S 122

A.D. 784. Offa. king of Mercia, to Esme (Esne), comes and præfectus; grant, to him and his male heirs, of 3 hides (tributarii) at Evenlode, with reversion to the church at Evesham. Latin

Archive:

Evesham

MSS:

1. Lost ex John Smith, Acton Burnell, Salop
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dugdale 17 (S.C. 6507), p. 60 (s. xvii)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, p. 638, from lost 'original' among the charters of Evesham; K, 147; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 16 (no. 5); B, 244, ex MS 2, Hearne, K, Mon. Angl; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 74

Comments:

Finberg, ECWM, no. 44, spurious; Scharer 1982, p. 253, spurious; Campbell 1989, p. 24, spurious

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    • In nomine Domini summi : Ego Offa almi regnantis gratia rex Merciorum , partem terræ juris mei quam largiflua benevolentia dominus gratis donavit , Esme comiti præfectoque meo rura trium tributariorum vocata . Eowengelad , perdonabo ; Anno ab incarnatione domini . dcc . lxxxiiii o . et regni mei . xxvii o . et sic ager hoc pretio emptus est : c. oves . xxx . boves et vaccas . xxx . equos indomitas dedit . Rus etiam hoc modo donatum est , ut suum masculum possideat , et non femininum . et post obitum prosapie illius , data sit tam villa , quam universa terra , que in sua potestate est , ad religiosam Ecclesiam que nuncupatur Evesham . Ego Offa , etc. Ego Cinedred , etc. Ego Borthunus , etc.