S 1335

A.D. 977 (? for 974). Oswald, archbishop, to Wulfheah, his fidelis; lease, for three lives, of 5 hides (mansae) at Cutsdean, Gloucs., with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 79r-v (s. xi 1)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, f. 157v (s. xi 2; bounds only)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, f. 193v (s. xiv; bounds only)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 167-8, 348, 433; K, 596; B, 1299; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 31

Comments:

Robinson 1919, p. 36 n. 1; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 99-101, on bounds; PN Gloucs., ii, pp. xi, 8-9, 12; Finberg, ECWM, no. 121, authentic, but dating problem, internal reference to King Edgar who died 975; Hooke 1985, pp. 211, 230, 235, on topography; Whybra 1990, p. 56; Bassett 1996, p. 173, on assessment

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    • Æt Codestune . Wulfheh . Px Anno dominicae incarnacionis dcccclxxvii . Ego Oswold superni rectoris fultus juvamine archi presul cum licentia . Eadgari . regis Anglorum . ac Ælfhere . ducis Merciorum uno fideli meo qui a gnosticis nota Uulfeah nuncupatur vocabulo ob ejus fidele obsequium quandam ruris particulam quinque videlicet mansas quod solito vocitatur nomine æt Codestune . 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 ecclesiæ Dei in Wiogorna ceastre resti'tu'atur inmunis . ˘is synd ˇa lond gemæro ˇe gebyria∂ into codestune ærest on gytincges æwelm of gytincges æwylm on no∂ dene on ˇone grenan weg ˇæt on ˇone haran stan of ˇam haran stane and lang grenan weges on scepe clif and lang scepe clifes inon meos mære of meos mære and lang dene on geolowon ford of geolowon forda on ˇrist longan dene ond long ˇristlongan dene to brocces slæde of brocces slæde ond long ecce ˇæt on ˇa twegen ˇornas of ˇam twam ˇornan on wad beorh of wad beorhce on lafercan beorh of lafercan beorhge a bi ˇam æcran heafdan ˇæt on scyttan fæn of scyttan fæn ˇæt on gytinc ond long ˇæt eft on gytincges æwylm . + Ego Oswold archi episcopus . + Ego Wynsige presbiter . + Ego Wulfric presbiter . + Ego Wulfheah presbiter . + Ego Æˇelstan presbiter . + Ego Ælfsige presbiter . + Ego Eadgar presbiter . + Ego Wistan presbiter . + Ego Eadweard presbiter . + Ego Ælfgar diaconus . + Ego Godingc diaconus . + Ego Leofstan diaconus . + Ego Æˇelsige diaconus . + Ego Wulfweard diaconus . + Ego Cyneˇegn clericus . + Ego Leofwine clericus . + Ego Brihstan clericus . + Ego Wulfhun clericus . + Ego Wulfgar clericus . + Ego Cynestan clericus . + Ego Eadwine clericus . + Ego Wynstan clericus . + Ego Ælfno∂ clericus . + Ego Æˇelric clericus . + + Ego Wulfno∂ clericus .