S 1324

A.D. 969. Oswald, bishop, to Eadric, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 4 hides (mansae) at Saberton in Beckford, Gloucs., previously held by Ealhstan, with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 62v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 132-3; K, 558; B, 1239; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 13

Comments:

Finberg, ECWM, no. 119, authentic, identifies as Saberton in Dumbleton, Gloucs; Hart, ECNE, p. 381, corrects Finberg's identification, Saberton is in Beckford; Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary; Whybra 1990, pp. 18, 48; King 1996, p. 105

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    • Æt Sapertune . Eadrico 7 Ælfric 7 Siric 7 Ælfild . Px Anno incarnationis dominicæ . dcccc . lxix . Ego Oswold gratuita Huicciorum episcopus cum consensu et unianima licentia ve[ne]randæ familiae in Wiogorna ceastre terram aliquam juris nostri id est . iiiior . mansas æt Sapere tun swa Alhstan hit hæfde . concedo Eadrico ministro meo ea vero ut habeat et perfruatur dies suos et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus tantum heredibus immunem derelinquat . quibus defunctis aecclesiae Dei in Uuigorna ceastre restituatur . Sit autem terra illa libera omni regi nisi ecclesiastici censi . Scripta est haec carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina notantur . + Ego Oswold episcopus subscripsi . + Ego Wulfric presbiter . + Ego Eadgar presbiter . + Ego Wistan presbiter . + Ego Johan presbiter . + Ego Æˇelstan presbiter . + Ego Elfstan clericus . + Ego Ufic clericus . + Ego Wulfheah clericus . + Ego Tuna clericus . + Ego Wulfheah clericus . + Ego Wulfhun clericus . + Ego Byrhstan clericus . + Ego Cyˇegn clericus . + Ego Wulfgar clericus . + Ego Ælfsige diaconus . + Ego Ælfgar clericus . + Ego Eadwine clericus . + Ego Eadward clericus . + Ego Wenstan clericus . + Ego Leofwine clericus .