S 211

A.D. 866. Burgred, king of Mercia, to Worcester monastery; grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Seckley in Upper Arley, also called Wolverley, Worcs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 183v-184v (s. xi 2)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 410-11; K, 291 and vol. iii. 396-7; B, 514; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 31

Translated:

Bridgeman 1916, pp. 79-80 (no. 4)

Comments:

Bridgeman 1916, p. 80; Davies 1972, pp. 471, 475, 476, spurious; Finberg, ECWM, no. 262, spurious, bounds as in S 212; Hooke 1990, pp. 121-5, on bounds.

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    • De Wlfwardilea . Px Regnante in perpetuum Deo et domino nostro Jhesu Christo . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dccc . lxvi . indictione . v . decima . ego Burhredus rex Merciorum cum consensu et consilio seniorum meorum libenti animo concedens dono aliquam partem agri regni mei a Deo dati . scilicet duos manentes ad Secceslea quam Uulfordilea ruricole etiam nominant cum omnibus ad illos pertinentibus . pratis . pascuis videlicet campis . et silvis . fratribus Deo militantibus in Wigornensi monasterio tali jure donationis ; ut libere ac quiete hæc mea dona æternaliter ab omnibus sæcularibus negotiis habeant preter expeditionem et emendationem pontis . et arcis ; atque pro salute animæ meæ fideles intercessores existant . Scripta est et corroborata hæc cartula sub astipulatione testium idoneorum in eodem monasterio degentium . quorum onomata infra crucis dominicæ signo prænotantur . Ego Burhred rex Merciorum hanc meam donationem cum signo sanctæ crucis Christi firmabo . Ego . Athelsuuyt . regina consensi . Ego . Alchun . episcopus . Ego . Wlfsige . episcopus . Ego . Eadbaldus . episcopus . Ego . Aldredus . abbas . Ego . Boldred . abbas . Ego . Hunberhtus . dux . Ego Beornothus dux . Ego Eanberhtus . dux . Ego Athelbald . minister . Ego . Byrhtfer∂ . minister . Ego . Ceolmund minister . ˘is synd ˇa land ge mære æt wulfweardig lea . of sture on hunig broc . up æfter broce . on ˇone ealdan hege . On lang hæges . o∂∂one ealdan weg . Ondlang weges on ∂a mycclan strete . Ondlang stræte on feower gemære . ˇæt swa on calcbroc . Ond lang broces ˇæt swa on horsa broc . Ondlang broces ˇæt swa on ˇa dic . Ond lang dices on sture . Eft of sture on ˇa dic . Ond lang dices ˇæt on cu∂redes treo . Ondlang dices on heasecan berh . Of heasecan berge on ∂a dic . Ondlang dices on wenfer∂ . Ondlang wenfer∂ ˇæt eft on sture .