S 1216

A.D. 971 x 980 (Alderbury, Wilts.). Ælfhere, ealdorman, to Osgar, abbot; record of the sale of 20 hides at Kingston Bagpuize, Berks. Latin and English versions

Archive:

Abingdon

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. VI, f. 87r (s. xiii in.; Latin)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C. IX, ff. 105-203, f. 123v (s. xii 2; Latin)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C. IX, ff. 105-203, f. 202r (s. xii 2; English)

Printed:

Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 355, English version; Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 354-5, Latin version; B, 1262, English version; Conner 1996, p. xlii, English version; Conner 1996, p. xlii ex C, Latin version ; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 115, English version

Translated:

Stenton 1913, pp. 36-7

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 51 (pp. 106-7), English version

Comments:

Stenton 1913, p. 36; Robertson, Charters, p. 350; PN Berks., ii. 372, iii. 701, suggests Kingestune may be Kingston Lisle; Gelling, ECTV, no. 113, authentic; Hooke et al. 1987, on topography; Yorke 1988a, p. 81 n. 137; Conner 1996, pp. xli-xlv, on textual relationships; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 115, authentic, identification with Kingston Bagpuize preferable

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    • Ælfheah ealdorman becwæð Ælfhere ealdormenn .xx. hida \æt/ Kingestune. Ða abæd Osgar abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn þæt he moste ofgan þæt land æt him mid sceatte. Ða tiþode se ealdorman him. And se abbod sealde him ða an hund mancosa goldes. Ða wes ofer Eastron micel gemot æt Aþelwarabirig 7 hit wes gesitolad ðar þam hlafardingan þa ðæron weron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof, 7 Ælfstan bisceop 7 Æthelgar abb' 7 Eadwine, 7 Ælfric cild 7 Ælfric Sirafes sunu 7 Brihtric his broðor 7 swiðæ manega oðra ðegenas. And þis wes gedon on micelre gewitnesse 7 þysses gewrites geclofan nam se ealdorman Ælfhere to swytelunga.
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    • Ælfheah ealdorman becwæ∂ Ælfhere ealdormenn .xx. hida 'æt' Kingestune, ∂a abæd Osgar abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ˇæt he moste ofgan ˇæt land æt him mid sceatte, ∂a tiˇode se ealdorman him. And se abbod sealde him ∂a an hund mancosa goldes, ∂a wes ofer eastron micel gemot æt Aˇelwarabirig 7 hit wes gesitolad ∂ar ˇam hlafardingan ˇa ∂æron weron, ˇæt wes Adelwold bisceof, 7 Ælfstan bisceop, 7 Æthelgar abb', 7 Eadwine, 7 Ælfric cild, 7 Ælfric Sirafes sunu, 7 Brihtric his bro∂or, 7 swi∂æ manega o∂ra ∂egenas. And ˇis wes gedon on micelre gewitnesse, 7 ˇysses gewrites geclofan nam se ealdorman Ælfhere to swytelunga.