S 174

A.D. 814 = 813 (26 December). Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to the church of Worcester; grant of 1 hide (cassata) at Dunhampstead in Himbleton, Worcs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 185v-186r (s. xi 2)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 415-16; K, 202 and vol. iii. 388-9; B, 349; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 111

Comments:

Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 135-6, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 240, authentic; Hooke 1990, pp. 105-7, on bounds, with map p. 106

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    • De Dvnhamstyde. Px Donante domino nostro Jhesu Christo . Ego Kenulfus rex Merciorum . terram juris mei unam cassatam cui vocabulum est Dunhamstyde pro redemptione animæ meæ ad æcclesiam Uuigornam trado Deneberhti Wigernensis episcopi cohortationibus in perpetuam hereditatem . Acta est autem hæc mea donatio anno . dcccxiiii . indictione . vii a . die . vii . Kalendas Januarii . Siquis hanc meam donationem temptaverit defraudare . sciat se reddere rationem in die judicii ; atque anathematizatum a Deo atque omnibus sanctis . nisi hic prius cum satisfactione emendaverit . Huius donationis hi mei optimates testes sunt ; quorum nomina infra expressa sunt . Ego Kenulfus rex Merciorum confirmationem hanc confirmavi consentiendo et propria manu conscribendo . Ego Uuor episcopus . Ego Wilfrid episcopus . Ego Deneberht episcopus . Ego Eadberht minister . Ego Vualdhere minister . ˘is syndon ˇa ge mæru . ærest græfan hrycg se wudu to dun ham styde ˇanon on bradan edisc ˇanon to cyran leage swa ˇweres ofer ˇæt graf on stanehtan ford . ˇanon be westan ˇa leage eft to grafan hrycge .