Scholars feel strongly about these so-called forgeries, often on the basis
of the witnesses. Though even good men differ in these opinions. I
believe
its the 972 Worcestershire grant that they dispute and not Pershore which
is
said to be a duplicate of the Pershore charter. I once compared them and
found some paragraphs differ, but it does seem likely that replacements
for
charters burned in fires would be a normal fact of life in those days.
Bea
On 2/24/01 8:46 AM stephen buckley writes:
>The Anglo-Saxon charter is the supposed grant/confirmation of lands by
>King Edgar to Pershore Abbey of 972. As Hooke says, scholars seem to think
>this is most likely a forgery (these were usually made to replace missing
>documents), but even so, and if it dates from 11th or 12th C, it would be
>pretty daft to forge a property document in which boundaries (as at the
>time of the forgery) were not clear.
Beatrice Hopkinson 73071,327@compuserve
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