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A.D. 718 (? for 727). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Buca, his comes; grant of 3 hides (manentes) at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords., to be a perpetual dwelling for the servants of God. Latin

Archive:

Evesham

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XXIV, f. 39v(s. xii/xiii)

Printed:

Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 29; Earle, pp. 23-4; K, 75; B, 146

Comments:

PN Worcs., p. xxv n. 2, substantially genuine; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Cox 1976, p. 29, on place-name; K, vol. i. 90 n., indiction and witnesses do not fit 718; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 138, Authentic charter with similar phrasing to S 1783, suggesting the use of authentic documents in the forging of the latter; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 150-1, suspicious, but formulae and name forms acceptable and may be genuine, Kemble is wrong in stating that witnesses will not fit A.D. date.; Scharer 1982, pp. 172-4, not genuine in present form, but largely based on authentic charter; Finberg, ECWM, no. 406, authentic; Davies 1972, p. 466, cited