S 1270
A.D. 840 x 852. Cuthwulf, bishop, and the congregation of the church of Hereford, to Ælfstan, dux; lease, for three lives, of 4 hides (manentes) by the river Frome, Herefords., with reversion to Bromyard minster, Herefords. Latin.
Archive: probably Hereford
MSS: Hereford, D. & C. (s. ix med.; BA Facs., 3; Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, between pp. 174, 175; Leigh 1900, facing p. 109)
Printed: Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, p. 174; B 429; Earle, pp. 118-19; Capes 1908, pp. 1-2.
Comments: Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, pp. 174-80; Vleeskruyer 1953, p. 48; Finberg, ECWM, no. 415, authentic; BA Facs., p. 3, probably contemporary; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 169; Lapidge 1996, p. 449, on latinity.
+ In nomine arci poli conditoris . Ego Cuðuulf divina dispensatione Christi ecclesiae antestis necnon et illa congregatio sanctæ ecclesiae Herefordensis cum consensu et licentia Berhtwulfi Merciorum regis , damus Aelfstano duce terram . iiii . manentium in villa qui juxta flumine qui dicitur From situm est , ut habeat beneque perfruat in diem trium hominum. Et postea sine ullo obstaculo intus tota reddatur ista terra ad monasterio qui dicitur Bromgeard . Et qui agrum habeat semel semper in anno ad Bromgearde de agro isto reddat . xv . modios de pura celia hoc est buttam plenam vasque 'plenum' mellis vel ejus pretium in liquore . . . . . s cocto alter dulcatum . unumque armentum cum . c . panibus unumque ovem cum uno suillo . . . . . . [mo]nasterii qui pertinent ad Bromgearde foras nullo modo concedamus id est jugerorum . xxv . . . . . . hanc terram supradictam liberaliter liberabo Aelfstano duce omnibusque eam habentibus [pro ejus competente p]ecunio id est in uno anulo . xv . mancusarum nisi pontum faciat et arcem et expeditione solacium . . . . . . [alicui aliqu]id ad pænam foras nihil persolvat , Testes namque huius donationis sunt [hii] atque libertatis quorum infra nomina notantur , , [His terminis præfata terra] continetur , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hanc meam donationem atque libertatem simul cum signo crucis Christi confirmavi , . . . . . . . . [cons]ensi 7 subscripsi , + Ego Cuðwulf episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi , + Ælfstan dux consensi 7 subscripsi , + Mucel dux consensi 7 subscripsi , + . . . . . . noð consensi 7 subscripsi , + Aldred consensi 7 subscripsi , + Eadgar consensi 7 subscripsi , + Wiglaf consensi 7 subscripsi ,