S 145

A.D. 777. Offa, king of the English, to St Mary's minster, Worcester; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Doughton in Tetbury, Gloucs., and 5 at Eisey in Latton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 42r-v (s. xi 1)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 170v-171r (s. xi 2)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 90-2, 377-8; K, 134 and vol. iii. 384; B, 226; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 67

Comments:

Liebermann 1913, p. 26; Stenton 1918, p. 448 n. 67, suspicious, vernacular bounds cannot be contemporary (= Stenton 1970, p. 62 n. 2); Robinson 1919, p. 26, spurious, perhaps modelled on S 109; Finberg, ECW, no. 193, spurious; PN Gloucs., i. 111, 113; Finberg, ECWM, no. 34, spurious, anachronistic OE bounds and reference to St Mary's; Scharer 1982, pp. 239-40, spurious, dates 777 from subscription of Bishop Ealdberht of Hereford; Prince 1983, on bounds; Whybra 1990, p. 40

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    • Ductun 7 Eseg. + Cuncta regalia sceptra recto justoque moderamine jugiter gubernante pio salvatore hominum . Ego Offa Dei prædestinatione rex Anglorum seniorum meorum magisterio edoctus et exemplo roboratus ut ex percepto mundanis regni dominio qualemcunque partem quamvis minus dignam pro absolutione meorum peccaminum ; et pro redemptione animæ meæ . in usus æcclesiasticæ liber'ali'tatis subrogarem . Ideoque nunc terram . v . manentium hoc est vicum qui nuncupatur . æt Ductune . et . v . æt Esig . pro æterna salute meæ animæ quandoque in futuro dante Deo ad monasterium sanctæ Mariæ vocabulo Weogerna Ceastre . In jus ruris æcclesiastici libentissime perdonans concedo . Sunt hi termini ruris illius . ærest of winterburnan into mægˇan wyllan . of mægˇan wyllan on puttan crundell. of puttan crundelle on bradan beorh . of bradan beorge on ˇone ellen stub . of ˇam ellen stubbe on ˇone yfemestan hangran. ˇurh yfemestan hangran . on hris weg. of hris wege adune to ˇære dene andlang ˇære dene to ægan stane . of ægan stane on mærweg . andlang mær weges on pumere . of pumere on bedewillan . of bedewellan su∂rihte on winterburnan . Condonantium vero et consentientium signa hic infra et nomina sub testimonio majore perscripta notabo . + Ego Offa rex hanc meam munificentiam signum crucis munio. + Ego Eadberhtus episcopis . + Ego Berhtun episcopus . + Ego Wermund episcopus . + Ego Ceolwulf episcopus . + Ego Cudd abbas . + Ego Diera episcopus. + Ego Aldberht episcopus . + Ego Botwine abbas + Signum manus Eatani principis. + Signum manus Berhtwaldi.