S 1363

A.D. 990. Oswald, archbishop, to Beornheah and his brother, Byrhstan; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides at Moreton in Bredon, Worcs., in return for four pounds of sterling money. Latin with English

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost original
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 84v-85r (s. xi 1)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius C. IX, f. 129v (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)
4. London, British Library, Harley 4660, f. 9r (s. xvii; ex 1)

Printed:

Hickes, Inst. Gramm., p. 140, ex MS 4; Hearne, Heming, pp. 180-1, ex MS 2; Hearne, Heming, pp. 558-9, ex MS 3; K, 674; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 66

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 64 (pp. 130-3)

Comments:

Robertson, Charters, pp. 377-8; Finberg, ECWM, no. 328, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 490, cited in connection wth leasing arrangements; HRH, p. 236, probably genuine; Sawyer 1975, p. 87; Hooke 1985, pp. 50, 196; Hooke 1990, p. 153; Whybra 1990, p. 56; Pelteret 1995, p. 280; Dyer 1996, p. 181; King 1996, p. 106 n. 33, pp. 113-14

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    • Marginal Note in MS 2: Mortun . Beornege . [7] Byrhstane. + Disponente regi regum cuncta caeli secreta necnon quE sub cEli culmine aput homines mutantur miro ordine gubernante cuius incarnationis humanE anno .dcccc.xc. Indictione .iii. haec donatio quE in ista cartula saxonicis sermonibus apparet confirmata et donata erat. In usses Drihtnes noman . hælendes Cristes. Ic Oswald ercebisceop cyˇu ˇæt seo heorædden æt Wiogurnacestre ge ealdde ge iunge me ˇafedan ˇæt ic moste gebocian twa hida landes on Mortune on ˇreora monna dæg minum twam getreowum mannum Beorhnæge 7 Byrhstane twæm gebroˇrum 7 se eldra hæbbe ˇa ˇreo æceras 7 se iungra ˇone feor∂an ge innor ge utter swa to ˇam lande gebyrige ˇæt mon nemne∂ o∂re naman Uppˇrop . 7 we ealle halsiga∂ on Godes naman ˇæt hio nænig mann ˇæs ne bereafige ˇa hwile ˇe hieo lifien 7 ofer heora dæg cerre to ˇæs honda ˇe heo unnen 7 hit seo ˇonne ˇæm agen æg'h'wæs to brucenne to freon twegra manna dæg butan ˇæm circsceatte 7 ic cy∂e ˇæt ∂a gebroˇ'r'a twegen me gesealdon .iiii. pund licwyr∂es feos wi∂ fullan unnan. Et nunc obsecramus per misericordiam dei qui est proprius et uerus dominus omnium terrarum quE ad Ecclesiam dei pertinent et per amorem sanctae MariE in cuius nomine consecratum est monasterium in Wiogurnaceastre in quo seruire debemus . ut hæc nostra largitia siue consentio inuiolata permanere queat . et si quis de nostris successoribus hoc in aliquo foedare temptauerit et nostrE fraternE congregationis licentiam disrumpere sciat se rationem redditurum in tremendo examinis die nisi prius satisfaciendo emendet. ˘is syndan ˇara broˇra naman ˇe ˇas sylene geˇafedan 7 gesealdan 7 mid Cristes rode tacne gefæstnodon. + Oswald arcebisceop. + Æˇelstan primus + Ælfsige prb't + Eadgar prb't + Wistan prb't + Æˇelsige prb't + Æˇelstan prb't + Godingc diac' + Leofstan diac' + Wulfweard diac' + Æˇelric diac' + Cyneˇegn clr + Wulfgar clr + Leofwine clr + Wulfric cler + Wulfno∂ clr + Wulfwine clr