S 1361
A.D. 989 (for 983 x 985). Oswald, archbishop, to Gardulf, his kinsman; lease, for three lives, of 4 hides (mansae) at Whittington, Worcs., with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 74rv (s. xi1)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 162v (s. xi2; bounds only)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 156-7, 359; K 670; Hooke 1990, p. 315, bounds only.
Comments: Napier and Stevenson, p. 121, date copied wrongly; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 96-8, on bounds; Finberg, ECWM, no. 318, authentic, internal reference to Ealdorman Ælfric indicates date 983 x 985; Hooke 1980, pp. 43, 45, on boundary marks; Hooke 1985, pp. 140, 147, 148, 149, 241, on boundary marks; Hooke 1990, pp. 315-18, on bounds; King 1996, p. 110; Wareham 1996, pp. 56-7, 58-9.
Notes: Postscript states that Gardulf's sons now held the land; one of them is probably the Leofnoth mentioned in the rubric.
Old English bounds only
ðis synd ðara feower hida landgemæru æt Hwitintune. ærest on Tydanlægh. Of Tydanleage ðæt dun be ðæm readan wege. ðæt wið westan ðone beorh. ðæt on plumhyrgc. Of plumhyrgce to caldan wellan. Of caldan wellan to hreodlæge. Of hreodlæge to ðære hæhstræte. Andlang stræte ðæt to swynes heafdan. Of swines heafdan to Cinilde wyrðe. Of Cynilde wyrðe to wudu mædwan. Of ðæm mædwan dun be ðære hegceriewe. ðæt in langan broc. Of ðæm broce in bradan mores ric. Andlang rices ðæt to ðære hæhstræte. Andlang stræte ðæt in langan broc. Anlang broces ðæt wið ufan holan dene ofer ða stræte. ðæt eft ongeriht to Tydanlæge.
Hwitintun.
Gardulfe and Leofenoð.