S 52
A.D. 680. Oshere, king, to Frithuwald, monk of Bishop Winfrid (? for Wilfrid); grant of 30 hides (manentes) at Ripple, Worcs. Latin
Archive:
Worcester
MSS:
1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 20v-21r (s. xi 1)
Printed:
Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 79, extract; Hearne, Heming, pp. 46-7; K, 17; B, 51
Translated:
Comments:
Stevenson 1914, pp. 692 n. 16, 698 n. 44, doubtful authenticity; Stenton 1918, p. 438 n. 29, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 53 n. 3); Finberg, ECWM, no. 196, authentic basis, indiction points to 678 or 693, text 'improved' by interpolation of extended immunity clause; Harrison 1973a, pp. 552-3, cannot be regarded as authentic, but based on early source, possible that indiction miscopied; Harrison 1976, p. 67, use of incarnation date may be contemporary; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Sims-Williams 1988, pp. 174-83, authentic basis, Winfrith perhaps error for Wilfrid; Hooke 1990, p. 20, on estate; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 104-5, 375, perhaps drawn up by Wilfrid or an associate, topography of Ripple estate