S 1338

A.D. 978. Oswald, archbishop, to Æthelmund, his minister; lease, for three lives, of one hide (mansa) at Redmarley D'Abitot, Gloucs., with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin with English and English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 83r-v (s. xi 1)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, f. 159r (s. xi 2; bounds only)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 176-7, 351; K, 619

Comments:

Grundy, Worcs., II, pp. 51-2, on bounds; Forsberg 1950, p. 67, on bounds; PN Gloucs., i. 10, iii. 186; Finberg, ECWM, no. 125, authentic; Whybra 1990, p. 56; King 1996, pp. 104-5

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    • Old English only ∂is wæs gedon ymbe [VIIII] hund wintra and eahta and hund seofantig on ˇy eahtanteoˇan geare ˇe Oswold arcebisceop to folgo∂e fengc. [Sanctae Mariae et sanctus Michahel cum sancto Petro], and eallum Godes halgum gemiltsien ˇis haldendum, gief hwa butan gewrihtum hit abrecan wille, hæbbe him wi∂ God gemæne, buton he to dædbote gecyrre, Amen. ∂is synd ˇære are hide landgemæru æt Rydemære leage. ærest of freones dene ˇe lige∂ of Ledene. Of Ledene to ˇære heafodstige, ˇæt swa in ˇa heahstræt. Ondlong ˇære stræte ofer byrce leage middeweardre ˇæt cym∂ to Stantunes gemære. Ondlong ˇæs gemæres in mærbroc. Ondlong broces in Ledene. Ondlong Ledene in freones dene. Her is seo hondseten.