A.D. 967. Oswald, bishop, to Æthelweard, his minister; lease, for three lives, of land at Itchington in Tytherington, Gloucs., with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin with English

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 59v-60r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 127-8; K, 541; B, 1206

Comments:

Finberg, ECWM, no. 114, authentic; Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary; Whybra 1990, p. 46; King 1996, pp. 106-7

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    • Æt Icenantune Æˇelwerde . Px Ego Oswald ergo Christi crismate presul judicatus dominicæ incarnationis anno . dcccc lx vii . annuente regi Anglorum Eadgaro . Ælfereque Merciorum comite nec non et familiae Wiogernensis aecclesiæ quandam ruris particulam unam videlicet mansam in loco qui cælebri a soliculis nuncupatur æt Icenantune vocabulo cuidam ministro meo nomine Æˇelweard . perpetua largitus sum hereditate et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus heredibus tantum inmunem derelinquat quibus defunctis æcclesiæ Dei in Wiogerne ceastre restituatur . ˝is wæs gedon ymbe . viiii . hund wintra 7 seofan 7 syxtig on ˇy ea'h'teoˇan geare ˇæs ˇe Oswald bisceop to folgoˇe feng . Sancta Maria 7 Sanctus Michahel cum Sancto Petro 7 eallum Godes halgum ge mil't'sien ˇis healdendum . gif hwa buton gewyrhtum hit abrecan wille hæbbe him wi∂ God gemæne . buton he to dæd bote ge cyrre . Her is seo hand seten . + Oswald bisceop . + Wulfric presbiter . + Eadgar presbiter . + Elfred clericus . + Æˇelstan clericus . + Wulfwine clericus . + Ælfgar clericus . + Wulfheah clericus . + Tuna clericus . + Wulfhun clericus . + Byrhstan clericus . + Ælfstan clericus . + Wulfgar clericus . + Eadwine clericus . + Wenstan clericus . + Ufic clericus . + Leofwine clericus . + Wulfno∂ clericus .