S 1411

A.D. 757 x 774. Ceolfrith, abbot, to the church of St Peter, Worcester, and the bishopric of Worcester; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Henbury, Gloucs., and 14 (cassati) at Sture in the province of Ismere, Worcs. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. I, pt 2, ff. 181-84v, f. 181v (s. xi; incomplete)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 52v-53r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 110-11, 474-5; K, 127; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 589 (no. 17); B, 220; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 63

Comments:

Ekwall, D.E.P.N., p. 216, identified as Hanbury, Worcs; John 1966, p. 24, on background; Chaplais 1968, p. 321, on terminology (= 1973, p. 70); Finberg, ECWM, no. 28, authentic, gives reasons for identifying as the Gloucestershire Henbury; Whitelock, EHD, p. 492; Wormald 1982, pp. 122-3, on background; Hooke 1990, p. 29, could possibly be Hanbury, Worcs; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 149, 162, confirms identification with Henbury, Gloucs; Whybra 1990, p. 44; King 1996a, Sture is probably Kidderminster, Worcs

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    • Rubric: Heanburh Marginal Note in MS 2: Hanbiri + In nomine domini Jhesu . Spe enim salvi facti sumus . spes autem quæ videtur non est spes . et quæ non videmus per patientiam expectamus quia æterna sunt . Ideoque ego Ceolfri∂us abbas dono Dei jure paterno ereditario dono terram meam et hereditatem patris mei Cyneberhti pro redemptione animarum nostrarum ad æcclesiam beati Petri apostoli et ad sedem episcopalem in Uuigrinnanceastre cui nunc præest venerabilis episcopus Milredus cum consensu et licentia Offani regis Merciorum et principum ejus et testium quorum infra inseruntur nomina . Est autem terræ locus celebre . qui dicitur Heanb'u . xx . manentium et in provincia Usmerorum . quod nominatur æt Sture . xiiii . cassatos habens . Si quis autem quod absit ex parentela mea vel externorum malivola mente et maligno spiritu instigatus huius donationis nostræ munificentiam infringere nititur et contraire . Sciat se in die tremendo coram summo Deo rationem redditurum . + Ego Offa rex Mercensium donum et datum Ceolfri∂i abbatis consentiendo subscribo . + Ego Milred signum crucis infixi . + Ego Aldred subscripsi . + Ego Uhtred subregulus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Eadbald præfectus et princeps Offæ regis consensi .