S 1298

A.D. 962. Oswald, bishop, to Ælfwold, minister; lease, for his life and that of his mother, of 3 hides (cassatae) at Cungle (on the river Coln, Gloucs.), with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. The land was previously held by Ealhthryth, matrona. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost Somers charter 12
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 101r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Smith, Bede, p. 773, ex MS 1; Hearne, Heming, p. 215, ex MS 2; K, 496, ex MS 2; B, 1091, ex Smith and MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 124

Comments:

Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302, no. 12, subscriptions recently cut off, nefaria manu; Finberg, ECWM, no. 105, authentic, suggests Ablington, Gloucs., as a possible identification; Whybra 1990, p. 56; Bullough 1996, p. 11, on beneficiary; King 1996, pp. 104, 107 n. 45; Wareham 1996, p. 60

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    • Cungle . + Ego Oswald . largo Christi carismate præsul dicatus . Dominicæ incarnationis anno dcccc . lxii . annuente rege Anglorum Eadgaro . ejusque utriusque ordinis optimatibus . quandam ruris particulam . iii . videlicet cassatas quos olim quædam possidebat matrona nomine Alh∂ry∂ . in loco qui celebri a solicolis nuncupatur . Cungle . vocabulo cuidam regis ministro nomine Alfwold . perpetualiter concedo ut ipse cum omnibus utensilibus eam quamdiu vixerit habeat et post obitum ejus mater si superstes fuerit eandem recipiat . Sin alias post obitum ipsius ad usum pontificis in Wigorna ceastre redeat inmunis . Aecclesiæ vero munus et sepultura præsulis in Weogorna ceastre dicioni deveniat . Alias plena glorietur libertate excepta expeditione rata pontis arcisve constructione . Si quis autem hanc nostram donationem in aliud quam constituimus transferre voluerit privatus consortio sanctæ Dei aecclesiæ aeternis barathri incendiis lugubris jugiter cum Juda Christi proditore ejusque complicibus puniatur . si non satisfactione emendaverit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquid decretum .