S 63
A.D. 757 x 774. Ealdred, with the consent of Uhtred, his brother, and of Offa, king of Mercia, to Beornheard, comes; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Huntena tun. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 51v-52r (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 106-7; K 125; B 218; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 62.
Comments: Ekwall, DEPN, possibly Huntington near Hereford (q.v.); Finberg, ECWM, no. 29, authentic, dates c. 770, suggests that Huntena tun lay in Gloucs., near Huntingford in Tortworth, perhaps at Charfield; Scharer 1982, p. 257, probably genuine; Abels 1988, pp. 215-16 n. 70; cf. S 148.
Rubric: Huntenatun.
Marginal note in a later hand: Hamtona
+ In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi mundi salvatoris . Nihil intulimus in hunc mundum verum nec auferre quid possumus . Idcirco terrenis et caducis cælestis patriæ præmia mercanda sunt . Qua de re ego Aldred cum consensu et licentia Offani regis Merciorum et Uhtredi germani mei . pro redemptione animæ meæ et pro spe salutis æternæ . Terram trium cassatorum in loco qui dicitur Huntena tun . cum omnibus sibi adjacentibus rebus et rectis hiis omnibus in silvis in campo Beornheardo comita meo digno prætio insuper ab eo suscepto in jus proprium libenter pro domino largitus sum . Si autem quod absit quis avaritiæ spiritu infectus hanc donationem . quam cum conscientia et promissu Offani regis Merciorum et Uhtredi fratris mei minuere temptaverit . ponet Deus partem ejus cum Juda infideli traditore . Si autem quis benivolo animo instinctus augere voluerit . augeat Deus partem illius in paradiso . cum fideli latrone qui meruit audire . 'Hodie mecum eris in paradiso' . Signa autem et nomen consentientibus et conscribentibus hic infra adnotabo .
+ Ego Offa Dei gratia rex Merciorum hanc donationem consentiendo describo .
+ Ego Milred episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Uhtred consensi .
+ Ego Eada consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Aldred hanc meam donationem confirmando subscripsi .
+ Ego Brorda consensi .
+ Berhtwald .
+ Tilhere abbas .
+ Cusa .
+ Hunta .
+ Broga .
+ Headda .
+ Cæc .
+ Æðelmund .
+ Eadgar .