S 1313

A.D. 967. Oswald, bishop, to Eadmær, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 6 hides (manentes or cassati) at Stoke Orchard, Gloucs., with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin with English.

Archive: Worcester

MSS: 1. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 184r (s. xi; abbreviated)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 111v (s. xi1)

Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 233-5 ex MS 2; K 539 ex MS 2; B 1202 ex MS 1; B 1203 ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 6.

Comments: Robinson 1919, p. 35; Finberg, ECWM, no. 113, authentic; Pelteret 1995, p. 280; King 1996, p. 116 n. 107.

Notes: Rubric in MS 1 names Byrhtmær as the second life.

Text from Birch 1202 (Abbreviated; MS 1)

Stoce Eadmære .

Ego Osuuold largo Christi crismate presul . dominicæ incarnationis anno . dccccl'x'vii . annuente rege Anglorum Eadgaro . quamdam ruris particulam . vi . manentes . æt Stoce . cuidam ministro meo nomine Eadmær libenter concedo . et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus tantum heredibus derelinquat . quibus defunctis . æcclesiæ Weogornensi inmunis restituatur . on þæt ge rad wyrce þæt he wyrce . þæt þæt land sy unforworht . into þære halgan stowe .

+ Oswold bisceop .
+ Wistan presbiter .
+ Wulfhun clericus .
+ Wynstan clericus .
+ Wulfric presbiter .
+ Ælfred clericus .
+ Ælfstan clericus .
+ Vfic clericus .
+ Eadgar presbiter .
+ Æstan presbiter .
+ Edwine clericus .
+ Leofwine clericus : ~

Text from Birch 1203 (MS 2)

Æt Stoce . to Eadmære . 7 Byrehtmære .

Ego Oswold largo Christi carismate præsul dicatus . dominicæ incarnationis anno . dcccclxvii . annuente rege Anglorum Eadgaro ejusque utriusque ordinis optimatibus . quandam ruris particulam . vi . videlicet cassatos in loco qui celebri a soliculis nuncupatur . æt Stoce . vocabulo cuidam ministro meo nominc Eadmær . perpetualiter concedo ut habeat et possideat cum omnibus ad illud rite pertinentibus et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus tantum heredibus immunem derelinquat quibus defunctis æcclesiæ Dei in Wiogorna ceastre restituatur .

Si hyt ælces þinges freoh buton ferd fore 7 wal geweorce 7 brycgeweorce . Sancta Maria 7 sanctæ Michahel cum sancto Petro 7 eallum Godes halgum gemildsige þis healdendum . gif hwa butan gewyrhtum hit abrecan wylle hæbbe he wið God ge mæne on þam ytemestan þisses lifes buton he hit ær gebete .

Her is seo hand seten .

+ Oswold bisceop .
+ Wulfric presbiter .
+ Eadgar presbiter .
+ Wistan presbiter .
+ Ælfred clericus .
+ Æþelstan presbiter .
+ Wulhun clericus .
+ Ælfstan clericus .
+ Wulfgar clericus .
+ Eadwine clericus .
+ Wynstan clericus .
+ Byrhstan clericus .
+ Ælfgar clericus .
+ Ufic clericus .
+ Wulfheah clericus .
+ Leofwine clericus .