London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. XXIV

s. xii/xiii, Evesham

Type of MS.: Register
Davis no.: 381
Bibliography: Tite, Early Records, p. 179
Related MSS: Extracts by R. James in Bod. James 29 (S.C. 3866). Transcript (s.xviii) in BL, Lansdowne 411; table (s. xvii) in Lansdowne 1233, ff. 23-38. Also Dodsworth 105 and Dugdale 12.
Comment:
Provenance: Dr Fell (when James made extracts)

Charters contained:

S1664x, A.D. 1003. King Æthelred to ?; grant of land at Bengeworth,Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S550x, A.D. 949. King Eadred to Wulfric, miles; grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucs., with bounds of 20 hides at Bourton, 7 hides at Maugersbury and 7 hides at Daylesford, Gloucs. s. xii/xiii

S495x, ff. 18v-19r: A.D. 944. King Edmund to Ælfric, bishop (of Ramsbury); grant of 30 hides (mansae) at Badby, Dodford and Everdon, Northants. s. xii/xiii

S1662x, ff. 19v-20r: A.D. 951 x 955 or 956 (ii). King Eadred to ?; land at Bathingbourne in Godshill, Isle of Wight. s. xii/xiii

S1663x, f. 20r: A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of land at Bathingbourne in Godshill, Isle of Wight. s. xii/xiii

S662a, f. 20r: A.D. 955 x 959. King Eadwig to Æthelgeard, his faithful minister; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Bathingbourne in Godshill, Isle of Wight. s. xii/xiii

S977x, ff. 20v-21v: A.D. 1021 x 1023. King Cnut to Æfic, monk; grant of 5 hides (cassaturae) at Newnham, Northants. s. xii/xiii

S1565x, f. 22r: Bounds of Badby, Northants. s. xii/xiii

S1594x, f. 25r-v: Bounds of Ombersley, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S54, ff. 25v-26v: A.D. 706. Æthelweard, subregulus, with the consent of Cenred, king of Mercia, to Ecgwine, bishop, for St Mary's Church, Cronuchomme (Evesham); grant of 12 hides (cassati) at Ombersley, Worcs., with later confirmations by Ceolred, Æthelbald and Offa, kings of Mercia. s. xii/xiii

S97, f. 27v: A.D. 716 x 717. Æthelbald, king, to the church of St Mary, Evesham; grant of part of a mansio in Droitwich, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S873, f. 29r: A.D. 988 (23 March) King Æthelred to Northman, his minister; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Hampton, near Evesham, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S1223, f. 30r-v: A.D. 1033 x 1038. Leofric, comes, to Evesham Abbey; grant of land at Hampton, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S1053, f. 30v: A.D. 1042 x 1046. King Edward to Evesham Abbey; confirmation of the grant by Leofric, dux, of land at Hampton, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S1052, f. 30v: A.D. 1042 x 1066. King Edward to Evesham Abbey; confirmation of privileges and of 5 hides at Hampton, Worcs., granted by Leofric, comes. s. xii/xiii

S1398, f. 31r: A.D. 1042 x 1046 (Bedwyn, Wilts.). Lyfing, bishop, to Mannig, abbot; confirmation of privileges and of Leofric's grant to Evesham Abbey of land at Hampton, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S1590, f. 32v: Bounds of Bengeworth, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S1174, f. 33r: A.D. 706. Æthelric, son of King Oshere, with the consent of Cenred. king of the Mercians, to St Mary's at Hom (Evesham); grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Childswickham, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S1664x, f. 33v: A.D. 1003. King Æthelred to ?; grant of land at Bengeworth,Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S991, f. 34r: 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. s. xii/xiii

S78, f. 36r: A.D. 708. Cenred, king of Mercia, to Ecgwine, bishop of the Hwicce, for his church at Cronuchomme (Evesham); grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Abbots Morton, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S226, f. 37r: Edward, king of Mercia, to the church of St Mary, Cronuchamme (Evesham); grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Lench, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S1591a, f. 37v: Bounds of land near Evesham and at Poden in Church Honeybourne, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S1058, f. 38r: A.D. 1044 x 1051. King Edward to Osferth; grant of 5 hides (cassati) at Lench, Worcs. With note, in English, of a lease, for three lives, by Bishop Lyfing to Osferth. s. xii/xiii

S79, ff. 38v-39r: A.D. 709. Cenred, king of Mercia, to Ecgwine, bishop; grant, for life, of 12 agri at Oldberrow, Warwicks., with reversion to St Mary's Minster at Evesham. Bounds prefixed by a statement that Berhtwulf, king (of Mercia), gave the land to Evesham (A.D. 840 x 852). s. xii/xiii

S85, f. 39v: A.D. 718 (? for 727). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, to Buca, his comes; grant of 3 hides (manentes) at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords., to be a perpetual dwelling for the servants of God. s. xii/xiii

S1479, f. 39v: A.D. 1058 x 1062. Declaration by Ælfgar, dux, that Ordwig, father of Abbot Æthelwig, gave to Evesham Abbey land at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords., and at Dorsington, Warwicks. s. xii/xiii

S1057, f. 40r: A.D. 1044 x 1059. King Edward declares that Abbot Mannig and the monk Æthelwig have bought land at Evenlode, Gloucs., from Eammer. s. xii/xiii

S1238, f. 40r-v: A.D. 1061 x 1065. Ælfgar, dux, to Æthelwig, abbot of Evesham; restitution of 7 hides at Daylesford, Gloucs., in return for 6 marks of gold. s. xii/xiii

S1599x, f. 55v: Bounds of Twyford in Norton-and-Lenchwick, Worcs. s. xii/xiii

S203, f. 64r: A.D. 840 x 852. Berhtwulf, king of the Mercians, to St Mary's, Evesham; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Willersey, Gloucs. s. xii/xiii

S1550, f. 65v: Bounds of Broadwell, Gloucs. s. xii/xiii

S1548, f. 67r: Bounds of Adlestrop, Gloucs. s. xii/xiii

S80, ff. 68r-69r: A.D. 709. Cenred, king of Mercia, and Offa, ruler of the East Angles, to the monastery at Evesham; confirmation of 67 hides (mansae) at Evesham, Lenchwick, Norton, Offenham, Littleton, Aldington, Badsey, Bretforton, Church Honeybourne, Willersey, Wickhamford, Bengeworth, Hampton, and at Abbots Morton, all in Worcs. except Willersey, Gloucs. s. xii/xiii

S1553, f. 70r: Bounds of Maugersbury, Gloucs. s. xii/xiii

S1026, ff. 70v-71r: A.D. 1055. King Edward to St Mary's, Evesham; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Upper Swell, Gloucs., in return for the abbot's gift of 6 marks of gold. The land had been forfeited by Erusius (? Earnsige), son of Oce. s. xii/xiii

S115, f. 74v: A.D. 779. Offa, king of Mercia, to St Mary's, Evesham; grant of 4 hides (manentes) at Donnington, Gloucs. s. xii/xiii