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

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 27r-v (s. xi 1)

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; Keynes 1998, pp. 12, 20 n. 87; Whybra 1990, pp. 18, 36