S 70
A.D. 671 for ? 679 (Chelsea). Æthelred, king of Mercia, to Osric and Oswald, his noble ministri; grant of 300 hides (tributarii) at Gloucester, Gloucs., to Osric, and 300 hides (cassati) at Pershore, Worcs., to Oswald; Osric's part being used by him for the foundation of a minster at Gloucester. Latin
Archive:
Gloucester, St Peter's
MSS:
1. Gloucester, D.C., Reg. A, f. 9r (s. xiv ex.)
Printed:
Hart, Cart. Gloucs., i, pp. lxxi-ii; B, 60, ex Hart; Finberg, ECWM, p. 158; Morris 1995, p. 123, ex B
Translated:
Comments:
Taylor 1903, pp. 319-31; Stevenson 1904, p. 155 n. 6; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, not a medieval fabrication (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4); PN Worcs., p. xvi, very corrupt but should not be rejected, cf. n. 3; Finberg 1957, p. 12; John 1960, pp. 7, 46, 76, based on early materials; John 1966, pp. 83-5, not in the ordinary sense a forgery, much more an incompetent foundation history based on authentic contemporary material; Finberg, ECWM, no. 1, pp. 153-66, 240, authentic basis; composed in 9th century from miscellaneous material; vocabulary; Scharer 1982, pp. 146-8, fabricated, authentic material minimal, probably based on a charter of Osric founding Gloucester; Hooke 1990, p. 19; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 34-5, 89 n. 9, 94-6, 122, on beneficiaries, Gloucester, Pershore; Foot 2000, II. 134