S 63

A.D. 757 x 774. Ealdred, with the consent of Uhtred, his brother, and of Offa, king of Mercia, to Beornheard, comes; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Huntena tun. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 51v-52r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 106-7; K, 125; B, 218; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 62

Comments:

Ekwall, D.E.P.N., possibly Huntington near Hereford (q.v.); Finberg, ECWM, no. 29, authentic, dates c. 770, suggests that Huntena tun lay in Gloucs., near Huntingford in Tortworth, perhaps at Charfield; Scharer 1982, p. 257, probably genuine; Abels 1988, pp. 215-16 n. 70; Whybra 1990, p. 44; Foot 2000, II. 40

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    • Rubric: Huntenatun. Marginal note in a later hand: Hamtona + In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi mundi salvatoris . Nihil intulimus in hunc mundum verum nec auferre quid possumus . Idcirco terrenis et caducis cælestis patriæ præmia mercanda sunt . Qua de re ego Aldred cum consensu et licentia Offani regis Merciorum et Uhtredi germani mei . pro redemptione animæ meæ et pro spe salutis æternæ . Terram trium cassatorum in loco qui dicitur Huntena tun . cum omnibus sibi adjacentibus rebus et rectis hiis omnibus in silvis in campo Beornheardo comita meo digno prætio insuper ab eo suscepto in jus proprium libenter pro domino largitus sum . Si autem quod absit quis avaritiæ spiritu infectus hanc donationem . quam cum conscientia et promissu Offani regis Merciorum et Uhtredi fratris mei minuere temptaverit . ponet Deus partem ejus cum Juda infideli traditore . Si autem quis benivolo animo instinctus augere voluerit . augeat Deus partem illius in paradiso . cum fideli latrone qui meruit audire . 'Hodie mecum eris in paradiso' . Signa autem et nomen consentientibus et conscribentibus hic infra adnotabo . + Ego Offa Dei gratia rex Merciorum hanc donationem consentiendo describo . + Ego Milred episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Uhtred consensi . + Ego Eada consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Aldred hanc meam donationem confirmando subscripsi . + Ego Brorda consensi . + Berhtwald . + Tilhere abbas . + Cusa . + Hunta . + Broga . + Headda . + Cæc . + Æ∂elmund . + Eadgar .