S 1290
A.D. 957. Cenwald, bishop of the Hwicce, to Behstan, priest in the monastery of Worcester; grant, for four lives, of land in three places at Tapenhall in North Claines and 1 hide at Grimanhyll (Greenhill in Hallow, Worcs.). Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 78r (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 164-5; K 466; B 993.
Comments: Robinson 1919, p. 17; Drögereit 1952, p. 63 n. 23; John 1966, pp. 164-5, discusses issue of lease to member of familia; Finberg, ECWM, no. 281, authentic; Whitelock, EHD, p. 373, on formulation; Hooke 1990, p. 149, cited; King 1996, p. 111.
Notes: Rubric names Byrhstan and Godwine as the other lives.
Æt Grimanhylle . Behstane . 7 Byrhstane . 7 Godwine .
+ Gratia Dei suffragante . Koenvvald presul Hwicciorum confert cum consensu fraterno civitatis victoriæ . Behstano ejusdem monasterii presbitero tribus in locis . et tribus post se heredibus ad Tapahalan . Cum hoc augmento pratorum . ac segetum . unius quoque cassatis ad Grimanhylle usurpando silvis pratis ac pascuis preter urbis pontisque constructione . ac regali gymnasio . observans per clavem apostolicæ auctoritatis Petri . ut heredes fideliter agant sin alias vindicet Deus . Hec cartula charaxata est anno dominici Incarnationis . dcccc . l . vii . et eisdem pontificis anno . xxviiii . Ecce testes conscribentes presbiteri . et levitæ . et clerici . cum ceteris grates dabant dignissime .
+ Koenwald .
+ Wulfnoð .
+ Oswulf .
+ Cyneþegn .
+ Behstan .
+ Ælfred .
+ Ælfric .
cler' .
+ Wulfric .
+ Wulfr' .
+ Wulfhun .
+ Ælfstan .
+ Æþelstan .
+ Eadstan .
+ Cynsige .
'Thesaurizate vobis . thesauros in cælo ubi est thesaurus tuus ibi erit et cor tuum' dixit Dominus 'pax in cælo . pax in terra . pax in plebe . Christiano . hodie cras et cotidie alpho et o amen'.