S 141

A.D. 777 x 779. Offa, king of Mercia, with Ealdred, subregulus of the Hwicce, to the minster and church of St Michael at Bishops Cleeve, Gloucs.; grant of 15 hides (mansiones) at Timbingctun, under Wendlesclif and north of Tyrl brook. Bounds of Wendlesclif. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 23r-24r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., i. 124; Hearne, Heming, pp. 52, 460-3, ex Mon. Angl; K, 150 and vol. iii. 385-6; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 589-90 (no. 19); B, 246

Comments:

Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 71-90, interprets the bounds as including the modern parishes of Gotherington, Bishops Cleeve and Southam, Gloucs; PN Gloucs., i. 13, ii. 34, 87-94; Finberg, ECWM, no. 30, authentic, dates 768 x 779; Scharer 1982, pp. 243-4, not genuine in present form but based on authentic material, dates 777 x 779; Gelling 1984, pp. 131, 136, Wendlesclif may be Cleeve Cloud, on the edge of Cleve Hill; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 157; Whybra 1990, pp. 18, 36; Bassett 1996, pp. 166, 167

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    • Marginal Note: Clife. Marginal Note in Later Hand: Offa bocad...into wirecestr...... + In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi qui cuncta sæcula jugiter pio moderamine regit . Constat ergo et incunctanter verum esse patet omnia quæ hic humanis cernuntur visibus vana ac caduca transitoriaque fieri . atque ea quæ hominum oculis velantur semper mansura . et sine fine stabiliter perdurare in secula . Unde et certissime notum est ex auctoritate testimoniorum sacrorum voluminum . quod cum istis fugitivis mundanis rebus sempiterna mercari possunt cælestia regna . Quapropter ego Offa . gratia gratuita Dei patris concedente Marciorum rex . majorum meorum imitatus exemplum . Cogitavi in corde meo quatinus ex his sceptris regalibus mundanis regni perceptis a conditore ac largitore omnium bonorum . aliquid quamvis minus dignum pro remedio animæ meæ . et pro adipiscenda præmia polorum in usus monasticæ liberalitatis ecclesiis donarem . Ideoque ego et Aldredus subregulus Huicciorum . in commune pro domino omnipotenti . et pro eterna salute animæ nostræ . terram ter quinos mansiones habentem . id est vicum qui nominatur Timbingctun ad monasterium quod proprie nuncupatur aet Clife et ad ecclesiam beati Michahelis archangeli quæ inibi fundata est . libenter in ecclesiasticam possessionem donantes concedimus . Est autem vicus ille situs sub montis rupe qui antiquo vocabulo vocitatur Uuendlesclif in aquilonali parte rivuli qui dicitur Tyrl . Et est conjunctus terræ ante nominati monasterii cum suis terminis . Ut ergo hæc munificentia nostra pro Christo concessa eo firmiore stabilimento perpetualiter permaneat . Testium et consentientium episcoporum abbatuum ac principum nostrorum signa et nomina in hac cartula testimonii infra perscriptas adnotare curavimus . + Ego Offa domino concedente rex Merciorum huic nostræ donationi pro majore firmitate vexillum crucis Christi propria manu impressi . + Ego Aldredus Dei dono subregulus Huicciorum hanc donationem nostram muniens signum salutifere crucis cunctis gentibus inpono . + Ego Eadberhtus Christo domino concedente episcopus his dictis . consensi . + Ego Berhthunus Deo et patre donante præsul his statutis . consensi . + Ego Ceolulfus gratia Dei permittente antistis his rebus consensi. + Ego Aldberhtus domino tribuente ecclesie pontific' his donis . consensi . + Signum manus Botuuini . abbatis . + Signum manus Folcberhti abbatis . ˝is syndan ˇa landgemæru to wendlesclife . Ærest of ∂am forda æt hleowede hlawe swa se broc sceot on nanes monnes land ˇæt swa on wirdene ˇanen on rahlinc ˇonen on dyrnes treow ˇonon on heanes pol ˇanan on ∂a ealdan dic to imman beorge ˇonan on hwætan mersc swa on su∂broc andlang broces on blacan mere swa on ∂a ealdan dic andlang dices on ane ri∂ige of ˇære ri∂e on ane ealde dic of ˇære dice on tyrl andlang tyrl on mærbroc of ˇam broce on ˇone ealdan weg 7lang weges up on Coccan burh of ˇære burhges gete on Hengestes heafod swa on ˇæt slæd to Cyppanhamme on ane ri∂e 7lang ri∂es on ˇone herpa∂ to hindehlypan ˇanon on scirwyllan 7lang cumbes on fearnslæd ˇanan on watancumb ˇanon on wulfleage ˇanon on calfhealas 7lang weges to finan mædwuum 7 swa to weohles heale 7 swa to Antan hlawe and swa on pippan slæd 7 on herrihtes beorh 7 on hweogel weg to ˇan rahhege on heafoc wyllan 7lang ri∂es on tyrl 7lang tyrl onbutan ˇa mædewe swa on ˇone ford æt hleowede hlæwe .