S 1394

A.D. 1042. Lyfing, bishop, to Æthelric, his thegn; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides at Armscote in Tredington, Warwicks., in return for a money payment. English

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. Ch. 19799 (s. xi 1; BM Facs., iv. 23)

Printed:

Earle, pp. 242-3; Sweet, Second Reader, pp. 228-9 (no. 39)

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 94 (pp. 180-1)

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary; Atkins 1940, pp. 19-20; Robertson, Charters, p. 427; Stenton 1971, p. 413, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 349, authentic; HRH, p. 236, probably original; Hooke 1985, pp. 46, 108; Dumville 1993, p. 67 n. 292; Lapidge 1993, pp. 412-13, on a witness; Hooke 1999, p. 108

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    • Px In ures drihtnes naman hælendes Cristes ic Leofinc bisceop mid ˇafunge 7 leafe Hear∂acnutes cynges 7 ˇæs arwurˇan hiredes æt Wigornaceastre ge iunges ge ealdes gebocige sumne dæl landes minan holdan 7 getreowan ˇegene ˇam is Ægelric nama .ii. 'hida' æt Eadmunddescotan hæbbe he 7 wel bruce . for his eadmodre gehersumnysse 7 for his licwur∂an sceatte . ˇæt is ˇæt he hit hæbbe 7 well bruce his dæg . 7 æfter his dæge twam erfewardum ˇan∂e him leofest sy . 7 him betst to geearnian wylle . 7 he hit hæbbe to freon ælces ˇinges butan wallgeweorce 7 brygcgeweorce 7 ferdsocne. God ælmihtig ˇone gehealde . ˇe ˇas ure sylena 7 ure gerædnyssa healdan wylle on ælce healfe . gif ænig ˇonne sy uppahofen 7 inblawen on ˇa oferhyda ˇære geættredan deofles lare . 7 wylle ˇas ure sylena gewemman o∂∂e gewonian on ænigum ˇingum . wite he hine amansumadne mid Annaniam 7 Saphiram on ece forwyrd . butan he hit her ær wur∂lice gebete Gode 7 mannum. ˘is wæs gedon ˇy geare ˇe wæs agan fram Cristes gebyrtide an ˇusend wintra 7 twa 7 xlii. wintra. ˘is is seo gewitnes . ˇæt is Hearˇacnut cyng 7 Ælfgeofu his modor . 7 Lyfing .bisceop. 7 eall se hired on Wigraceastre . 7 Ælfward .bisceop. 7 se hired on Eofeshomme . 7 Godwine abbod 7 se hired on Wincelcumbe . 7 Leofric .eorl. 7 ealle ˇa ˇegenas on Wigraceastrescire . ge englisce ge denisce.