The Oswaldslow (sometimes Oswaldslaw) was a hundred in the English county of Worcestershire, which was named in a supposed charter of 964 by King Edgar the Peaceful.[1] It was generally felt to be named after Bishop Oswald of Worcester (died 992),[2] and created by the merging of Cuthburgelow, Winburgetreow and Wulfereslaw Hundreds.The name is originally traced to Oslaf, a Bernician prince exiled from Northumbria, who, along with his brother Oswudu, allegedly helped King Penda of Mercia conquer the area in the mid 7th century.Modern historians have proven the charter to be a fake, created to buttress the cathedral chapter's claims to these rights.This writ reaffirmed that the bishop had the right of sac and soc in the Oswaldslow, as they had been held in the time of King Edward the Confessor.
