S 991

A.D. 1017 x 1030. Writ of King Cnut declaring that he grants to Brihtwine 5 hides at Bengeworth, Worcs., for life, with reversion to Evesham Abbey. Latin

Archive:

Evesham

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XXIV, f. 34r (s. xii/xiii)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dodsworth 105 (S.C. 5046), f. 16v (s. xvii)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 29 (S.C. 3866), p. 42 (s. xvii; incomplete)

Printed:

K, 757; Harmer, Writs, no. 48, ex MS 1

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 225-7, authenticity uncertain; Finberg, ECWM, no. 340, authentic; Wormald 1988, no. 79; Hooke 1990, p. 330; Lawson 1993, pp. 66 n. 29, 209, suspect; Wormald 1995, p. 122 n., perhaps basically genuine, but doctored

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    • Cnut rex salutat Leofsium episcopum et Hacun comitem et Leouricum uicecomitem et omnes barones in Wireceastrescire amicabiliter. Et ego manifesto uobis quod ipse concedo Brih't'wino meo baroni illas quinque hidas apud Beningwur∂e in suis diebus, propeterea quod ipsa terra ad meam manum fuit forisfacta. Nunc habet ipse meam amicitiam adquisitam sicut nos concordauimus, ea conuentione ut post suos dies eat ipsa terra in sancto monasterio de Eouesham illis Dei seruis ad uictum semper imperpetuum. Et si quis hoc perueterit, habeat sibi cum Deo iudicium et cum Sancta Maria et cum omnibus sanctis ante Deum in die iudicii. Valete. In margin: Beningwur∂e.