A.D. 973 (London). Oswald, archbishop, to Brihtric; lease, for two lives, of 5 hides (mansae) at Brightwell Baldwin, Oxon., with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 97v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, p. 207; K, 580; B, 1293; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 24

Comments:

Robinson 1919, p. 35; PN Oxon., i. 120; Gelling, ECTV, no. 279, authentic; Whybra 1990, p. 52; Barrow 1992, p. 56; Blair 1994, p. 133; King 1996, p. 116 n. 109

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    • Byrhtanwylle . Ælfrice 7 Leofwine . Px Anno dominicae incarnationis . dcccclxxiii . consistente in civitate Lundonia rege . Ea'd'garo . cum plurimis utriusque ordinis personis . Osvvaldus archiepiscopus cuidam viro Byrhtric nuncupato . v . mansas dedit terræ . in loco quem Byrhta welle vocitant soliculæ . ut vivens teneat . et post se uni suorum cui magis voluerit derelinquat . sicque eo defuncto denuo ad jus ecclesiæ Wiogernensis deveniat . Hoc vero actum est sub prefati regis testimonio . Dunstanique archipresulis . atque Ælfhere du'c'is . reliquorum etiam tam episcoporum quam nobilium attestatione virorum .