S 112
Archive: Evesham
A.D. 777. Offa, king of Mercia, to the church of St Mary, Evesham, and the monks there; grant of land at Daylesford, Evenlode, Gloucs., and at Chastleton, Cornwell, Salford, Dornford in Wootton and Shipton on Cherwell, Oxon. Latin.
Offa .
Quapropter ego Offa filius Thingfrith . Deo concedente rex Merciorum pro redemptione animæ meæ et prædecessorum meorum . ecclesiæ beatæ Mariæ in Eouesham et monachis ibidem Deo servientibus . ex una parte fluvii quæ Bladene vocatur . Deilesford . Eunelade . Ceasteltone . Cornwelle . Saltford . Deorneford . Siptone . animo libenti tradens donaviDISPOSITIVE WORD . Sit itaque hæc prædicta donatio ab omni jugo exosæ servitutis libera imperpetuum . cum omnibus utensilibus ad se rite pertinentibus . tribus exceptis . expeditione . pontis . arcisve constructione .
Facta est autem hæc cartula anno dominicæ incarnationis .dcclxxvii.DATING CLAUSE his testibus consentientibus quorum nomina infra scripta videntur .
+ Ego Offa rex Merciorum hanc donationem propria manu confirmavi .
+ Ego Hymbert archiepiscopus consensi .
+ Ego Dorulf episcopus consensi .
+ Ego Kineswiða regina consensi .
+ Ego Cheulf . episcopus subscripsi .