S 121

A.D. 781 = 780 (Tamworth, Staffs., 26 Dec.). Offa, king of Mercia, to the church of St Mary, Worcester; grant of 8 hides (cassati) at Icomb, Gloucs., in exchange for land at Sapey, Worcs. Latin with bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 184v-185r (s. xi 2)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, f. 198r-v (s. xi 2)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 412-13, 445-6; K, 142; B, 240

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 697 n. 37, spurious; Stenton 1918, p. 444 n. 54, either spurious or remodelled (= Stenton 1970, pp. 58-9 n. 6); Robinson 1919, p. 27, spurious; Grundy, Worcs., I, p. 155; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 143-4, on bounds; John 1960, p. 75 n. 1, spurious; PN Gloucs., i. 221-2; John 1966, p. 52, formulation based on 8th-century material; Whitelock 1966, p. 102, not above suspicion, discussed reference to royal palace at Tamworth; Finberg, ECWM, no. 43 (pp. 41, 95), authentic basis; Scharer 1982, p. 252, spurious; Hooke 1990, p. 32, on Sapey

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    • De Iccecumbe. Px In nomine domini . Ego Offa Dei dono rex Merciorum necnon in circuitu nationum . terram octo cassatorum pro vicissitudine et conparatione terræ que dicitur at Sapian do ad æcclesiam sanctæ Mariæ quæ constat sita in Uuegerna civitate Id est vicum qui nominatur Icancumb ; his terminis adjacentibus . hoc est ab oriente Uuynhenes stig . a meridie Icancumb et Icangæt . ab aquilone Uuilesuuelle . ab occidente Saltuuelle . Et hoc etiam pro redemptione animæ meæ adiciens statuo . episcopis scilicet et principibus meis una mecum consentientibus . quorum nomina et signa hic infra perscribo ; quatinus ut dixi pro ereptione animæ meæ ab omni tributo parvo vel majore publicalium rerum . et ab expeditionalibus causis ; et a cunctis operibus vel regis vel principis sit in perpetuum libera . Ita 'ut' nec pontem nec arcem facere debeant ; Nec de furtis aliquam pæam solvere . nec etiam fures illos quos Saxonice dicimus uuergeldtheouas alicui foras reddant . Sed si capiantur in illorum dominio sunt habendi . Et in omnibus sicut ante diximus hæc terra libera permaneat ; Excepto tantum ut Deo omnipotenti ibi et æcclesiæ supradictæ serviatur . Hanc autem præscriptam vicissitudinem terrarum et meæ donationus pro domino libertatem . Ego Offa rex sedens in regali palatio in Tamouuorthige . Secundo die nativitatis domini . in die festivitatis beati Stephani martiris concedendo donavi . firmamque perpetualiter munio ; Anno ab incarnatione Christi . dcclxxxi . indictione quarta . + Ego Offa gratia Dei donante rex Anglorum hanc meam vicissitudinem et donationem libertatis signo beatissimæ crucis Christi Jhesu munio . + Ego Kynethryt regina consensi . + Ego Eadberht episcopus consensi . + Ego Hygeberht episcopus consensi . + Ego Hea∂oredus episcopus consensi . + Signum . manus Brordani principis . + Signum . manus Berhtuualdi principis . + Signum manus Eadbaldi principis .