S 1476
c. A.D. 1053. Agreement between Bishop Stigand, the community at Old Minster, Winchester, and Wulfweard the White concerning 10 hides in Hayling Island, Hants. English.
Archive: Winchester, Old Minster
MSS: BL Add. 15350, 100v-101r (s. xii)
Printed: K 1337; Thorpe, pp. 586-8; B 980; Robertson, Charters, no. 114 (p. 212), with translation, p. 213.
Comments: Plummer 1899, p. 239, genuine; Robertson, Charters, pp. 462-4; Finberg, ECW, no. 171, authentic; Hart 1970/1, p. 35 (no. 175), authentic; HRH, p. 236, very likely an early forgery, but possibly genuine; Pelteret, p. 167.
Notes: Issued in triplicate, with portions held by Old Minster, New Minster and Wulfweard.
Her swytelað on þisum gewritæ þæt Ælfgifu seo hlefdige bæcweð .v. hida æt Heilincigæ into ealdan mynstræ. And heo bæcwæð Wulfweardæ hwitan .v. hida of þam ilcan landæ his dæg. And æftær his dæge ga þa .v. hida into ealdan mynstræ . þus seo hlæfdige hit bæcwed Wulfweardæ. Þa wes Wulfweard gyrnenðæ þæt hæ mostæ ofgan his deg þa .v. hida þæ wæron into mynstre bæcweðene. And sæ bisceop Stigandæ and sæ hiræd on ealdan mynstræ him þæs gætiþodon wið scylcon gersumen swylce hi þa sehtæ wæron. Nu wæron þus heora forewæarð þæt Wulfweard hebbæ þa .v. hida his dæg . And æftær his dæge ga þa .v. hida into ealdan mynstræ . And þa oþræ .v. hida forð mið þæ seo hlæfdige him bæcwæð . mid mæte 7 mid mannum 7 mid eallum þingum swa hit þonnæ stænt butan ælcon geantalæ. Ðises is to witnæssæ, Stigandæ bisceop . and Harold eorl . And sæ hired on ealdan mynstræ . And Ælfwine abbod. And sæ hired on niwan mynstræ . and Leofing stæallære . And Raulf stæallære . And Æscar steallære . and Eadsige scirgeræfa . And Wulfric æt Wernæforda . And Ælfwine . And Ælfweard . And Cupping . And eallæ scirþegnas on Hamtunsciræ . Þissæ gewrita syndon .iii. an is on ealdan mynstræ . And þæt oþær is on niwan mynstre . And þæt þridde heafð Wulfwearð.