A.D. 967. Oswald, bishop, to Hæhstan, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides (mansae) at Pendock and 1 at Didcot in Beckford, Worcs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 86r-v (s. xi 1)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, f. 163r-v (s. xi 2; bounds only)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 183-5, 360-1; K, 538, ex MS 1; K, vol. iii. 399-400, ex MS 2; B, 542, ex MS 2; B, 1208, ex MS 1; Hooke 1990, pp. 264-5

Comments:

Hooke 1980-1, includes map of bounds; Grundy, Worcs., II, pp. 25-9, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 15, iii. 186, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, nos. 293, 375, authentic; on MS 2; Hooke 1981, pp. 358-9, on bounds; Dyer 1990, pp. 105-6; Hooke 1990, pp. 264-8, on bounds, MS 2 is a later and fuller account of the bounds based on MS 1; Whybra 1990, p. 56; Dyer 1996, p. 179; King 1996, pp. 109, 116 n. 107; Wareham 1996, p. 58

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    • Text from Birch 542 (MS 2) De Penedoc . ˘is syndon ˇæra tweigra hida land gemære æt penedoc æt ælfstanes brycge . ˇæt ondlang osrices pulle . '7 swa' ˇæt hit cym∂ on ducan sea∂e . of ducan sea∂e ˇæt hit cym∂ on risc hale . of risc hale ˇæt hit cym∂ on ˇone lytlan snæ∂ feld . '7 swa' ˇæt on ˇone haran wi∂ig . '7 swa' west ˇæt hit cym∂ to ˇan hæcce be suˇan cran mere . '7 swa' ˇonon ˇæt hit cym∂ to pen broce . '7' ondlang pen broces ˇæt hit cym∂ on hina gemære be nor∂an hege '7' spa for∂ be eadredes felde ˇæt hit cym∂ to pan byhte to æsc apaldre leage nor∂e weardre '7 swa' on ˇone west halh ˇæt hit cym∂ on gynd dinc gærstune . '7 swa' for∂ panon ˇæt hit cym∂ to?1 ˇære stræte of ˇære stræte ˇæt hit cym∂ to west mædwan butan an farlung hina her∂ landes betweonan ˇære stræte 7 ˇære mædwe .'7 swa' andlang nor∂ geardes ˇæt hit cym∂ be suˇan stan beorgan innon ˇone byht . 7 of wand dinc hale for'∂' be ˇam graue ˇæt hit cym∂ in'to' ˇam snæde '7' of ˇan snæde ˇæt hit cym∂ in ˇone nor∂ran styfecing in pone swin hagan .'7' of 'ˇan' swin hagan ˇæt on sealt leage '7' of sealt leage in ˇone hyrst geard ˇæt 'swa' for∂ on ˇone haran wi∂ig . '7' ˇanon ondlong ˇæs riˇiges ˇæt on osrices pull . 7 ondlong osrices pull . pæt 'eft' on ælfstanes brycge .;. Feodecing leage 7 ˇæt lytle lin land eal butan anan hrycge ˇam west'e' mæstan '7' twegan æceras on gemang hina lande . 7 se westra east halh . 7 an stycce ˇæt west mæstan and seo ˇridde hid æt dydinc cotan ˇæt is se ˇridde æcer . ˇonne is ealles ˇæs landes ˇreo hida . ii . æt peonedoc . 7 an æt dydinc cotan . Text from Birch 1208 (MS 1) Peonedoc 7 Dyding cotan . Hehstan . 7 Æˇelwyn 7 Æfod . + Allubescente ac consentiente . Eadgaro . basileo Aelfereque Merciorum comite . Ego Osuvald . largiflua Dei clementia antistites quandam rusculi partem . iii . scilicet mansas duobus tamen in locis divisam cui vocabulum est . Penedoc . 7 æt Dydinc cotan . Hæhstano . meo ministro aeternaliter concessi et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus tantum heredibus immunem derelinquat quibus defunctis ecclesiæ Dei . in Wiogurna ceastre restituatur . ˘is synd ˇære twegra hida land gemæra æt penedoc æt Ælfstanes brycce ˇæt and lang Osrices pulle ˇæt hit cym∂ on ducan sea∂e of ducan sea∂e ˇæt hit cym∂ on risc hale of risc hale ˇæt hit cym∂ on ˇone lytlan snæ∂ feld ˇæt on ˇone haran wiˇig west ˇæt hit cym∂ to ˇan hæcce be su∂an cran mere ˇonan ˇæt hit cym∂ to wen broce ond long wen broces ˇæt hit cym∂ on hina gemære benor∂an hege swa for∂ be Eadredesselde ˇæt hit cym∂ to ˇan byhte to æsc apaldre leage nor∂eweardne on ˇone west halh ˇæt hit cym∂ on gynddinc gærstune for∂ ˇonan ˇæt hit cym∂ æt ˇære stræte of ˇære stræte ˇæt hit cym∂ to west mædwan butan an furlang hina her∂ landes betweonan ˇære stræte 7 ˇære mædwe and lang nor∂ geardes ˇæt hit cym∂ be su∂an stan beorh in ˇone byht of wanddinc hale for∂ be ˇam grafe ˇæt hit cym∂ in ˇan snæde of ˇan snæde ˇæt hit cym∂ in ˇone nor∂ran styfecinc in ˇone swin hagan of swin hagan ˇæt on sealt leage of sealt leage in ˇone hyrst geard ˇæt for∂ ˇæt for∂ on ˇone haran wiˇig ˇonon ond long ˇæs riˇiges ˇæt on osrices pulle ond long Osrices pulle ˇæt on Ælfstans brycge feodecinc leage 7 ˇæt lytle linland eal butan anan hrycge ˇæm west mæstan twegen æceras on gemang hina lande 7 se westra east healh 7 an stycce ˇæt west mæstan and seo ˇridde hind æt dydinc cotan ˇæt is se ∂ridde æcer . ˘onne is ealles ˇæs landes ˇreo hida . ii . æt penedoc 7 . i . æt dydinc cotan ˇe Oswald bisceop boca∂ Hehstane his ˇægne ∂reora manna dæg on ˇa gerad wyrce ˇæt he wyrce ˇæt ˇæt land seo un for worht into ˇære halgan stowe . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dcccclxvii . scriptum est hec carta his testis consencientibus quorum inferius nomina notantur . + Ego Wulfric presbiter . + Ego Eadgar presbiter . + Ego Æˇelstan presbiter . + Ego Ælfred presbiter . + Ego Wulfhun presbiter . + Ælfstan presbiter . + Ego Brihstan clericus . + Ego Wulfgar clericus . + Ego Ælfgar clericus . + Ego Wulfheh clericus . + Ego Ufic clericus . + Ego Leofwine clericus . ˘æs . ii . bec locia∂ into ryppel .