A.D. 692. Æthelred, king of Mercia, to Oslaf, his former minister and now a servant of God at Worcester; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Wychbold, Worcs. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost original
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 173v-174r (s. xi 2)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius C. IX, f. 129v (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 383-5, ex MS 2; Hearne, Heming, pp. 557-8, ex MS 3; K, 34; B, 77

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, dubious or spurious; John 1960, pp. 74-6, may be a largely authentic 7th-century record; Finberg, ECWM, no. 199, authentic basis; Scharer 1982, pp. 150-2, skilfully forged from 8th-century models, probably in 11th century; Hooke 1990, pp. 20-1, on estate.; Williams 1997b, p. 390, eleventh-century forgery; Coates 2000b, on place-name