Archive: Worcester

A.D. 727 x 736. Æthelbald, king of the South Angles, to Wilfrid, bishop (of Worcester); grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Batsford, Gloucs. Latin with bounds.

 

Bæccesore.

+ Ego Æþelbald divina dispensatione rex Suðanglorum terram . viii . manentium quæ nominatur æt Bæccesore pro redemptione animæ meæ ut sit juris æcclesiastici domno Uuilfrido episcopo libentur largitus sumDISPOSITIVE WORD . notis limitibus hæc terras ab aliis litem discernit agris montis ad meridiem versus . haut parvam obtinet partem . ad orientem via regia septa . ab aquilone fluvialibus cingitur undis.BOUNDS

+ Ego Æþelbald rex donum meum confirmo .
+ Ego Walhstod episcopus donationi regis humiliter consensi.
+ Ego Uuilfrid episcopus .
+ Ego Oba minister .
+ Ego Æthelred subscripsi .
+ Ego Sigebed minister.