S 1406

A.D. 1046 x 1053. Ealdred, bishop, to Athelstan 'the fat'; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides at Hill and Moor, Worcs. English

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost original
2. London, British Library, Harley 4660, f. 10r (s. xvii; ex 1)

Printed:

Hickes, Inst. Gramm., p. 142, ex MS 2; K, 923; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 600 (no. 31)

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 112 (pp. 208-11)

Comments:

Oleson 1955, p. 155, authentic; Robertson, Charters, pp. 460-1, may belong to 1051 x 1052; Finberg, ECWM, no. 357, authentic; HRH, p. 236, probably genuine, dates 1046 x 1056 (? 1051 x 1052); Hooke 1990, p. 343; Pelteret 1995, p. 283

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    • In nomine domini. Her swutela∂ on ∂issum gewrite . ˇæt Ealdred .bisceop. hæf∂ geunnen Æˇestane fættan sumne dæl landes ˇæt synd twa hida . mid ˇam ˇe he ær hæfde . 7 mid ˇam hrofleasan lande . 7 he hig eac werige for twa hida to ˇam foreweardum . ˇæt he hit hæbbe 7 well bruce his dæg . 7 æfter his dæge twam yrfeweardum . ˇam ˇe him betst to gearnian wylle . 7 ˇiss land is on ˇam tune ˇe fram cu∂um mannum . Hylle is gehaten . 7 æfter ˇissera ˇreora manna forˇfore . gange ˇæt land eft into Wigeraceastre to ˇam ˇingan ˇe se wylle . ˇe ˇonne bisceopes wealde . butan ælcan wiˇercwyde . 7 ˇiss wæs gedon be Eadwardes cynges leafe . 7 be his fullan unnan . 7 ˇisses is to gewitnysse eall se hired on Wigeraceastre . 7 Manni abbot. 7 se hired on Eofeshamme . 7 Ælfric abbot. 7 se hired on Persceoran . 7 Leofric eorl . 7 Odda . 7 Ælfric his broˇor . 7 Byrhtric Ælfgares sunu . 7 Æglric ˇæs .bisceopes. broˇer . 7 Leofric . 7 Owine . 7 Wagan . 7 Atsur . 7 Ceolmær . 7 Ordwig . 7 Wulfric . 7 Ælfric æt Cumbrintune . 7 Godric finc . 7 Berhtwine . 7 Cola . 7 ealle ˇa ˇegnas on Wigeraceastrescire . denisce 7 englisce . 7 sy ˇiss land ælces ˇinges freols . butan weallgeweorce . 7 brygcgeweorce 7 ferosocne . 7 ciricsceatte. God ælmihtig ˇone gehealde ˇe ˇiss gehealde . 7 se ˇe hit awende . o∂∂e on ænigum ˇingum gewanige . hæbbe him wiˇ God sylfne gemæne . butan he geswice . 7 to rihte gecerre.