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The foundation charter of Gloucester Abbey survives in a medieval register of the abbey. It is not straightforward, but again is considered to have an authentic basis. The charter was apparently issued in the 670s by Æthelred, king of Mercia, and records his grant of lands at Gloucester and
137:. Oswald was the elder brother of Oswiu and therefore the uncle of Queen Osthryth, who is said to have encouraged her aunt Cyneburh to enter a nunnery many years after Oswald's death. Cyneburgh would therefore be the great-aunt of Osric, rather than his sister. 132:
The story of the abbey's foundation continues in the register with the claim that Osric granted the land for the abbey to his sister Kyneburge (Cyneburh), the first abbess. H.P.R. Finberg however speculates that the Cyneburh in question was the widow of
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to two of his thegns, noblemen of the Hwicce, Osric and his brother Oswald. Osric's share was at Gloucester, and he sought permission from Æthelred to found a monastery there.
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Though the charter of Gloucester treats Osric as a subordinate of Æthelred, the charter of Bath describes him as king of the Hwicce. He is also so described by
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Osric was buried at Gloucester Abbey beside Cyneburh, before the altar of St Petronilla; his remains now lie in a medieval tomb in the
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He may possibly be the Osric who witnessed a doubtful charter of
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Osric is claimed as the founder of two monastic houses, one at
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Osric of the Hwicce

Gloucester Cathedral

Anglo-Saxon
Hwicce
7th century
Oshere
Eanhere
Osthryth
Oswiu of Northumbria
Æthelred of Mercia
Bath
Bath Abbey
Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral
Abbess Bertana
Bath
Pershore
Oswald of Northumbria
Bede
Frithuwold
Surrey
cathedral
Oshere
Æthelmod
S 1167
John Leland
"S51"
Archived

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