S 60

A.D. 770. Uhtred, regulus of the Hwicce, with the permision of Offa, king of Mercia, to St Mary's Minster, Worcester; grant of 10 hides (tributarii) at Stoke Prior, Worcs. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, ff. 145r-146r (s. xi 2)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 322-4; K, 118 and vol. iii. 379-80; B, 204; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 55; Hooke 1990, pp. 65-6, bounds only

Comments:

Robinson 1919, p. 23, spurious; Grundy, Worcs., II, pp. 62-7, on bounds; Ker 1948, pp. 59, 67-8, one of thirteen charters 'as a group, untrustworthy'; PN Oxon., ii. 271; Finberg, ECWM, p. 93, spurious, version of S 59 transformed into a direct grant to Worcester; Scharer 1982, p. 256, spurious; Wormald 1986, p. 156 n. 31, spurious; Hooke 1990, pp. 65-9, on bounds.

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    • De Stoke. Px In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi. Certissime itaque et absque dubitatione constat omnia quæ videntur temporalia esse . et ea quæ non videntur æterna esse . Iccirco ego Uhtredus Deo donante regulus Huuicciorum cogitavi ut ex accepta portione terreni regni a largitore omnium bonorum aliquid quamvis minus dignum pro remedio animæ meæ in usus ecclesiasticæ libertatis erogarem . Hinc igitur concessi fratribus Deo servientibus in monasterio Uuigornensi quod constructum est in honore sanctissimæ virginis et matris domini nostri Jhesu Christi Mariæ . cum consensu et licentia regis Offani Merciorum simulque episcoporum ac principum ejus . terram illam . x . tributariorum . scilicet vicum qui Stoke appellatur juxta fluvium in orientali parte qui dicitur Saleuuearpe jure ecclesiastico pro salute animæ meæ omni tempore possidendum . et insuper pro remedio animæ meæ et pro amore cælestis patriæ sciat unusquisque hanc terram liberam esse ab omni tributo parvo vel majore publicalium rerum et a cunctis operibus regis vel principis præter instructiones pontium vel necessarias defensiones arcium contra hostes . Augentem hoc meum præceptum omnipotens Deus sua augere bona in æternum non cesset ; minuentem quod non optamus sciat se ante tribunal Christi rationem redditurum . nisi antea Deo et hominibus satis emendaverit . Conscripta est autem hæc donatio anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . dcclxx . indictione . viiii . decennovenal' . xi . . lun . viii . + Ego Offa Dei dono rex Merciorium hanc donationem subreguli mei consensi . et signum sanctæ crucis imposui . Ego Mildredus , pia Dei dispensatione humilis Uicciorum episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Uhtredus Christi gratia concedente regulus propriæ gentis hanc meæ libertatis donationem pro domino concessam corroborans . signum salutare subscripsi . Ego Aldredus subregulus Huuicciorum huic concessæ donationi fratris mei consentiendo subscribo . Ego Eada consensi et subscripsi . Ego Brorda consensi et subscripsi . Ego Eadbald consensi et subscripsi . Ego Cyne∂ry∂ regina Merciorum consensi et subscripsi . Ego Etferdus filius amborum consensi et subscripsi . Ærest fram my∂am in cyrstel mæl ac . Of cyrstel mæl ac in east ende teoue lege . Of teofe leage in ˇæt syrf treow . Of ˇam syrf treowe . in ˇæt rug' mapel treow in forweard werdune . Of foreweard wer dune o∂ midde wearde wer . Of midde wer dune in werdun broc . Of midde 'wer' dune broce in middan wearde langan dune . Of middan wearde langan dune in sceap weg . Of scearp weg' in hwæta leage . Of hwæta lege in hens broc . Of hens broce in salwarpan . Of seal warpan in holan weg . Of ˇam weg' in ∂a hwitan biricean . Of ˇære birican in alcherdes ford . Eft of salwarpan in ˇa ifihtan ac . Of ˇære ac in ˇa mær ac . Of ˇære ac in bennic æcer . Of ˇam æcere in cærsa bæt . Of ˇam bæte in pipan . Of pipan in wi∂i broc . Of ˇam broce in ˇæt ˇruh . Of ˇ? ˇrug' in holan weg . Of ˇam wege in bridenan brygge . Of ˇære brigge in cumb . Of ˇam cumbe in ale beardes ac . Of ˇære ac in ˇa heort sole . Of ˇære sole in ˇa ˇisle . Of ˇære ∂isle eft in ∂a myˇan .