S 1311

A.D. 966. Oswald, bishop, to Wihthelm, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides (mansae) at Clifford Chambers, Warwicks., with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 94r-v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 200-1; K, 531; B, 1181; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 2

Comments:

Wanley, Catalogus, p. 300 (no. 78); Robertson, Charters, p. 299, probably the same estate as that in S 1259; Finberg 1972, p. 488, cited; Finberg, ECWM, p. 236; Hart, ECNE, no. 60, authentic; Whybra 1990, pp. 50, 64 n. 68; Hooke 1996, p. 106; King 1996, p. 116 n. 108; Hooke 1999, pp. 52-3

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    • Æt Cliforda . ii . hida Wihtelme . 7 Wihtflæde . 7 Godhyse . + Ego Osvvold . gratia Dei episcopus cum consensu ac licentia . Eadgari . regis Anglorum . 7 Ælfhere . ducis Merciorum . Quandam ruris particulam quod a gnosticis . æt Clifforda . appellatur . ii . videlicet mansas cuidam ministro meo nomine . Wihtelm . cum omnibus ad illud rite pertinentibus perpetua largitus sum hereditat . et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus tantum heredibus immunem derelinquat . Quibus defunctis aecclesiæ Dei in Wiogorna ceastre restituatur . ˘onne is ˇæs landes ealles ˇe Oswald biscop boca∂ Wihtelme his ˇegne on ˇa ge rad wyrce ˇæt he wyrce ˇæt ˇæt land sy un for worht into ˇære halgan stowe ˇreora manna dæg oˇer healf hid ge dal landes 7 healf hid on ˇære ege . Anno dominicae incarnationis . dcccclxvi . Scripta est haec cartula his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina notantur . + Ego Osvvald episcopus . hanc consensionem signo crucis Christi confirmo . + Ego Wulfric presbiter . + Ego Eadgar presbiter . + Ego Ælfgar presbiter . + Ego Ælfred clericus . + Ego Wulfhun clericus . + Ego Vfic clericus . + Æˇelstan presbiter . + Ego Ælfstan clericus . + Ego Wulfhæh clericus . + Ego Brihstan clericus . + Ego Wulfgar clericus . + Ego Leofwine clericus . ˘as ˇreo bec locia∂ into stræt forda .