S 1460

c. A.D. 1010 x 1023 (? 1023). Record of a dispute between Athelstan, bishop (of Hereford) and Wulfstan and his son Wulfric, concerning land at Inkberrow, Worcs. English

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Charters viii. 37 (s. xi 1; BM Facs., iv. 14)

Printed:

Hickes, Thesaurus, i, praefatio, p. xxi; K, 898; Sweet, Second Reader, pp. 223-5 (no. 34)

Printed and Translated:

Thorpe, pp. 375-8; Essays, pp. 363-5, part only; Robertson, Charters, no. 83 (pp. 162-5)

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary; Ker 1948, pp. 50-1 n. 4, 65 n. 1, Worcester portion of tripartite chirograph; Harmer, Writs, pp. 40-1, on background, dates 1023; Robertson, Charters, pp. 411-13, dates ? 1023; Whitelock 1963, p. 11 n. 4, the original agreement is not later than 1011 and the name of the bishop concerned must be a mistake for that of his predecessor Athulf, if S 926 with the latter's attestation is correctly dated 1012; Finberg, ECWM, no. 342, original, dates ? 1023, cf. no. 333; Wormald 1988, no. 77, dates 1023; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxxiv, on punctuation; Hooke 1990, pp. 330-1; Reynolds 1992, p. 218 n. 33 (= 1994, p. 330 n. 35); Lawson 1993, p. 69; Kennedy 1995, pp. 142 n., 156 n., 164 n., 180 n., on legal background; Wormald, English Law, p. 385 n. 549; Thompson 2006, pp. 63, 109, on script

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    • Her swutela∂ on ∂issum gewrite [ˇæt] Æˇelstan bisceop gebohte æt Leofrice æt Blacewellan fif hide landes . æt Intebyrgan be Æˇelredes cynges leafe . 7 be Ælfeges arcebisceopes gewitnesse . 7 be Wulfstanes Arcebisceopes 7 be ealra ˇæra witena ˇe ∂a on Englalande lifes wæron . mid ten pundan reodes goldes . 7 hwites seolfres . unforboden 7 unbesacan . to geofene 7 to syllanne . ær dæge 7 æfter dæge . sibban o∂∂e fremdan ˇær him leofost wære; 7 Se cyng het ˇone arcebisceop Wulfstan ˇærto boc settan . 7 Æˇelstane bisceope . boc 7 land betæcan unnendere heortan; ˝a æfter ˇysan manegum gearum . soc Wulfstan 7 his sunu Wulfric on sum ˇæt land . ˇa ferde se bisceop to sciregemote to Wigeranceastre 7 draf ˇær his spræce . ˇa sealde Leofwine ealdor[m]an 7 Hacu[n] 7 Leofric . 7 eal seo scir his land clæne ˇa he hit unforbodan 7 unbesacan bohte 7 settan dæg to ˇæt man to ∂am lande scolde faran . 7 ˇa ilcan ˇe him ær landgemære læddon hit e....an . 7 cwædan gif ∂a landgemære ealswa wæron swa man heo on fruman lædde . ˇæt se bisceop ˇæt land fulriht ahte . ˇa com se bisceop ˇærto 7 se ˇe him land sealde 7 ˇa ˇe him ær [to gewit]nesse wæron . 7 com Wulfstan 7 his sunu 7 ˇa ˇe hyra geferan wæron . 7 heo ealle ˇa ˇa landgemære geridan eal swa heo man on fruman ˇam bisceope lædde . 7 heo ealle cwædan ˇe [ˇær æt] wæron ˇæt se bisceop fulriht ˇæt land ahte . ˇa se ˇær geanwyrde wæs ˇe him land sealde. Spæcon ∂a Leofrices freond . 7 Wulfstanes freond . ˇæt hit betere wære ˇæt heora seht togæ......de ˇonne hy ænige [sa]ce hym betweonan heoldan ; worhtan ˇa hyra seht . ˇæt wæs ˇ[æ]t Leofric sealde Wulfstane 7 his suna . an pund . 7 twegra ˇegna a∂ 7 wære himsylf ˇridde . ˇæt he [on ˇ]am ilcan wolde beon gehealden gif seo spæc to Leofrice eode s[wa s]wa heo ˇa wæs to Wulfstane gega[n] . ˇis wæs ur[e] ealra seht; Wulfstan 7 his sunu sealdon ˇa ˇæt land clæne Leofrice . 7 Leofric 7 [W]u[lfs]tan . 7 Wulfric . ˇam bisceope clæne land 7 unbesacan . ær dæge 7 æfter to gyfanne ˇær him leofost wære; Her swutela∂ seo gewitnes 7 se borh ˇe ˇær æt wæron . ˇæt wæs ærest se bisceop 7 Le[ofric] . 7 Wulfstan . 7 Brihtwine . 7 Cynsig . 7 Wynstan . 7 Ægelwig munuc . 7 Ælwine mæssepreost . 7 Ælmær mæssepreost . 7 Wulfric mæssepreost . 7 Cyneword æt Pebbewur∂y . 7 Ælewig ........nham . 7 Eadwig his mæg . 7 Wulfri[c] æt Cloddesheale . 7 Sæword æt Uptuny . 7 Wulfric æt Bynningtune . 7 Wulfsig Madding . 7 mænig god cniht toeacan ˇysan; Nu syndan ˇissa gewrita ˇreo . an on Wigernaceastre æt Sancta Marian ˇær ˇæt land toher∂ . 7 o∂er on Hereforda æt Sancte Æˇelbrihte . 7 ˇridde a mid ˇam ˇe ˇæt land on hande stande; God ælmihtig ˇone gehealde ˇe ˇis wille rihtlice healdan . 7 gif ænig man ˇonne seo ˇe ˇis awendan wille . God ælmihtig . 7 Sancta Maria . 7 ealle his leofan halgan ˇæne ani∂erige ægˇær ge her on life ge ˇær he længast wunian sceal . buton he hit ˇe deoppor ær geb[e]te swa bisceop him tæce.