S 62
A.D. 777 x 780. Ealdred, subregulus of the Hwicce, with the permission of Bishop Tilhere, to Æthelburh, his kinswoman; lease, for life, of the minster at Fladbury, Worcs., with reversion to the bishopric of Worcester. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: Somers Ch. 2 (lost)
Printed: Smith, Bede, pp. 765-6, ex MS; K 146 ex Smith; B 238 ex Smith; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 73.
Comments: Wanley, Catalogus, p. 301, no. 2, on MS; Finberg, ECWM, no. 225, authentic, p. 178, Æthelburh was abbess of Withington; Whitelock, EHD, p. 494, Æthelburh was not Offa's daughter; Hooke 1990, p. 34, on estate; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 37-8, 158, agrees with Whitelock, p. 132, on Fladbury, pp. 238-9, on a witness; cf. S 1255.
+ Regnante domino in secula sæculorum . Ego Aldred subregulus Huicciorum cum licentia venerabilis episcopi Tilheri monasterium illud on Flaedanbyrg dabo Æþelburgæ propinquæ meæ coram testibus infra nominatis ea conditione ut ipsa tam diu vivat possedeat , et postquam viam patrum incedat ad Uuegrenensem Ecclesiam in jus episcopali sedis reddat :. Et ei præcipio in almo nomine superi polorum rectoris ut ipsa nec Dei nec meam habeat licentiam hoc in aliud mutare nisi ita implere sicut præceptum erat Ælfredi et Æþelheardi Egcuuinique Episcopi . qui hanc terram prius optinuerunt nobisque tradiderunt . sed ipsa hanc nostram elemosinam perficiendo impleat :--
+ Ego Aldred hanc meam Donationem signo Sanctæ Crucis confirmabo .
+ Ego Tilhere episcopus hanc meam petitionem subscribendo confirmabo .
+ Ego Æþelburg abbatissa liventissime consentiendo subscripsi .
+ Ego Creda abbas .
+ Ego Bacola abbas .
+ Ego Taðere .
+ Ego Guþheard .
+ Ego Humberht presbyter .
+ Ego Cyneberht .
+ Ego Cuþred .
+ Ego Dudda .
+ Ego Ceobba . omnes consentiendo subscripsimus . atque confirmabimus testimonium nostrum .