A.D. 969. Oswald, bishop, to Byrnric, his fidelis; lease, for three lives, of 4.5 hides (mansi) at Longdon in Tredington, Worcs., with reversion to the bishopric. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 98r-v (s. xi 1)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius C. IX, f. 130r (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 209-10, ex MS 1; Hearne, Heming, p. 561, ex MS 2; K, 553; B, 1243

Comments:

B, iii, p. 535 n. 2, citing Kemble, comments on monks at Worcester; Robinson 1919, p. 20, 34-7, cannot represent original form; John 1960, p. 111, adapted with intent to deceive; John 1966, pp. 259-62, has been tampered with; Finberg, ECWM, no. 300, authentic, discusses identification; HRH, p. 230, early copy but doubtful, no subscriptions; Sawyer 1975, pp. 92, 228 n. 30, suspect; John 1977, p. 193, doctored; Whybra 1990, p. 54; Hooke 1991-2, p. 90; Barrow 1992, pp. 56, 71-2, interpolated; Barrow 1996, pp. 88-9; Hooke 1996, p. 114; Hooke 1999, pp. 84-7, on bounds, with map

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    • Langandun . Px Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dcccc . lxviiii . Ego Oswald superni rectoris fultus juvamine præsul cum licentia Eadgari regis Anglorum . ac Ælfheri . ducis Merciorum uni fideli meo qui a gnosticis noto Byrnric nuncupatur vocabulo ob ejus fidele obsequium quandam ruris particulam . quatuor et dimidium videlicet mansos . quod solito vocitatur nomine æt Longan dune 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 prædictum cum omnibus utensilibus ad usum primatis æcclesiæ Dei in Weogorna ceastre restituatur inmunis . ˘is wæs gedon on Wynsiges gewytnesse muneces 7 on ealra munuca æt Weogorna ceastre . His metis prefatum rus hinc inde giratur . ˝is syndon ˇa land gemæru to longan dune . Ærest on ˇone mere . ˇonne of ˇam mere west be ˇam hæfdan ˇonne innan anne sice ˇonne andlangc sices ˇæt cym∂ to ˇæm hor pytte . ˇonne nor∂ and langc dunes ˇonne ut æt ˇæs croftes heafod ˇæt stica∂ on ˇære lace ˇonne up ond long dune ufeweardre ˇæt cym∂ to ˇære wylle ˇonne and lang are stige ˇæt cym∂ on ˇone bradan wæn weg ˇonne and lang ˇara fura ˇæt hit cym∂ up to ˇam rigcce ˇonne of ˇæm rigcce ˇæt hit cym∂ to ˇam ealdan garan ˇænne of ˇam garan innan ˇone mere .