S 1257

A.D. 781 (Brentford, Middx). Hathored, bishop of the Hwicce, with the consent of his familia at Worcester, to Offa, king of Mercia; surrender of 90 hides (manentes) with the minster at Bath and also 30 hides (cassati) by the river Avon, in exchange for the confirmation of 30 hides at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicks., 38 at Sture (? Kidderminster Worcs., or Alderminster, Warwicks.), 14 (manentes) at Stour in Ismere and 12 at Bredon, Worcs., and 17 (cassati) at Hampton Lucy, Warwicks. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 106r-107r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 224-7; K, 143; HS, pp. 438-9; B, 241; Earle, pp. 55-7; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 72; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 333-4

Translated:

Whitelock, EHD, no. 77 (pp. 505-7)

Comments:

PN Middx, p. 31; Whitelock 1960-1, p. 1010; John 1966, pp. 24, 86-9, on background; Finberg, ECWM, no. 228, authentic; Hart, ECNE, no. 47, authentic; Sims-Williams 1975, pp. 8-9, on Bath; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 505-6; Wormald 1982, pp. 122-3; Wormald 1983, p. 116, cited; Cunliffe 1984, p. 379, cited; Vollrath 1985, p. 140; Edwards 1988, p. 226; Wormald 1988, no. 3; Hooke 1990, pp. 32-3; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 159-65, on background; Whybra 1990, p. 42; Bullough 1993, pp. 106-7 n. 46, on reference to 3-year immunity from food-rent; Keynes 1994c, p. 19; Cubitt 1995, pp. 80, 269, 306-7, authentic; John of Worcester, p. 213 n; Hooke 1996, p. 112; King 1996a, Sture probably Kidderminster, Worcs; Hooke 1999, pp. 23-5; Pratt, Alfred, p. 53 n. 64

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    • Offan Freols. + In nomine Dei summi . Tempora temporibus subeunt . et vicissitudinum spatiis evenit ut prisca jam dicta inrita fiant nisi scriptis confirmemur . Quare ego Hea∂oredus . Deo dispensante supplex Huicciorum episcopus . insimul etiam cum consensu et consilio totius familiæ meæ quæ est . in Uuegerna civitate constituta . diligentissime scrutans cogitavi atque de pace . vel statu ecclesiastica rimatus sum . Equidem de aliquibus agellis conflictationis quærulam cum Offano rege Merciorum dominoque dilectissimo nostro habuimus . Aiebat enim nos sine jure hereditario propinqui ejus Æ∂elbaldi scilicet regis hereditatem sub domin'i'o injusto habere id est . in loco qui dicitur . æt Beaˇum . xc manentium . et in aliis multis locis . hoc est . æt Stretforda . xxx . cassatos . æt Sture . xxxviii . Simili etiam vocabulo . æt Sture in Usmerum . xiiii . manentium . æt Breodune . xii . in Homtune . xvii . cassatorum . Hæc autem præfata contentionis causa in sinodali conciliabulo demissa in loco qui dicitur æt Bregentforda . reddidimus quoque illo jam nominato regi Offan . monasterium illud celeberrimum . æt Baˇum . sine ullo contradictionis obstaculo . ad habendam vel etiam cui dignum duxisset ad tribuendum semperque perfruendum justis ejus heredibus libentissime concessimus . et in australe parte fluminis ibi juxta quod dicitur Eafen . xxx . cassatos addidimus quam terram mercati sumus digno prætio a Cynewulfo rege Uuestsæxna . Quapropter idem ille præfatus rex Offa . ad reconpensationis satisfactionem . et pro unanimitate firmissimæ pacis præfata loca . æt Stretforda . æt St(r)ure . æt Breodune . in Homtune . æt Sture . in Usmerum . extra omni contraversionis et ammonitionis causa . ea libertate ad supradictam ecclesiam nostram . id est in Uuegerna civitate . libertas concessit ut nullo majore cessu alicujus rei essent . Subjectæ quam præmemorata . sedis episcopalis . Nec non et trium annorum . ad se pertinentes pastiones . id est . vi . convinia libenter concedendo largitus est . Nunc ergo ego Offa Dei gratia rex præscripta[m] libertatem terrarum pro remedio animæ meæ concessam in synodo . æt Bregent forda una mecum consedente Iamberhto . archi . episcopo . nec non omnes episcopi abbates . et principes consenserunt et subscripserunt . propria manu signum sacratissimæ crucis Christi pro firmitatis stabilimento conscripsi ; Conscripta est hæc cartula . æt Bregent forda ; Anno ab incarnatione Christi . dcclxxxi . Indictione . iiiita . + Offa rex Merciorum . + Brorda princeps . + Berhtuuald princeps . + Eadbald princeps . + Esne princeps . + Eadbald princeps . + Eadberht princeps . + Diera episcopus . + Æˇeluulf episcopus . + Heardred episcopus . + Iænbert archiepiscopus . + Eadberht episcopus . + Hygeberht episcopus . + Æˇelmod episcopus . + Ecgbald episcopus . + Eeoluulf episcopus . + Heaˇoredus episcopus . + Gislhere episcopus . + Eadberht episcopus . + Aldberht episcopus .