Æthelric was a king of the
Hwicce
Hwicce () was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England. According to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', the kingdom was established in 577, after the Battle of Deorham. After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result of the ...
and son of
Oshere
Oshere (fl. 690s) was king of the Hwicce, an Anglo-Saxon tribe occupying land in what later became Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. A member of the royal house of Northumbria, Oshere was a sub-king to Æthelred, king of Mercia (d. c 709) ...
; it is possible that he reigned jointly with
Æthelheard,
Æthelweard, and
Æthelberht.
He is known from charters.
In 692 he witnessed a charter of Æthelred, King of Merci
S 75 together with Æthelheard, Æthelweard, and Æthelberht, and in 693 the four brothers witnessed a charter issued by their father
Oshere
Oshere (fl. 690s) was king of the Hwicce, an Anglo-Saxon tribe occupying land in what later became Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. A member of the royal house of Northumbria, Oshere was a sub-king to Æthelred, king of Mercia (d. c 709) ...
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S 53
In 706
S 1174, he granted land with consent of
Cenred,
King of Mercia
The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th century. For some two hundred years from the mid-7th century onwards it was the dominant member of the Heptarchy and consequently the most powerful of the ...
; then in 736
S 89, as ''Æthilric subregulus'', he witnessed a charter of
Æthelbald, King of Mercia; and in an undated charter
S 94, he received a grant himself from the same king.
His kinsman thegn
Osred received a grant in 743 from king Æthelbald in charte
S 99
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