Oshere, 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...

, possibly jointly with his presumed brother Osric, and (perhaps after Osric) with Æthelmod, Æthelheard

Æthelheard of the Hwicce

Æthelheard, King of Hwicce jointly with his presumed brothers Æthelweard, Æthelberht, and Æthelric. It is probable that they were all sons of Oshere, although the paternity of Æthelheard and Æthelberht is not explicitly stated in surviving documents.In 692, together with Æthelweard, issued a...

, Æthelweard, Æthelberht, and Æthelric.

He appears to have issued a charter in 680 http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=52.

He was still reigning in 693

693

Year 693 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 693 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Religion :* Wulfram of Sens attends the assembly of...

, when he issued a charter to Abbess Cuthswith http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+53, witnessed by his sons Æthelheard, Æthelweard, Æthelberht, and Æthelric.