S 1378

A.D. 995. Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester, to Ælfric, archbishop, and Christ Church, Canterbury; return of land at Monks Risborough, Bucks., mortgaged to him by Archbishop Sigeric. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. B, f. 348v (s. xv)
2. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1212, pp. 326-327 (s. xiii)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 223, ff. 17v-18r (s. xvi 1)
4. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 195-201v, f. 200v (s. xii)
5. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. P, f. 23r-v (s. xiii in.)

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2222; K, 690, ex MS 1, with dating clause and witnesses ex S 882; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 70; Fleming 1997, p. 137 (no. 55), ex MS 5

Comments:

Sisam 1953, p. 158 n. 3, obviously untrustworthy; Gelling, ECTV, no. 156, spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 124 n. 132, spurious; Brooks 1984, p. 384 n. 81, spurious; Lawson 1984, p. 728, cited

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    • [A]nno dominice incarnationis .dccccxcv. indictione .vii. Ego Ascuuinus Dorcestrensis ecclesie pontifex reddo ecclesie Christi et Ælfrico archiepiscopo metropolitane sedis terram de Hrisbeorhge cum libro eiusdem terre pro salute anime mee. Quam uidelicet terram Sigericus archiepiscopus eiusdem ecclesie Christi predecessor prefati archiepiscopi Ælfrici dedit mihi in uadimonium pro pecunia quam a me mutuo accepit. Ego autem, timore Dei compunctus, pro salutis eterne spe ut prefatus sum, liberam eam reddo ecclesie ad quam iuste pertinet, ab omni mundiali obstaculo, cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus, exceptis expeditione, pontis et arcis coedificatione. Hanc mee munifice concessionis libertatem conantes mutare uel minuere seu frangere, habeant partem cum hiis quibus dicitur ‘Discedite a me operarii iniquitatis in ignem eternum ibi erit fletus oculorum et stridor dencium’, nisi prius digna penitentia et legali satisfaccione ante exitum corporalis uite canonice emendauerint.