S 1370

A.D. 961 x 972 (? 969). Oswald, bishop of Worcester, to Osulf, his brother; lease, for three lives, of 4 hides (mansi) at Grimley, 1 at Moseley in Grimley and a half hide at Wick Episcopi in St-John-in-Bedwardine, with reversion to the bishopric. Latin with English and English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost Somers charter 13
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 70r-71r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Smith, Bede, pp. 773-4, ex MS 1; Hearne, Heming, pp. 147-50, ex MS 2; K, 515 and vol. iii. 463-4, ex Smith and MS 2; B, 1139, ex Smith and MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 129; Hooke 1990, pp. 287-8, bounds only

Comments:

Wanley, Catalogus, p. 302, no. 13, on MS 1; Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 21-2, 115-18, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 343, date c. 966; John 1966, p. 243, witness-list belongs to 966; Finberg, ECWM, no. 291, authentic; Sawyer 1975, p. 87, dates 969; Hooke 1980, pp. 41, 47, on boundary marks; Hooke 1981a, pp. 145, 151, on salt-working; Hooke 1985, pp. 63, 110, 148, 159, 161, cited; Hooke 1989a, p. 122, on woodland; Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary; Hooke 1990, pp. 286-90, on bounds; Whybra 1990, p. 54; Barrow 1996, p. 91; Bullough 1996, p. 11; King 1996, p. 108; Wareham 1996, pp. 54-5, 57

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    • Æt Grimanlæge '7 æt Moslege' Osulfe 7 Æˇelstane . 7 Ufede . Px Largitate mirabili conditoris homini temporalibus quibuslibet potienti indultum est . quo respectu pietatis solamen relevationis satagat dignanter impendere cunctis . illisque permaxime qui Deo latriam exhibentes temporalis vinculi sibi sunt adstricti unanimitate . Unde ego Oswoldus magnifica poliarchis Christi allubescente dinami Weogernensium parrochiae prelatus . A me quoque huiusmodi animi devotione fieri arbitratus . cum jussu et hortamine Eadgari Angliginæ cohortia basilei . necnon etiam cum voluntate Ælfhere Merciorum finium ducis . tibi fratri meo Osulfo contuli quinque mansorum et dimidii possessionem telluris sed tamen in tribus a se invicem divisam locis . Uno videlicet in eo loco cui vocabulum est . æt Griman leag . iiiior . mansos cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus . Secundo vero æt Moslege . unum mansum . cum cunctis pertinentibus ad ipsum . Tertio itaque . æt Wican . mansum videlicet dimidium . Haec autem omnia in perpetuæ hereditatis stabilitate tibi concessi . cum omnibus utilitatibus jure debito ad illam terram respicientibus . videlicet cum terris . campis . pratis . pascuis silvis venationibus . cum piscuariis . ut habendo teneas . et potiendo omni vitæ tuæ spatio perfruaris ; Demumque te obeunte . duobus quibus magis volueris heredibus perpetuo habendam derelinque . Sicque dum ipsi pertransierint sæculum in potestate Sanctæ Mariae sedis restituatur . Augentes et conservantes hoc donum conservet eos omnipotens Deus in cælesti sua gloria sine pænali metu . minentes et spoliantes sciant se in novissimo judicio coram omnium justo Deo ipso judice rationem reddituros . ˝is syndan ˇæs londes gemæru æt grimanleage ˇe higen bisceope gesald habba∂ . Ærest of særuerne be higna gemære on scaeccan halh 7 swa be ˇære alra ofesce in ˇa niwan dic 7 swa up onlong ˇære niwan dice ˇæt on ˇa aldan hege stowe . 7 seo∂∂an a onlong ˇære aldan hege stowe on ˇone folc hearpa∂ ˇæt up onlong ˇæs hearpoˇes to ˇam Cristes mæle 7 swa from ˇæm Cristes mæle of dun weard onlong anre ealdre dic west weard 7 nor∂ weard ˇæt in alræ broc 7 seo∂ˇan a swæ alr broc lige∂ up weard to mos setnæ gemære 7 swæ bi mossetna gemære of sihtfer∂ on ˇone aldan cyninges hagan ˇæt swa onlong ˇæs ældan cyninges hagan nor∂ weard to ˇæm aldan stod falode . 7 ˇonne from ˇæm ældæn stod falode bi beonet setnæ gemære on siht fer∂ 7 swæ onlong siht fer∂es in bæle swæ onlong bæles in sæferne . ˝is syndon ˇæs londes gemæru æt mosleage of ˇæm ældan feldæ west riht on gearuec swa onlong broces on ˇone gemær hagan ˇæt ondlong hagæn ofer fild burnan on timber hrycg ˇonon on beostinc hrycg swæ east weard on blæcan hrycge . ˇonon eft in ˇone aldæn feld . ˝is syndon ˇara halfe hide lond gemæru æt wican ærest of turtlingcforda on horsa croft of horsa crofte be wulfrices gemære in ˇæt pull of ˇæm pulle up weard bi ˇære wellan ˇæt up in ˇa lanan ondlong lanan nor∂ weard ˇæt on æntingc gærstun in ˇa hegcan andlang hægcan east weard ˇæt on lawern ondlong lawern ˇæt on streon halh be streonen halæ ˇæt in temedan upongean stream ondlong temedan ˇæt eft in turtlingc ford . 7 seo salt wellingc ˇe hyr∂ into griman leage in brad setena selle oˇer into mosleage in ˇam ilcan sele . ˝is is ealles ˇe her on ˇissere bec cwe∂ an Oswald bisceop his bre∂er Osulf ˇreora manna dæg se ∂e hit awende æt un for worhtum ˇingum God adilgie his noman of lifes bocum buton he ær to bote gecyrre . Osulf wæs se forma man 7 Æˇelstan munuc is ˇe o∂er . Sit autem terra ista libera omni regi nisi æcclesiastici censi . + Ego Oswald episcopus consensi . + Ego Wulfric presbiter . + Ego Eadgar presbiter . + Ego Wistan presbiter . + Ego Ælfred clericus . + Ego Æˇelstan presbiter . + Ego Wulfhun clericus . + Ego Brihstan clericus . + Ego Ælfstan clericus . + Ego Wulfgar clericus . + Ego Eadwine clericus . + Ego Wenstan clericus . + Ego Ælfgar clericus . + Ego Ufic clericus . + Ego Wulfheah clericus . + Ego Leofwine clericus . + Ego Tuna clericus . + Ego Wulfno∂ clericus . + Ego Eadweard clericus .