia in Worcester; grant of exemption for the minster of Ufera Stretford (Stratford upon Avon, Warwicks.), assessed at 20 hides (manentes), in return for 10 pounds of silver. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 104v-105v (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 221-4; Dugdale, Warwickshire (1730), ii. 680 (incomplete); K 258; Thorpe, pp. 100-1; B 450.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, suspicious (Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Whitelock 1972, p. 18 n. 1, emends witness-list; Hart, ECNE, no. 50, authentic; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 136-7, 150, 162, treats as authentic; Pelteret 1995, p. 167 n. 16; Hooke 1996, p. 106.
A.D. 849 (Tamworth, Staffs.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Egbert, his minister; lease, for 5 lives, of 5 hides at Cofton Hackett, Worcs., granted to the king in S 1272. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 4rv (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 8-9; K 262; B 455 (2); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 14.
Comments: Finberg, ECWM, no. 254, authentic; Hooke 1990, p. 104.
Note. S 199 appears to refer only to Cofton Hackett, for which bounds are provided in the main text of S 1272; separate leases were probably drawn up for the other estates mentioned in S 1272.
A.D. 851. Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Siward, abbot of Crowland and the abbey; confirmation of marshes at Crowland, Spalding and elsewhere, and of land at Langtoft, Deeping, Thetford, Baston, Rippingale, Whaplode, Holbeach, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Sutterton, Algarkirk, Drayton, Lincs.; Glapthorn, Peakirk, Northants.; Kirkby, Lincs.; Standon, Herts.; Addington, Northants.; Bucknall, Hallington, and at Germuthorp, Lincs. Latin with bounds.
Archive: Crowland
MSS: 1. BL Arundel 178, 33r-34v (s. xvi)
2. BL Lansdowne 207 c, 107r-114v (s. xvii)
3. Oxford, Queen's College, 368, pp. 174-84 (s. xvii)
Printed: Savile, Ingulph, pp. 858-61; Spelman, Concilia, i. 344 (in part); Alford 1663, iii. 72-4; Fulman 1684, pp. 12-15, ex MS 1; K 265; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 111-13 (no. 9); Birch, Ingulf, pp. 20-5 ex MS 1; B 461 ex MS 1.
Comments: Riley 1862, p. 37, spurious; Searle 1894, pp. 169-70; Robertson, Charters, p. 271, date is impossible; O'Donovan 1973, p. 92, forgery, p. 97, witness-list has no coherence and cannot belong to 851; Gelling, ECTV, no. 166, spurious, queries identification of Standon; Roffe 1995, pp. 104-8, post-Conquest compilation, discusses background to forgery.
A.D. 851. Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to St Mary's church, Worcester; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Grimley, Worcs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 186r-187r (s. xi2)
3. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 130r (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 416-18 ex MS 2, p. 562 ex MS 3; K 266 and vol. iii. 393; B 462.
Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, authentic; Robinson 1919, p. 28, spurious; Grundy, Worcs. 1927, pp. 115-19, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 267, very suspicious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 255, spurious, witnesses largely copied from S 180, bounds identical to S 1370; Hart, ECNE, p. 92 n. 1, forgery; Hooke 1980, pp. 41, 46, on boundary marks; Hooke 1990, pp. 115-20, on bounds.
A.D. 852 for 842 (Escantun). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Ælfheah, princeps; grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Calmesden (or by the River Churn and at Calmesden), Gloucs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive; Abingdon
MS: BL Cotton Claud. B. vi, 10v-11r (s. xiii)
Printed: K 268 and vol. iii. 393-4; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon., i. 29-31; B 466; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 13.
Comments: Stevenson 1904, p. 229, n. 4, doubtful; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 56-60, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 5, 17, 148-50, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 71, authentic basis; Keynes 1994/2, p. 1119, unacceptable in received form, notes diplomatic links with West Saxon charters; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 13, spurious, a forgery based on a West Saxon charter of 842.
A.D. 840 x 852. Berhtwulf, king of the Mercians, to St Mary's, Evesham; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Willersey, Gloucs. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Evesham
MS: BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 64r (s. xii)
Printed: K 274 and vol. iii. 394; B 482; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 20.
Comments: Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 258-61, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 464-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 69, authentic basis; Cox 1975, p. 33, on estate history; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 8, dubious.
A.D. 844 x 845. Berhtwulf, king (of Mercia), to Forthred, his thegn; grant of 9 hides at Wotton Underwood, Bucks., in return for 30 mancuses and 900 shillings. English.
Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church
MS: Canterbury, D. & C., Chart. Ant. C. 1280 (Red Book no. 9; s. ix med; Pal. Soc., ser. i. 24; OS Facs., i. 18)
Printed: K 243; Sweet, OET, p. 454 (no. 48); B 452; Earle, pp. 122-3; Harmer 1914, pp. 5-6 (no. 3), with translation, pp. 42-3; Sweet, Second Reader, pp. 219-20 (no. 29); Baines 1979, pp. 141-2, with translation, pp. 142-3; Reed 1979, p. 184 ex Harmer, with translation, p. 186.
Comments: Harmer, SEHD, pp. 81-2, authentic, cf. p. vi; PN Bucks., pp. 1, 113-14, for identification, p. 103, doubtless written locally; Stenton 1955, p. 46, authentic, may be contemporary; PN Oxon., i. 9; O'Donovan 1972, pp. 40-1, dates 843 x 845, perhaps a slightly later copy, attestation of Bishop Deorlaf of Hereford is a problem; O'Donovan 1973, p. 112; Keynes 1978, p. 172 n. 4, on chrismon; Baines 1979, authentic, discusses bounds; Gelling, ECTV, no. 146, authentic, may be original; Reed 1979, pp. 184-7, on bounds; Brooks 1984, pp. 174, 362 n. 94, original, written in very poor English; Kelly 1990, pp. 55-6; BA Facs., p. 12.
A.D. 840 x 848. Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Heahberht, bishop, and his familia at Worcester; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Crowle, Worcs. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 156r-157r (s. xi2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 345-6; K 242; B 428, with bounds of Crowle (cf. S 1591); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 2.
Comments: Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, untrustworthy; Davies 1972, pp. 471, 476, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 250, authentic basis, bounds which Birch prints with text do not belong to it (cf. S 1591); O'Donovan 1972, p. 44, dating limits must be Dec. 840 x Nov. 845; Whitelock 1972, p. 18 n. 1, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 99-100.
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