S 1319

A.D. 969. Oswald, bishop, to Ælfweard, his fidelis; lease, for three lives, of 1 hide (mansa) at Theofecan Hyl (Worcs.). Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 76v-77r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 162-3; K, 551; B, 1237

Comments:

Finberg, ECWM, no. 296, authentic, it lay in the southern part of Hallow, Worcs., perhaps near Eastbury; Hooke 1980, pp. 41, 46, on topography; Hooke 1985, pp. 110, 135, 237, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 269-72, on bounds, suggests identification with Temple Laughern in St Johns-in-Bedwardine, Worcs; Whybra 1990, p. 54

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    • [˝eo]fecan hyl . [Ælf]werd 7 Edgeouu . Px Anno dominicae incarnationis . dcccc . llxviiii . ego Osuuald . superni rectoris fultus juvamine presul . cum licentia . Eadgari regis Anglorum ac consensu . Ælfhere . ducis Merciorum uno meo fideli qui a gnosticis noto . Ælfweard . nuncupatur vocabulo ob ejus fidele obsequium . quandam ruris particulam . i . videlicet mansam quod solito vocitatur nomine ˝eofecan hyl . cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus liberaliter concessi . ut ipse vita comite fideliter perfruatur et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus quibus voluerit cleronomis derelinquat . quibus etiam ex hac vita migratis rus predictum cum omnibus utensilibus ad usum primatis ecclesiae Dei in Wiogorna ceastre restituatur immunis . Dis syndon ˇa gemæro to ∂eouecan hylle . ærest owandes forda east weard olluncges . stete . ˇæt hit cyme∂ to ˇære hegce olluncges ∂ære hegge ˇæt in lawern . up be lawern . ˇæt swa su∂en to ∂æm forda ofer ∂æm forda ollunc stræte ˇæt on butan ˇa cotu ˇæt swa on ælles burnan olluncges burnan ˇæt swa on ∂æt sic olluncges sices ˇæt swa wi∂ . suˇan ∂æm more up bi ∂æm æcer hege to ∂ære stræt olluncges stræte ˇæt swa on ˇa hegce olluncges ∂ære hegce nor∂ weard ˇæt on '∂a' stræt olluncges stræte east weard . ˇæt swa on ∂one hyl . olluncges hegce ˇæt swa on lawern olluncges streames ˇæt swa nor∂en in ∂one ford 7 ∂a ˇreo æcras on ˇæm hylle foran on east halfe lawern 7 on nor∂ healfe stræte . Ælfweard wæs se forma man 7 nu hit stant his dohtor on handa 7 heo is se o∂er man . + Ego Osuuold episcopus consensi . + Ego Wulfric presbiter . + Ego Eadgar presbiter . + Ego Wistan presbiter . + Ego Ælfred clericus . + Ego Æˇelstan presbiter . + Ego Wulfhun clericus . + Ego Cynesige clericus . + Ego Byrstan clericus . + Ego Ælfstan clericus . + Ego Wulfgar clericus . + Ego Eadwine clericus . + Ego Wistan clericus . + Ego Ælfgar clericus . + Ego Ufic clericus . + Ego Wulfheh clericus . + Ego Leofwine clericus . + Ego Tuna clericus . + Ego Wulfno∂ clericus . + Ego Eadweard clericus .