S 1423

A.D. 1016 x 1023. Ælfweard, abbot of Evesham and the community at Evesham, to Æthelmær; lease, for three lives, of 4.5 hides at Norton, Worcs., with reversion to the abbey. English

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. Ch. 19796 (s. xi 1; BM Facs., iv. 15; Keller 1906, no. 7)

Printed:

Earle, pp. 235-6; Sweet, Second Reader, p. 226 (no. 223)

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 81 (pp. 156-7)

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary; Atkins 1940, pp. 16-17; Ker 1948, p. 15, Worcester scribe and probably from Worcester archives; Robertson, Charters, pp. 403-5, dates ? 1022 x 1023; Finberg, ECWM, no. 341, authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 498; HRH, p. 236, probably genuine; Hooke 1985, p. 199; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 46; Hooke 1990, p. 342; Pelteret 1995, p. 165; Faith 1997, pp. 91, 162, cited

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    • ˘is syndon ˇa foreword ˇe Ælfwerd abbot 7 se hired on Eoueshamme worhtan wi∂ Æ∂elmær ˇa ∂a hi him ˇæt land sealdon æt Nor∂tune . wiˇ .iii. pundon ˇreora manna dæg . ˇæt syndon .iii. hida to inware . 7 o∂er healf to utware swa swa he hit gebohte ˇa ∂a hit weste læg . æt Hacune 7 æt Leofrice . 7 æt ealre scire . ˇæt is ˇæt we hit unnon him on Godes est . 7 on Sancta Marian . 7 on ˇæs halgan weres S... Egwines . ˇe hit into ˇam mynstre beget . 7 gange æg∂er ge cyricsceat ge teo∂unge into ˇam halgan mynstre swa he mycele ˇearfe ah . ˇæt hi don . 7 toll 7 team sy agifen into ˇam mynstre butan he hit geearnian mæge to ˇam ∂e ˇænne ah mynstres geweald . 7 æfter ˇreora manna dæge gange ˇæt land in mid .i. men . 7 mid .vi. oxan . 7 mid .xx. sceapum . 7 mid .xx. æcerum gesawenes cornes. 7 ˇyssa gewrita synd .iii. an li∂ on Wigracestre æt Sancta Marian mynstre . 7 o∂er li∂ on Eofeshamme . 7 ˇridde hæf∂ Æ∂elmer. Se ˇe ˇis gehealde gehealde hine God . 7 se ∂e hit awende o∂∂e gelytlige . gelytlige God his mede on ˇam toweardum life . butan he hit ær his ende ˇe deoppor gebete . 7 ˇis wæs gedon be ˇyssa witena gewytnessæ ˇe herwi∂ ny∂an awritene standa∂ . ˇæt is ærest Ælfgeofu seo hlæfdie ˇe ˇæs mynstres walt . 7 Wulfstan arcebiscop. 7 Leofsige biscop. 7 Byrhtwold biscop. 7 Ælfsige abbot. 7 Ælfwerd abbot. 7 Leofsige abbot. 7 Afa abbot. 7 Hacun eorl. 7 Eglaf eorl. 7 Leofwine ealdorman. 7 Leofric . 7 Eadwine. 7 Byrhtteg munuc. 7 Byrhtwine . 7 Ælfsige minister.