A.D. 884 x 901. Æthelred, ealdorman, and Æthelflæd, to the church of St Peter, Worcester; grant of rights at Worcester. English

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 1v-2r (s. xi 1)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian A. V, ff. 148-94, f. 148v (s. xvi)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 3-5, ex MS 1; K, 1075, ex MS 2; B, 579, ex K and MS 2; Wyatt 1919, pp. 111-12; Sweet, Second Reader, p. 221 (no. 31)

Translated:

Whitelock, EHD, no. 99 (pp. 540-1); Brown 1984, pp. 127-8 (no. 155)

Comments:

Harmer, SEHD, pp. 106-7; Stenton, V.C.H. Worcs., iv. 377, genuine; Tait 1936, pp. 19-23; Harmer 1950, pp. 339 n. 4, 343-4; Harmer, Writs, p. 410, on reference to tolls; Clarke and Dyer 1968-9, pp. 28-9; Stenton 1971, pp. 326, 528-9; Finberg, ECWM, no. 268, authentic; Sawyer 1977, pp. 147, 155-6, cited; Sawyer 1978, pp. 192, 229, cited; Whitelock, EHD, p. 540; Hooke 1980, p. 39; Hooke 1981a, pp. 134, 139; Hooke 1990, pp. 102-3; Kelly 1992, p. 17, cited; Baker and Holt 1996, pp. 130, 132, on topography; Keynes 1998, p. 28; Bailey 2001, p. 115, on Ælfwynn, the third life on the lease; Whybra 1990, p. 33