S 103

A.D. 716 x 745. Æthelbald, king of the South Angles, to the church of St Peter, Worcester; grant of 3 hides (cassati) of woodland at Woodchester, Gloucs. Latin with bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost original
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 42v-43r (s. xi 1)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 55r-v (s. xi 1)
4. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 169v-170r (s. xi 2)
5. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius C. IX, f. 129r (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 92-3, 117, 375-6, 555; K, 89 and vol. iii. 377-8; B, 164; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 39

Printed and Translated:

Woodchester

Comments:

Turner 1916, p. xxxiii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 442 n. 44, possibly represents a text that was produced before the Mercian witan in 896, cf. S 1441 (= Stenton 1970, p. 57 n. 2); Watson 1932, pp. 205-9, on bounds; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 271-6, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 98, 102, 103, 116, on bounds; Davies 1972, p. 462, on formula; Finberg, ECWM, no. 14, authentic; Cox 1976, p. 38, on place-name; Scharer 1982, pp. 174-6, spurious, bounds possibly forged for the 896 meeting but rest of charter probably fabricated later; Wormald 1985, p. 25, unreliable later copy, possibly genuine elements; Whybra 1990, pp. 40, 44; Cox 1992, on bounds

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    • De Wuduceastre. Px In nomine sanctæ trinitatis . Ait enim apostolus . 'Nichil intulimus in hunc mundum . nec auferre quid possumus'. Et beatus Job . 'Nudus egressus sum ex utero matris . et nudus revertar in terram' . Quapropter ego Æthilbaldus . rex australium Anglorum brevitatem vitæ huius considerans . et quod cum his caducis mercanda esse æterna polorum regna . rogatus a venerabili Uuilfrido episcopo terram trium cassatorum ruris silvatici . in loco qui vetusto vocabulo nuncupatur Uuduceastir . ad æcclesiam beati Petri apostolorum principis in Uuigorna civitate . in jus proprium libentissime concedens possidendum donabo. His terminibus institutis . in borea roddan beorg . in oriente smiececumb . in austrum sentodleag . et heardanleag . negles leag . minor totus uuidan cumb . in carlesleage . in occidente hæslburg . haboccumb . in aquilone iemy∂ teag. + Ego Æthelbald. rex Merciorum . signum sanctæ crucis Christi imposui . + Ego Uuilfridus episcopus . + Ego Uuilfer∂ prefectus . + Ego Cu∂redus abbas . + Ego Sigeberht . + Ego Iebe Abbas . + Ego Oba . + Ego Ætheluualdus abbas . + Ego Heardberht . + Ego A∂elricus presbyter .