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Little is known of Oshere's education, but since his sister was educated, it follows that he would have been as well. Ecgburg's letter to
Boniface reveals a cultivated intellect, leading Diane Watt to state that she was among the "highly educated women" who corresponded with the bishop. The historian
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Hwiccian contemporaries—Osric, king of Hwicce (d. 729), and Oswald, founder of
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