S 172
A.D. 814 = 813 (Tamworth, Staffs., 26 December). Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Deneberht, bishop, and his familia at Worcester; remission of renders due from Worcester and its dependent minsters, in exchange for the minster at Twyning, Gloucs., assessed at 3 hides (manentes), and 10 hides west of the Severn. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. BL Add. 46204 recto (s. xi)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 10rv (s. xi1)
3. Bodleian, Dodsworth 78, 32rv (s. xviii; ex 2)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 23-4; B 350; Stevenson 1911, pp. 204-6; Pierquin, Receuil, pt 1, no. 112.
Translated: Jones 1958, pp. 74-5.
Comments: Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 253-4, the 10 hides west of the Severn may have been in Queenhill parish; Finberg, ECWM, no. 57, authentic, S 185 is a postscript to this transaction; Stenton 1971, p. 289, cited; Harrison 1973, p. 62, on date; Sawyer 1983, pp. 296-7, on meeting-place; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 132, on background; cf. S 185.
+ In nomine Dei excelsi qui est spes omnium finium terre et in mari longe . Ego Coenuulf ejus melliflua gratia largiente rex Merciorum cum consilio et consensu optimatum meorum quorum infra caraxata sunt vocabula . meo fideli atque venerabili episcopo Deneberhto atque ejus familiæ quæ sita est in Weogernensi civitate illorum . xii . hominum pastum quæ rite ad illam civitatem pertinent . et ad alia quæ sub ejus sunt potestate monasteria constituta . liberaliter perenne concedo . Quia ille episcopus et ejus familia civitati Uueogernensis mihi in perpetuam hereditatem . xiii . manentes tradiderunt . Hoc est monasterium quod nominatur Bituinæum . iii . manentes et in occidentali plaga fluminis Sabrine . x . et sic firmam pacem atque placationem inter nos omnium undique discussis convitiorum obstaculis constituti sumus . Acta 'est' autem haec donatio . Anno .dccc.xiiii. indictione .vii. in vico celeberrimo qui vocatur Tomoworðig . die . vii o . kl' Januarii . regni autem nostri a Deo concessi .xviii. anno .
Siquis autem hanc libertatem nostram servare vel augere voluerit augeat omnipotens dies suas hic et in sempiternum . Si quis autem hoc in aliquo frangere vel minuere temptaverit . Sciat se separatum alienatum atque anathematum a Deo atque omnibus sanctis in die tremendi examinis nisi ante hic cum satisfactione emendaverit . Hanc libertatis donationem dominice incarnationis an'. . . . . .
+ Ego Coenuulf rex Merciorum cum virtute sanctæ crucis scribendo corroboravi .
+ Ego Uulfred archiepiscopus consensi .
+ Ego Ælfðryð regina consensi .
+ Ego Ealdulf episcopus consensi æt subscripsi .
+ Ego Uuerenberht episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Deneberht episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Uulfheard episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Heardberht dux consensi .
+ Ego Beornnoð dux .
+ Ego Dynna dux .
+ Ego Ceolberht dux .
+ Ego Mucel dux .
+ Ego Ceolwulf .