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A.D. 875. Ceolwulf (II), king of Mercia, to St Mary's minster, Worcester; grant of 6 hides (cassati) at Overbury, Worcs., with villulae at Conderton and Pendock, Worcs. Bounds of Overbury. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 149r-150r (s. xi 2)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 331-2; K, 308 and vol. iii. 399; B, 541; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 41

Comments:

Robinson 1919, p. 29, spurious; Grundy, Worcs., II, pp. 24-5, on bounds; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, untrustworthy; PN Gloucs., i. 4, ii. 60, on bounds; Stenton 1971, p. 252 n. 1, cited with reference to King Ceolwulf; Finberg, ECWM, no. 264, authentic basis, anachronistic reference to St Mary's may be interpolation; Davies 1972, pp. 473, 475, 476, spurious; Hooke 1985, pp. 83, 180, cited; Hooke 1990, pp. 125-9, on bounds; Smyth 1995, p. 53; Keynes 1998, pp. 12, 28 n. 126

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    • De Ufe'ra'byrie. + In nomine sanctæ et individue trinitatis . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dccc . lxxv . Ego Ceoluulf gratia Dei gratuita la'r'giente rex Merciorum aliquid in elemosinam donare præcogitavi . ut sempiternæ mercedis portionem acciperem . Iccirco rogatus a Werfrido episcopo Wiciorum et familia in Wigornacestre . concessi monachis Deo famulantibus in monasterio Wigornensi quod constructum est in honore sanctæ et perpetuæ matris ac virginis Mariæ quandam ruris portiunculam villam scilicet quam ruriculæ Uferebreodun 'vel Uferebiri' appellant . vi . cassatorum cum duabus villulis Cantuaretun . videlicet et Peonedoc . et cum omnibus ad eam pertinentibus campis scilicet pratis et silvis . Eo quoque jure tenoris ; ut ab omnibus mundanis negotiis pro redemptione animæ meæ semper sit libera . præter expeditionem dumtaxat et emendationem pontis . et arcis . Hanc vero libertatem quam ego apposui cum consensu omnium meorum episcoporum . et principum ac optimatum nostræ gentis si quis custodierit ; omnipotens Deus illum custodire dignetur . Si quis autem infringere vel violare temptaverit sciat se rationem ponere . cum districtus judex orbis tremendus advenerit . Ego Ceoluulf rex Merciorum hanc conditionem propria manu confirmo . Ego . Werfryth episcopus consensi . Ego . Eadberhtus episcopus conscripsi . Ego . Beornoth dux consensi . Ego . Athelhun dux cs' . Ego . Atheluuold dux . Ego . Alhferht dux . Ego . Kyred . Ego . Wul'f'sige . Ego . Heahstan . Ego . Eanuulf . Ego . Ecgberht . Ego . Beornfyrht. Ego . Eadbald . Ego . Turhtredus ˘is synd ∂a land gemæru into Vfera byrig . ærest of kærent in eomot sic . Ondlang ˇæs sices in rumwoldes mor . Of rumwoldes more in holan stan . Of holan stane in mær cum'b' . Of ˇam cumbe in eor∂nutema ˇorn . Of ˇam ˇorne in ˇæt wudu gæt . Of ˇam geate ondlang ecge into ˇam stodfalde . Of ˇane stodfalde in duddan stane . Of duddan stane in swalawa bærh . Of ∂am berhge in ˇiccan stan . Of ˇam stane big lytlan wudu in simæres ford . Of ˇam forda ondlang hwate broc into kærent . Ond long kærent in edrices ford . Of edrices forda in eomodes poll .