S 1184
Archive: Selsey
A.D. 780 (Selsey). Oslac, dux of the South Saxons, to the church of St Paul; grant of land at Earnley, Sussex, and Tielæsora; with confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia, A.D. 787 x 796. Latin.
A. Chichester, D.R.O., Cap. I/17/2: single sheet, parchment, s. viii2, half-uncial (main charter) and minuscule (confirmation), 153 x 217 mm., three horizontal and three vertical folds.
Endorsements:
(1) (s. viii2) Earnaleah et Tieles ora (inverted);
(2) (s. viii2) confirmation as printed below;
(3) Earneleah et Teles ora;
(4) Oslaci ducis Suthsaxonum;
(5) D D .
Regnant[e] in perpetuum Domino nostro Iesu Christo ac gubernante .INVOCATION Eg[o] Oslac dux Suthsaxorum aliquam terrE partem pro remedio animE meae uenerabile ecclesiE sancti Pauli apostoli libenter concede DISPOSITIVE WORDid est duo nominibus Earnaleach TiEles ora cum omnibus ad eum pertinentibus rebus campis siluis . Anno ab incarnatione Domini .dccl.xxx.DATING CLAUSE factum est in loco que appellatur SiolesaeiPROMULGATION PLACE +
+ Ego Oslac hanc donationem propria manuml subscripsi .
+ Ego Gislhere episcopus consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Ealduulf consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Ælbuuald consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego UuErmund consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Beornnoð consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Uuerfrið consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Uuiohstan consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Beffa consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Bealðheard consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Aeðelmund consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Beornheard consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Beorhtnoð consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Offa Deo donante rex Merciorum + hanc supradictam terram iuxta petitionem Uuehthuni episcopi Suðsaxorum conroborans subscribo ac dominicæ crucis inpræssione confirmabo
+ Ego Cyneðryð regina consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Egcfrið rex Merciorum consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Brorda prefectus consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Unuuano episcopus consensi et subscripsi
Hoc rite peractum in loco quae nuncupatur Yrtlinga burgPROMULGATION PLACE