S 199
A.D. 849 (Tamworth, Staffs.). Berhtwulf, king of Mercia, to Egbert, his minister; lease, for 5 lives, of 5 hides at Cofton Hackett, Worcs., granted to the king in S 1272. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 4rv (s. xi1)
Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 8-9; K 262; B 455 (2); Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 14.
Comments: Finberg, ECWM, no. 254, authentic; Hooke 1990, p. 104.
Notes: S 199 appears to refer only to Cofton Hackett, for which bounds are provided in the main text of S 1272; separate leases were probably drawn up for the other estates mentioned in S 1272.
(2) In nomine Die summi. Ego Berhtwulf rex Merciorum hanc prenominatam terram cum testimonio optimatum meorum dabo Ecberhto ministro meo in . v . dierum hominum spatium sicut mihi ante datum fuerat . pro ejus humili oboedientia 7 placabili pecunio id est . lx . punda in puro auro 7 argento . Liberabo ab omnibus saecularibus servitutibus magnis vel modicis notis 7 ignotis regis et principis vel juniorum eorum nisi in confinio rationem reddant . cc (two backwards cs) . alium .
Et qui hanc meam donationem et libertatem conservare voluerit Custodiat alma trinitas hic . 7 in celis si quis fringerit sciat se aeternis maledictionibus intus exteriusque undique laqueatum nisi Deo 7 hominibus digne emendaverit .
Et hii testes aderant qui hoc consenserunt 7 cum signo sancte crucis Christi firmaverunt In famosæ loco . qui dicitur Tomeweorðing quorum hic nomina notantur .
+ Ego Ber'h'twulf rex Merciorum hanc meam donationem et libertatem cum signo saucte crucis Christi roboravi .
+ Ego Sæðryð regina consensi 7 subscripsi .
+ Ego Tunberht episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Ceolred episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Berhtred episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Cuðwulf episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Hunberht dux consensi .
+ Aldberht dux consensi .
+ Æðelheard dux consensi .