Uhtred of Hwicce
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Uhtred was the King of Hwicce
Hwicce
The Hwicce were one of the peoples of Anglo-Saxon England. The exact boundaries of their kingdom are uncertain, though it is likely that they coincided with those of the old Diocese of Worcester, founded in 679–80, the early bishops of which bore the title Episcopus Hwicciorum...

, jointly with Eanberht
Eanberht
Eanberht, King of Hwicce, jointly with Uhtred and Ealdred.In 757 Eanberht, Uhtred, and Ealdred, granted land to Bishop Milred, and in 759 to Abbot Headda....

 and Ealdred
Ealdred of Hwicce
Ealdred was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Hwicce, jointly with Eanberht and Uhtred.In 757 Eanberht, Uhtred, and Ealdred, granted land to Bishop Milred, and in 759 to Abbot Headda. In 778 Ealdred received a grant of land from Offa, King of Mercia....

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In 757 Eanberht, Uhtred, and Ealdred, granted land to Bishop Milred
Milred
Milred was an Anglo-Saxon prelate who served as Bishop of Worcester from circa 745 until his death about 775.-Life:...


http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+55, and in 759 to Abbot Headda http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+56.

In 770 Uhtred issued a charter to his thegn
Thegn
The term thegn , from OE þegn, ðegn "servant, attendant, retainer", is commonly used to describe either an aristocratic retainer of a king or nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England, or as a class term, the majority of the aristocracy below the ranks of ealdormen and high-reeves...

 Æthelmund
Æthelmund
Æthelmund, an Anglo-Saxon noble, was Ealdorman of Hwicce in the late 8th century, perhaps living into the early 9th century. Æthelmund's predecessors had been kings, but he was a subject of the king of Mercia....

 http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+59.

Another grant http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+57, to thegn Coelmund, is dated 756, apparently in error for 777, 778, or 779.

See also

  • Hwicce
    Hwicce
    The Hwicce were one of the peoples of Anglo-Saxon England. The exact boundaries of their kingdom are uncertain, though it is likely that they coincided with those of the old Diocese of Worcester, founded in 679–80, the early bishops of which bore the title Episcopus Hwicciorum...

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