A.D. 855 (Tamworth, Staffs.). Burgred, king of Mercia, to Alhhun (or Alhwine), bishop of Worcester; grant of privileges for the minster at Blockley, Gloucs., in return for 300 silver shillings. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. I, pt 2, ff. 181-84v, f. 183r-v (s. xi)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 14v-15v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 31-3; K, 278, ex MS 2; Thorpe, pp. 114-15; B, 488, ex MS 1; B, 489, ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 23

Translated:

Whitelock, EHD, no. 91 (pp. 527-8).

Comments:

Finberg 1957, pp. 5-11, on estate history; Finberg, ECWM, no. 76, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 394, on Blockley; O'Donovan 1973, p. 112, on beneficiary; Whitelock, EHD, p. 527; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 172; Pelteret 1995, p. 167 n. 16; Bassett 1996, pp. 166, 167, 168; Hooke 1989a, p. 125, on woodland; Whybra 1990, p. 34