S 1318

A.D. 969. Oswald, bishop of Worcester, to Ætheleard (? Æthelweard), his fidelis; lease, for three lives, of 7 hides (mansae) at Tiddington in Alveston, Warwicks., and at Faccanlea, 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. 94v-95r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 202-3; K, 552; B, 1232

Comments:

Hart, ECNE, no. 61, authentic; Gelling 1978, p. 14, on Faccanlea; Gelling 1978a, pp. 212-13, on Faccanlea; Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary; Whybra 1990, p. 50; King 1996, p. 106, Ætheleard probably a scribal error for Æthelweard; Hooke 1999, p. 53

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    • Æt Tidinctune 7 æt Fahcanlea Æˇeleardo 7 Æˇelmære . + Anno incarnationis dominicae . dcccclxviiii . Ego Oswold gratia Dei Huuicciorum episcopus cum consensu et unanima licentia venerande familiæ in Wiogerne ceastre nec non . et Eadgari regis totius Bryttanniæ terram aliquam juris nostri id est mansas . vii . in loco qui dicitur æt Tidinctune concedo Æˇeleardo . meo fideli ea vero ut habeat et perfruatur dies suos et post vitæ sue terminum duobus tantum heredibus immunem derelinquat quibus defunctis ecclesiæ Dei in Wiogurne ceastre restituatur . Sit autem terra ista libera omni regi nisi ecclesiastici censi . ˝onne is ealles ˇæs landes æt ti∂ . v . 7 æt faccanlea oˇer healf hid ˇe Oswald bisceop boca∂ Æˇelearde mid his hlafordes leafe ˇreora manna dæg on ˇa gerad wyrce ˇæt he ge wyrce ˇæt ˇæt land sie unfor worht into ˇære halgan stowe se ˇe ˇis gehaldan wille God hine gehalde se ˇe hit ˇence to wendenne hæbbe him gemæne wi∂ ˇone hyhstan on ˇan ytemestan dæge ˇisses lifes . Scripta est haec carta his testibus consentibus quorum inferius nomina notantur . + Ego Osvvald episcopus consensi . + Ego Wulfric presbiter . + Ego Eadgar presbiter . + Ego Wistan presbiter . + Ego Æˇelstan presbiter . + Ego Wulfhan clericus . + Ego Brihstan clericus . + Ego Cynsige clericus . + Ego Ælfstan clericus . + Ego Wulfgar clericus . + Ego Eadwine clericus . + Ego Wenstan clericus . + Ego Ælfgar clericus + Ego Vfic clericus . + Ego Wulfheh clericus . + Ego Leofwine clericus . + Ego Tuna clericus . + Ego Eadward clericus . + Ego Wulfno∂ clericus .