S 1297

A.D. 943 for 963. Oswald, bishop of Worcester, to Cynethegn; lease, for three lives, of 2.5 hides (mansae) at Oddingley and Laughern, Worcs., with appurtenances, including a messuage (haga) to the south of Worcester, with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost original
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 75v-76v (s. xi 1)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, f. 158r (s. xi 2; bounds of Laughern only)
4. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 160v-161r (s. xi 2; bounds of Oddingley only)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 160-1, 349, 355; K, 507 and vol. iii. 460-1, ex MS 2; B, 1108, ex MS 2; Hooke 1990, pp. 250, 254, bounds only

Comments:

Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 125-7, on bounds of Laughern; Grundy, Worcs., II, pp. 20-1, on bounds of Oddingley; Finberg, ECWM, no. 285, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 511, on element of bounds; Hooke 1980, pp. 40, 41, 46, 48, on topography; Hooke 1990, pp. 250-6, on bounds; Whybra 1990, p. 54; Baker and Holt 1996, p. 137; King 1996, p. 112

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    • [Law]ern 7 Oddunngalea . [Cyn]eˇegne p'. + Regnante per aevum altithrono Deo qui est spes omnium et in mare longe . Ego Osuuold . episcopus ejus melliflua gratia . annuente antistes Huicciorum cum licentia . Eadgari . regis Anglorum . ac Ælfhere . ducis Merciorum nec non et familiae Wiogornensis ecclesiae dabo . Cyneˇegno . aliquam partem terre juris mei . id est duas et dimidiam scilicet mansas duabus tantum in locis divisam cui vocabulum est Odduncalea . 7 æt Lawern cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus liberaliter concessi ut ipse vita comite fideliter perfruatur et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus quibus voluerit cleronomis derelinquat quibus etiam ex hac vita migratis rus predictum cum omnibus utensilibus ad usum primatis aecclesiae Dei in Wiogurna ceastre restituatur immunis . His metis prefatum rus hinc inde giratur . ˘is synd ∂a land gemæran to oddungga lea . ærest of stigelec on ˇæt riˇig ond long ri∂ies ˇæt on ˇane grenan weg ond long weges on ˇa mearc ˇæt swa to feower gemæran ˇæt swa east rihte . ond long weges on ˇa dic of ˇam dice on deor leage ˇæt swa on longan dic ondlong dices on eard læge ˇæt swa be ˇam rah hege on calwan hyll . ˇonne su∂ rihte on croh hæma gemæra ond long ˇæs gemæres eft on stigelac. ˘a land gemæru æt ˇære healfre hide æt lawern ærest of lawern on ˇæt riˇig ond lond riˇiges on ˇæt graf swa be ˇam græfe ut weardon ˇæt hit cym∂ to ˇæm hæˇe swa for∂ be ˇam æcer hege ˇæt on sulig graf swa be ˇam grafe on ˇa port stræt ond long stræte ˇæt hit cym∂ to ˇam grenan wege . ondlong ˇæs weges on haran læh swa east rihte be ˇære gebura londe ˇæt on fearn leage of ˇære leage on ˇæt mor ˇurh ˇone onippan burnan ond long burnan eft on lawern . ˘onne is ealles ˇæs landes ˇe Osuuold bisceop boca∂ Cyneˇegne ˇrinde healf hid 7 . vi . æceras æt haranlea 7 xl . æcera be æastan lawern . 7 se haga be su∂an byrig se is . xii . gerda lang . 7 viiii gerda brand . on ˇa gerad wyrce ˇæt he wyrce ˇæt ˇæt land seo unfor worht into ˇære halgan stowe. Anno dominicae incarnationis . dccccxliii . scriptum est haec carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina notantur . + Ego Wulfric presbiter . + Ego Ælfric presbiter . + Ego Eadgar diaconus . + Ego Ælfred clericus . + Ego Wulfhun clericus . + Ego Cynesie clericus . + Ego Cynestan clericus . + Ego Cyneˇegn clericus . + Ego Æˇelstan clericus . + Ego Eadwine clericus . + Ego Brihstan clericus . + Ego Wulfgar clericus . + Ego Wynstan clericus . + Ego Wulfeah clericus . + Ego Ælfstan clericus .