S 1492

A.D. 1008 x 1012. Will of Ælfwold, bishop (of Crediton), including bequests of land at Sandford, Devon, to the monastery at Crediton and to Godric. English

Archive:

Exeter (ex Crediton)

MSS:

1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2 (S.C. 31346), no. XIII (s. xi 1; BA Facs. 18)

Printed:

Napier and Stevenson, pp. 23-4 (no. 10)

Translated:

Napier and Stevenson, p. 126; Crediton 1913, pp. 193-4

Printed and Translated:

Councils and Synods, no. 51 (pp. 383-6)

Comments:

Napier and Stevenson, pp. 125-33, authentic; Chaplais 1965, p. 60, scribe also wrote S 890 (= 1973, p. 42); Chaplais 1966, p. 21 (no. 20), (= Chaplais 1981, XV, p. 21); Finberg 1969, pp. 42-3; Brooks 1978, pp. 87-91, on heriot; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 580-1; Keynes 1980, p. 121 n. 123; Chaplais 1981, XV, addendum; Councils and Synods, pp. 382-3; BA Facs., p. 6, MS probably contemporary; Dumville 1993, p. 51 n. 225, on a bequest; Hooke 1994, p. 186, cited; Pelteret 1995, pp. 121, 130, 329

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    • Endorsement in hand of early s. xiv: Ealwold Bisscopes biquide at samforde to Cridihamtones minstre. + ˝is is Alfwoldes bisceopes cwyde ˇæt is ∂æt he geann ˇæs landes æt Sandforda in to ˇam mynstre in to Crydian tune him to saulsceatte mid mete 7 mid mannum swa hit stent butan witeˇeowum mannum . 7 anes hiwscypes he geann Godrice ˇærof 7 an sylh∂e oxna . 7 he geann his hlaforde feower horsa . twa gesadelode 7 twa unsadelode . 7 feower scyldas 7 .IIII. spera 7 twegen helmas 7 twa byrnan . 7 .L. mancsa goldes ˇe Ælfnoˇ him sceal æt Wudeleage 7 ænne sceg∂ .LXIIII. ære he is eall gearo butan ˇam hanon he hine wolde ful gearwian his hlaforde to gerisnum gif him god u∂e . 7 Ordulfe twegra boca Hrabanum 7 martyrlogium . 7 ˇam æˇelinge .XL. mancsa goldes 7 ˇæra wildra worfa æt Æscburnan lande 7 twegra getelda . 7 Alfwolde munuce .XX. mancsa goldes 7 anes horses . 7 anes geteldes . 7 Byrhtmære preoste .XX. mancsa goldes 7 anes horses . 7 his ˇrim magon Eadwolde 7 Æˇelno∂e 7 Grimkytele hira ælcon .XX. mancsa goldes 7 hira ælcon anes horses . 7 Wulfgare his mæge twegra wahryfta 7 twegra setlhrægla 7 ˇreo byrnan . 7 Godrice his a∂ume twegra byrnena . 7 Eadwine mæssepreoste .V. mancsa goldes 7 his kæppan . 7 Leofsige mæssepreoste ˇæs mannes ˇe he him ær tolet Wunstan hatte . 7 Kenwolde helm 7 byrnan . 7 Boian anes horses . 7 Mælpatrike .V. mancsa goldes 7 Leofwine Polgan .V. mancsa goldes 7 Ælfgare writere an pund penega he lænde Tune 7 his geswysternon gehealdon hi hine . 7 Eadgyfe his swyster an strichrægl 7 .I. hrigchrægl 7 .I. sethrægl 7 Ælflæde offestran .V. mancsa . penega . 7 Spilan .III. mancsa goldes . 7 LX. penega . 7 Leofwine 'Polgan' . 7 Mælpatrike . 7 Byrhsige hira ˇreora ælcon an hors . 7 ælcon hiredmen his onrid ˇe he alæned hæfde . 7 his hiredcnihton eallon .V. pund to gedale ælcon be ˇam ˇe his mæ∂ wære . 7 in to Crydian tune ˇreo ˇeningbec mæsseboc . 7 bletsungboc . 7 pistelboc . 7 an mæssereaf . 7 on ælcon bisceophame ælcon men freot ˇe witeˇeow wære . o∂ˇe he mid his feo gebohte . 7 in to Wiltune calic 7 disc on .CXX. mancsa goldes butan ˇrim mancsa . 7 burˇenon his beddreaf . 7 ˇises is to gewitnesse . Wulfgar Ælfgares sunu . 7 Godric be Crydian . 7 Eadwine mæssepreost . 7 Alfwold munuc . 7 Byrhtmær preost .