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A.D. 794 (Clofeshoas). Record of the restoration by Offa, king, to Heathored, bishop of Worcester, of 5 hides (manentes) at Aust (Cliff), Gloucs., seized by Bynna, the king's comes, the bishop having brought forward a charter of King Æthelbald to prove the bishopric's title. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 54r-v (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 113-14; K, 164; HS, pp. 484-5; B, 269; Earle, pp. 63-4; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 84; Pierquin, Conciles, p. 369

Translated:

Essays, p. 316

Comments:

Finberg, ECWM, no. 48, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 414 n. 4, on assessment; Scharer 1982, p. 278, not a royal charter; Wormald 1988, no. 5; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 146, cited; Whybra 1990, p. 44; Keynes 1994c, p. 8; Cubitt 1995, pp. 84, 274, note on formulation; Abrams 1996, pp. 50-1, on estate history

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    • Austan. + Omnis itaque huius vitæ prosperitas Deo miserante existit . etiam et futuræ vitæ beatitudo eo largiente perveniet . Contigit autem in diebus Offani regis Merciorum quod Bynna comes regis sustulit sine recte hanc terram æt Austan . v . manentes quod Æ∂elbald rex ante liberavit . et hoc recte pertinebat ad sedem episcopalem . in Wegrin' civitate . Tunc fuit synodus in loco qui dicitur Clofeshoas . Anno [ab] incarnatione Christi . dcc . xc o . iiii . regni Offani . xxxvii o . anno . Tunc episcopus Hea∂oredus cum conscientia totius synodalis concilii . referebat et fiducialiter incunctanterque confirmavit . cum testimonio scripturarum illarum quas Æ∂elbald rex ante in æternam libertatem suis processoribus præscripsit . Et tunc rex cum omni consilio sancti concilii . consentiebat quod episcopus præfatus salva manu accipiebat in contenditum . suam propriam prænominatam terram . et hoc cum confirmatione sanctæ crucis Christi omnes munierunt ut firma et infracta permaneat in ævum . + Ego Offa rex Merciorum signo sanctæ crucis confirmavi . + Ego Ecgfer∂ filius regis consensi et subscripsi . + Signum Hygeberhti archiepiscopi . + Signum Æ∂elheardi archiepiscopi . + Signum Ceolwulfi episcopi . + Hea∂ored episcopi . + Cyneberhti episcopi . + Denefer∂ episcopi . + Wigmund abbas . + Brorda dux . + Alhmund dux . + Bynna dux . + Wigberht dux . + Heardberht dux . + Uoba dux .