Archive: Canterbury, Christ Church

A.D. 764 for 767. Offa, king of Mercia, to Stithberht, abbot; grant of 30 hides (manentes) between Harrow and the Lidding (Wealdstone Brook) and east of the Lidding, Middx., in exchange for 30 hides at Wicham in Ciltinne. Latin.

 

Written on the face, s. xii:
Offa Rex dedit Stidberhto abbati terram in Middelsexe.

In nomine trino divino .INVOCATION

Regnante in perpetuum domino nostro .INVOCATION Ego . Offa . divina gubernante gratia rex Merciorum . Stidberhtæ venerabili viro atque abbatis cura prædito . terram . xxx. manentium in Middil Saexum . bituih . gumeninga hergae end liddinge . et est vi . manentium et habitatio ab oriente torrentis . Lidding . libentissime concedens donaboDISPOSITIVE WORD . et iste præfatus Stidberht mihi terram totidem manentium id est . xxx . in Ciltinne . in loco ubi dicitur . Wichama . in vicem commutationis perdonavitDISPOSITIVE WORD .

Si quis autem quod absit hanc nostram commutationem infringere pertemtet sciat se coram Christo et angelis ejus rationem redditurum .CURSE