S 1303

A.D. 963. Oswald, bishop, to Ælfric, his minster; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide (mansa) at Cotheridge, Worcs., with reversion to the church of Worcester. A note, in English, names Æthelsige, son of Ælfric, as the second life, and one of his male descendants as the third. Latin and English with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 63r-v (s. xi 1; Golden Age, p. 168 (no. 171), 63r only)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 158v-159r (s. xi 2; bounds only)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 133-5, 350-1; K, 508 and vol. iii. 461-2; B, 1106, ex MSS 1, 2; Hooke 1990, p. 257, bounds only

Translated:

Whitelock, EHD, no. 111 (pp. 561-2)

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 35 (pp. 64-7)

Comments:

PN Bucks., p. 4; Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 60-3, on bounds; PN Worcs., p. xliii, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, pp. 320-2; Finberg, ECWM, no. 284, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 561; Hooke 1980, pp. 43, 45-6, on boundary marks; Golden Age, pp. 168-9 (no. 171); Hooke 1985, pp. 110, 133, 158, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 256-61, on bounds, with map p. 258; Whybra 1990, p. 54; Baines 1992, p. 38, on element of bounds; Baker and Holt 1996, p. 138; Dyer 1996, p. 177

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    • Æt Coddanhrycce . Ælfrice . 7 Æˇelsie . Px Ego Osuuald ergo Christi krismate prEsul iudicatus dominicE . Incarnationis anno .dcccclxiii annuente regi Anglorum . Eadgaro . Ælfereque Merciorum comite nec non et familiae Wiogornensis ecclesiae . quandam ruris particulam unam uidelicet mansam in loco qui celebri a solicolis nuncupatur æt Coddanhrycce uocabulo cuidam ministro meo nomine . Ælfric . perpetua largitus sum hereditate et post uite suE terminum duobus tantum heredibus immunem derelinquat quibus defunctis ecclesiae dei in Uuigornaceastre restituatur . On ˇæt gerad ˇe he ælce geare of ˇam lande geerige twegen æceras 7 ˇæron his circsceat gesawe 7 ˇæt eft geripe 7 in gebringe . 7 ic an him ælce geare on minum wudu .xii. foˇre wudas butan ceape. ˘is sindan ˇa landgemæru to Coddanhrycge . ærest up on Temedan andlang biscopes gemæres nor∂rihte on ætincweg of ætincwege in Coddanhrycges bece andlang beces to bricgeburnan fordes ˇanan andlang stræte ˇæt hit cyme∂ beneoˇan obantreow ˇanan su∂rihte andlang ˇære hegeræwe in rixuc andlang rixuc on hihtes gehæg ˇanan su∂rihte in ˇa stræte andlang stræte ˇæt in bregnesford up andlang temedan ˇætæt eft on biscopes gemære. Scripta est hEc carta is testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina notantur. + Ego Wulfric prbt. + Ego Ælfric pbr. + Ego Eadgar diac. + Ego Ælfred clr. + Ego Wulfun clr. + Ego Cynesige clr. + Ego Cynestan clr. + Ego Cyne∂egn clr. + Ego Wynstan clr. + Ego Eadwine clr. + Ego Byrhstan clr. + Ego Wulfgar clr. + Ego Æˇelstan cirward. + Ego Æˇelwold clr. + Ego Wulfeah clr. Ic Ælfric cyˇe minan leofan hlaforde ˇæt ic on Æˇelsige minan suna ˇæs landes ˇe ic to ˇe gearnode æfter minan dæge to habbanne his dæg 7 æfter his dæge to syllanne ˇæm ˇe him leofast seo 7 ˇæt sio on ˇa spere hand.