S 1324
A.D. 969. Oswald, bishop, to Eadric, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 4 hides (mansae) at Saberton in Beckford, Gloucs., previously held by Ealhstan, with reversion to the church of Worcester. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 62v (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 132-3; K 558; B 1239; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 13.
Comments: Finberg, ECWM, no. 119, authentic, identifies as Saberton in Dumbleton, Gloucs.; Hart, ECNE, p. 381, corrects Finberg's identification, Saberton is in Beckford; Bullough 1990, pp. 19-21, on beneficiary; King 1996, p. 105.
Notes: Three names (Ælfric, Siric and Ælfhild), presumably those of later holders of the lease, have been added to the rubric by a later hand.
Æt Sapertune . Eadrico 7 Ælfric 7 Siric 7 Ælfild .
Px Anno incarnationis dominicæ . dcccc . lxix . Ego Oswold gratuita Huicciorum episcopus cum consensu et unianima licentia ve[ne]randæ familiae in Wiogorna ceastre terram aliquam juris nostri id est . iiiior . mansas æt Sapere tun swa Alhstan hit hæfde . concedo Eadrico ministro meo ea vero ut habeat et perfruatur dies suos et post vitæ suæ terminum duobus tantum heredibus immunem derelinquat . quibus defunctis aecclesiae Dei in Uuigorna ceastre restituatur . Sit autem terra illa libera omni regi nisi ecclesiastici censi . Scripta est haec carta his testibus consentientibus quorum inferius nomina notantur .
+ Ego Oswold episcopus subscripsi .
+ Ego Wulfric presbiter .
+ Ego Eadgar presbiter .
+ Ego Wistan presbiter .
+ Ego Johan presbiter .
+ Ego Æþelstan presbiter .
+ Ego Elfstan clericus .
+ Ego Ufic clericus .
+ Ego Wulfheah clericus .
+ Ego Tuna clericus .
+ Ego Wulfheah clericus .
+ Ego Wulfhun clericus .
+ Ego Byrhstan clericus .
+ Ego Cyþegn clericus .
+ Ego Wulfgar clericus .
+ Ego Ælfsige diaconus .
+ Ego Ælfgar clericus .
+ Ego Eadwine clericus .
+ Ego Eadward clericus .
+ Ego Wenstan clericus .
+ Ego Leofwine clericus .