S 1379
A.D. 995 (for 994). Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester, to Ælfstan, his man; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Cuxham, Oxon. Latin with English bounds.
Archive: uncertain
MSS: BL Harley Ch. 43. C. 7 (s. x/xi; BM Facs., iii. 39)
Printed: K 691.
Comments: Bond 1878, p. 7, contemporary; Grundy, Oxon., pp. 26-7, bounds describe modern parish of Cuxham with Easington; PN Oxon., i. 1, 16, 87, 122, 125, 126, 152; Sisam 1953, p. 158 n. 3, nearly contemporary copy rather than original; Ker, Catalogue, p. xxi, on script; Gelling, ECTV, no. 285, original, bounds probably cover only southern half of modern parish of Cuxham, i.e. Cuxham itself; Whitelock, EHD, p. 569, original; Keynes 1980, p. 124, on formulation and relationship with S 882, p. 252, witness-list must be earlier than 28 Oct. 994 ; Blair 1994, pp. 78, 133, cited.
Old English bounds only
ðys syndon þa landgemæro to cuces hamme. ærest of cudan hlæwe on fildena weg. Andlang weges þæt on ðone ealdan egsan ford. Of ðam forda andlang hweowelriðiges þæt on swæferðes wylles heafdon. Of ðæs wylles heafdon. On þone æsc. Of ðam æsce. Eft on hweowelriðig. Of ðam riðige. On þa ealdan dic. Of þære dice. þæt on þa wudu wic æt wylleres seaðon. And swa se wudu þe into þam lande gebyrað.