S 1391

A.D. 1043 x 1044. Ælfwine, bishop, and the community at Old Minster, Winchester, to Osgod; lease, for life, of land at Adderbury, Oxon., in exchange for land at Wroxall, Isle of Wight, with reversion to the Old Minster. English

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 43v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 768

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 98 (pp. 184-7)

Comments:

Oleson 1955, p. 154, authentic; Robertson, Charters, pp. 433-4; Finberg, ECW, no. 159, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 28, authentic; Gelling, ECTV, no. 293, authentic; Lawson 1993, p. 163 n. 9, on beneficiary; Pelteret 1995, p. 167.

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    • Her cy∂ on ˇysum gewrite ˇa forewearde ˇe Ælfwine bysceop 7 se hyred on ealdan mynstre worton wi∂ Osgo∂ ˇa hy letan him to ˇæt land æt Eadburgebyrig . wi∂ ˇan lande æt Wroccesheale ˇe he binnan Wiht hæfde . ˇæt wæs ˇæt Osgod bruce ˇæs landes æt Eadburgebyrig his deg . 7 hæfter his dege ga . ˇæt land eft into ealdan mynstre mid mæte 7 mid mannum 7 mid eallum ˇingan swa swa hit stande eall swa hy hit him ær to handa leton. ˝yses is to gewitnesse . Eadweard . cingc . 7 Ælfgyfu seo hlefdige . 7 Eadsige arcebisceop. 7 Ælfric archebisceop . 7 Brihtwold bisceop. 7 Lyfincg bisceop. 7 Duduc bisceop. 7 Æˇestan bisceop. 7 Eadnod .bisceop. 7 Ælfwer∂ .bisceop. 7 Grimcytel bisceop. 7 Godwine eorl . 7 Leofric eorl . 7 Siwerd eorl . 7 Swegen eorl . 7 Ordgar . 7 Odda . 7 Ælfgar . 7 ˇærtoeacan manig god mann æg∂ær ge hadode ge lewede ˇe heora naman ne magon beon hær on ealle amearcode. ˝yssa gewrita syndon ˇreo . an is on ealdan mynstre . oˇer is mid ˇæs bisceopes landbocan . ˇridde hæf∂ Osgod.