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A.D. 972. King Edgar to Pershore Abbey; grant of privileges and restoration of land at Pershore, and of 10 hides (mansi) at Bricklehampton, 10 at Comberton, 5 at Pensham in Pershore St Andrew, 16 at Eckington, 10 at Birlingham, 10 at Defford, 10 at Strensham, 10 at Besford, land at Cromban (? Croombe Perry in Pirton), 10 hides at Severn Stoke, 10 hides at Pirton, 4 at Wadborough in Pershore Holy Cross, 3 at Chevington ibid., 3 at Broughton ibid., 10 at Peopleton, 10 at Snodsbury, 7 at Naunton Beauchamp, 4 at Abberton, 5 at Wihtlafestune (? North Piddle), 5 at Flyford, 5 at Grafton Flyford, 5 at Dormston, 5 at Martin Hussingtree, 3 at Broughton Hackett, 2 at Libbery in Grafton Flyford, 30 at Longdon, 7 at Powick, 3 at Beornothesleahe (Leigh), all in Worcs.; 3 at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords.; 40 at South Stoke (i.e. Hawkesbury), Hillesley, Tresham, Kilcott, Oldbury on the Hill, Didmarton, Badminton and Hawkesbury Upton, 10 at Dyrham, 5 at Longney, 6 at Lydney, 6 at Wyegate, all in Gloucs.; 5 at Beoley, 5 at Yardley, Worcs.; 10 at Sture (Alderminster, Warwicks.); 20 at Broadway, Worcs.; 5 at Coltune; 10 at Childs Wickham, Gloucs.; sites for vats at Middlewich and Netherwich in Droitwich, furnaces at Witton in Droitwich and 1.5 hides at Horton in Hampton Lovett, Worcs., and 3 iugera with meadow at Worcester. Latin with English bounds

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Worcester (ex Pershore)

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 6(s. x/xi; BM Facs., iii. 30)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 163v-164r (s. xi 2; bounds of Acton Beauchamp)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius D. VII, ff. 29r-30v(s. xvi)
4. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 10 (S.C. 4152), ff. 66r-67r(s. xvii; no bounds or witnesses)
5. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 78 (S.C. 5019), ff. 2r-3v(s. xvii; no bounds or witnesses)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 204-5, ex MS 1; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 416 (no. 2); Earle, pp. 441-52; K, 570, ex MS 1; B, 1282, ex MS 1

Comments:

Stevenson 1912, p. 6 n. 17, hand appears to be mid-11th century; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 7-9, 27-8, 40-3, 45-8, 164-5, 177-8, on bounds of Acton Beauchamp, Beoley, Broadway, Chaceley, Eldersfield, Staunton, Leigh, and Martin Hussingtree; Skipp 1970, pp. 9-15, on Yardley estate and bounds; PN Beds. and Hunts., pp. 17, 23, 55, 87, on details of bounds, p. 182; Grundy, Worcs., II, pp. 18-19, 30-2, 32-40, 43-7, 121-3, on identification of places in the charter, and on bounds of Naunton Beauchamp, Pershore, Powick, and Yardley; Thompson 2006, pp. 20 et passim, on script; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 24-31, 118-24, bounds of Sture, identified as Alderminster; bounds of Dyrham; Cox 1975, p. 39, on estates; Wormald 1988a, p. 39 nn. 107 and 107, suspect; Bates, Two Cartularies, p. 42, may be contemporary, but somewhat doubtful; Hooke 1980, p. 45, on boundary mark; Kelly, Peterborough, p. 46, Presence of Abbot Byrhtnoth of Ely at 972 royal council, p. 114, Diploma from 970 or 972 of council attended by several abbots, not including Abbot Ealdwulf of Peterborough; Hooke 1999, pp. 67-71, on bounds, with map; Lapidge 1988, p. 94 n. 43, forged on the basis of S 876; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 95; Hooke 1987, pp. 96-9, on boundary mark; Keynes 1980, pp. 98-100, forgery; Insley 2002, pp. 116-17, discusses 'Orthodoxorum' charters; Finberg, ECWM, no. 120 (pp. 59, 116-17, 143), authentic, discusses identification and bounds of South Stoke, cf also no. 236 and addendum, p. 238; Foot 2000, II. 133; V.C.H. Worcs., iv, p. 151 and n., citing Stenton, hand of MS 1 places it a century later; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 156, Charter in which Beornnoth attests a charter of King Coenwulf of Mercia, as is also the case in S 367a; Chaplais 1966a, p. 165, MS 1 apparent original, perhaps tampered with but script contemporary, may have been writtten at Abingdon (= 1973, p. 49); Bassett 1996, p. 166 n. 37; Hooke 1990, pp. 177-230, on bounds; John 1966, pp. 181-209, esp. pp. 199-206, authentic, MS 1 original; Stevenson 1904, p. 202 n. 3, more or less suspicious; Forsberg 1950, pp. 212-13, on bounds in Cromban and of Longdon; Abrams 1996, p. 213 n. 133, citing Kitson, bounds may be from 990s; PN Gloucs., cf. pt iv, pp. 220-1; HRH, p. 230, MS 1 very early copy but suspicious, subscriptions would be consistent if Kinsige = Wynsige, bishop of Lichfield; Taylor 1894a, p. 297, original; Keynes 1993b, p. 315 n. 68; Hooke 1981, pp. 356-7, on bounds; PN Berks., ii. 356, on a boundary mark; Kelly, Glastonbury, p. 447, Charter whose witness list was likely used as a model for S 553, especially likely due to the proximity of the properties dealt with by both charters, p. 450, Charter dealing with the same area as the property granted in S 553, p. 497, Charter from the mid to late 9th century with similarities to S 764, p. 512, Charter where the abbatial subscription differs from S 783, casting doubt on the latter's authenticity; Kelly, Abingdon, pp. cvi-cxi, most likely to be authentic and original