S 1270

A.D. 840 x 852. Cuthwulf, bishop, and the congregation of the church of Hereford, to Ælfstan, dux; lease, for three lives, of 4 hides (manentes) by the river Frome, Herefords., with reversion to Bromyard minster, Herefords. Latin

Archive:

probably Hereford

MSS:

1. Hereford, D. C., A. 4067 (s. ix med.; BA Facs., 3; Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, between pp. 174, 175; Leigh 1900, facing p. 109)

Printed:

Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, p. 174; B, 429; Earle, pp. 118-19; Capes 1908, pp. 1-2

Comments:

Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, pp. 174-80; Vleeskruyer 1953, p. 48; Finberg, ECWM, no. 415, authentic; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 169; BA Facs., p. 3, probably contemporary; Lapidge 1996, p. 449, on latinity; Thompson 2006, p. 122, on layout

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    • + In nomine arci poli conditoris . Ego Cu∂uulf divina dispensatione Christi ecclesiae antestis necnon et illa congregatio sanctæ ecclesiae Herefordensis cum consensu et licentia Berhtwulfi Merciorum regis , damus Aelfstano duce terram . iiii . m