S 1476

c. A.D. 1053. Agreement between Bishop Stigand, the community at Old Minster, Winchester, and Wulfweard the White concerning 10 hides in Hayling Island, Hants. English

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 100v-101r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1337; Thorpe, pp. 586-8; B, 980

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 114 (pp. 212-13)

Comments:

Pelteret, p. 167; Plummer 1892; 1899, ii, p. 239, genuine; Robertson, Charters, pp. 462-4; Finberg, ECW, no. 171, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 35 (no. 175), authentic; HRH, p. 236, very likely an early forgery, but possibly genuine; Miller, New Minster, p. xxxvii, loss from New Minster archive

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    • Her swytela∂ on ˇisum gewritæ ˇæt Ælfgifu seo hlefdige bæcwe∂ .v. hida æt Heilincigæ into ealdan mynstræ. And heo bæcwæ∂ Wulfweardæ hwitan .v. hida of ˇam ilcan landæ his dæg. And æftær his dæge ga ˇa .v. hida into ealdan mynstræ . ˇus seo hlæfdige hit bæcwed Wulfweardæ. ˝a wes Wulfweard gyrnen∂æ ˇæt hæ mostæ ofgan his deg ˇa .v. hida ˇæ wæron into mynstre bæcwe∂ene. And sæ bisceop Stigandæ and sæ hiræd on ealdan mynstræ him ˇæs gætiˇodon wi∂ scylcon gersumen swylce hi ˇa sehtæ wæron. Nu wæron ˇus heora forewæar∂ ˇæt Wulfweard hebbæ ˇa .v. hida his dæg . And æftær his dæge ga ˇa .v. hida into ealdan mynstræ . And ˇa oˇræ .v. hida for∂ mi∂ ˇæ seo hlæfdige him bæcwæ∂ . mid mæte 7 mid mannum 7 mid eallum ˇingum swa hit ˇonnæ stænt butan ælcon geantalæ. ˘ises is to witnæssæ, Stigandæ bisceop . and Harold eorl . And sæ hired on ealdan mynstræ . And Ælfwine abbod. And sæ hired on niwan mynstræ . and Leofing stæallære . And Raulf stæallære . And Æscar steallære . and Eadsige scirgeræfa . And Wulfric æt Wernæforda . And Ælfwine . And Ælfweard . And Cupping . And eallæ scirˇegnas on Hamtunsciræ . ˝issæ gewrita syndon .iii. an is on ealdan mynstræ . And ˇæt oˇær is on niwan mynstre . And ˇæt ˇridde heaf∂ Wulfwear∂.