S 201

A.D. 851. Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to St Mary's church, Worcester; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Grimley, Worcs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. Lost original
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 186r-187r (s. xi 2)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius C. IX, f. 130r (s. xvii; incomplete; from lost original)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 416-18, ex MS 2; Hearne, Heming, p. 562, ex MS 3; K, 266 and vol. iii. 393; B, 462

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 698 n. 44, authentic; Robinson 1919, p. 28, spurious; Grundy, Worcs., I, pp. 115-19, on bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 267, very suspicious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 255, spurious, witnesses largely copied from S 180, bounds identical to S 1370; Hart, ECNE, p. 92 n. 1, forgery; Hooke 1980, pp. 41, 46, on boundary marks; Hooke 1990, pp. 115-20, on bounds

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    • De Grimelege . Px Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dcccli . Ego Beorhtuulf rex Merciorum anno . xiii . regni mei cum consensu et consilio optimatum meorum terram . iii um . cassatorum ab incolis terræ Grimanlea vocitatam . pro remedio animæ meæ æcclesiæ sanctæ Dei genitricis Mariæ in Uuigornaceastre . ad victus fratrum in illo monasterio Deo servientium perpetualiter possidendam concedo eamque liberam et absolutam esse volo et præcipio ab omni humano servitio . magnis causis modicis præter pontis instructionem . et publicam expeditionem . et singulare prætium contra alium solvat . hæc libertas firma ei in perpetuam permaneat hereditatem . Et si quis hanc nostram munificentiam abripere vel minuere temptaverit . anathematizetur et dampnetur a Deo omnipotenti in die judicii cum Dathan et Abiron : et cum Juda proditore domini ; ut sicut illos duos viventes dehiscens terra deglutivit . tertiumque laqueus suspensu visceribus diruptis suffocavit sic eum gehennalis inferni absorbeat incendium . nisi digna satisfactione defleat commissum . Ego Berhtuulf rex Merciorum hanc meam donationem cum signo sanctæ crucis roboravi . Ego . Alhunus . episcopus . Ego . Wiberhtus . episcopus . Ego . Atheuulf . episcopus . Ego . Wilheard . abbas . Ego . Eanmund . abbas . Ego . Wihtred . abbas . Ego . Peota . presbiter . Ego . Sired . dux . Ego . Beornoth . dux . Ego . Dynne . dux . Ego . Eadberht . dux . ˘is syndon ∂æs landesgemæru æt Grimanleage . Ærest of Seferne be higna gemære on sceacan halh 7 swa be ˇære alra ofesce in ∂a neowan dic . 7 swa up ondlang ˇære neowan dic ˇæt on ˇa aldan hegestowe . 7 sy∂∂an a andlang ˇære ealdan hege stowe on ˇone folc hearpa∂ ˇæt up ondlang ˇæs hearpo∂es to ˇæm Criste mæle . 7 swa fram ˇam Cristes mæle of dun weard ondlang anre ealdre dic west weard 7 nor∂ weard ˇæt in ælr broc . 7 seo∂∂an a swa alr broc lige∂ upweard to mos setena gemære . 7 swa big mos setena gemære ofer siht fer∂ on ˇone ealdan kyninges hagan . ˇæt swa andlang ˇæs aldan cyninges hagan nor∂ weard to ∂am aldan stod falde . 7 ˇonne fram ∂am aldan stod falde bi beonot setena gemære on sihfer∂ . 7 swa ondlang sihtferdes in bæle . swa ondlang bæles in Seferne . ˘is syndon ∂æs londes gemære æt mosleage of ∂æm aldan felda west reht on gearnec . swa ondlang broces on ∂one gemær hagan ofer fild burnan on timber rycg . ∂onon on beosting hrycg swa east weard on blacan brygce . ˇanon eft on ˇone ealdan feld .