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(A.D. 693.) Oshere, king of the Hwicce, to Cuthswith, abbess; grant of 15 hides (tributarii) at Penintanham (probably Inkberrow, Worcs.) and Dyllawidu (?), for the foundation of a minster. Latin.
Archive: Worcester
MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Harley 4660, 3v (s. xvii; ex 1)
Printed: Hickes, Inst. Gramm, pp. 169-70, ex MS 1, cf. pp. 168-9; K 36; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 585 (no. 5); B 85; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 36.
Comments: HS, pp. 232, 241, unquestioned; Turner 1916, p. xxxii, citing Stevenson, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 436 n. 18, commands respect (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 4); Davies 1972, p. 466, spurious elements; Finberg, ECW, p. 251, reading should be Penintanham, not Penitanham, identifies with Inkberrow; Finberg, ECWM, no. 382, authentic, and p. 239; Cox 1976, pp. 20, 35, on place-names; Sims-Williams 1976, pp. 8-13, agrees with Inkberrow identification; Gelling 1978/1, p. 212, disputes Inkberrow identification; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Hooke 1990, p. 21, on estate; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 35 n. 99, pp. 191, 193-4, authentic; Cubitt 1995, pp. 40, 259, authentic; John of Worcester, p. 164 n., on two witnesses; Kelly, Selsey, p. xlix, on formulation.
+ In nomine domini Jhesu Christi . Omnia enim , ut ait apostolus , quæ videntur temporalia sunt quæ autem non videntur æterna sunt . Pro qua re ego Oshere rex Huiccorum pro remedio animæ meæ , cum Ædilheardo filio meo , dabo terram quæ dicitur Penitanham quindecim tributariorum cum dylla uuidu cassatas consentiente comite meo Cutberhto , ad construendum monasterium Cutsuidæ abbatissæ cum campis sylvisque cum piscariis pratisque et cum omnibus . . . . aris quæ ad eam sunt pertinentia hanc cum omnibus his jure possidendam in perpetuum perdonabo .
+ Ego Oshere supradictus rex consentiens et subscripsi signum salutare .
+ Ego Ædilhard consentiens et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ediluuard consentiens et subscripsi .
+ Ego Ædilberht consentiens et subscripsi . ,
+ Ego Edilric consentiens subscripsi .
+ Ego Osuuido consentiens et subscripsi .
+ Ego Oftoforis episcopus consentiens propria manu signum conscripsi .
+ Ego Edilredus consentiens .
+ Ego Berehtuualdus archiepiscopus consentiens subscripsi .
+ Ego Uuilfridus episcopus consentiens subscripsi .
+ Ego Headda episcopus consentiens subscripsi .
+ Ego Tyrtel episcopus consentiens subscripsi .
+ Ego . . . . de episcopus consentiens subscripsi .
+ Ego Beduuin episcopus consentiens subscripsi .
+ Ego Gebmund episcopus consentiens subscripsi .
+ Ego Alricus episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Cuiniricus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Pehthætius consensi et subscripsi .
Si quis hanc donationem minuetur sciat se redditurum rationem in die judicii , et partem ejus esse cum peccatoribus et cum Juda traditore cruciciatus sine fine in inferno cum diabulo .