A.D. 1016. King Æthelred to Evesham Abbey; restitution of 1 hide (mansa) at Maugersbury, Gloucs., seized by Wulfric Ripa. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Evesham

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 3763, f. 64v (s. xii)

Printed:

K, 723

Comments:

Plummer 1892; 1899, ii, pp. 218-19, spurious; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 166-9, estate represents only part of the modern parish of Maugersbury; Whitelock 1943, p. 123, on a witness; PN Gloucs., i. 14, 17, 223-4, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 150, authentic basis, problems with witness-list, discusses bounds; Keynes 1980, pp. 97, 267-8, spurious in received form, elements of witness-list not compatible with date; Fleming 1985, p. 252; Dumville 1992, pp. 41-2 n. 58, spurious

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    • + Quamuis quassantibus undique bellis piratarum infestorum nobis, tamen omnipotenti deo in nobis triumphanti, ac uictoriam iam crebrius praestanti eius munimine inuicto gaudentes. Pro amore ipsius cuncta gubernantis, ego Æ∂elredus rex Anglorum,