S 146

A.D. 793 x 796. King Offa to (the church at) Worcester; grant of reversion of 60 hides (manentes) at Westbury-on-Trym and 10 (or 20) at Henbury, Gloucs., after the death of himself and his son Ecgfrith. Latin.

Archive: Worcester

MSS: 1. Lost original
2. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 181v (s. xi)
3. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 48r-49r (s. xi1)
4. BL Cotton Vitell. C. ix, 130v (s. xvii; incomplete; ex 1)

Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 125-6; Hearne, Heming, pp. 101-3 ex MSS 2, 3, p. 564 ex MS 4; K 166 ex MS 3; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 590-1 (no. 21); Thorpe, pp. 39-40; B 272 ex MS 2; B 273 ex MS 3; Earle, pp. 311-12; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 86.

Translated: Whitelock, EHD, no. 78 (pp. 507-8).

Comments: Stevenson 1914, p. 692 n. 16, cited; Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, seems to be authentic (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); PN Worcs., p. xvii n. 2, authentic; Stenton 1971, pp. 288, 305, cited; Finberg, ECWM, no. 50, authentic; Finberg 1972, pp. 408-9, on renders listed in MS 3; Sawyer 1978, p. 144, cited, p. 145, on estate; Dumville 1979, p. 8 n. 6, on form of Ecgfrith's subscription in MS 2; Whitelock, EHD, p. 507; Dyer 1980, pp. 16, 29, on food-rents; Scharer 1982, pp. 277-8, dubious; Sawyer 1983, p. 243, cited; Wormald 1983, pp. 110-11 n. 49, suspect in the light of S 139; Hooke 1985, pp. 90-1, cited; Wormald 1986, pp. 155-6, suspicious; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 137, 153, questionable, cf. S 139; Foot 1992, p. 191 n. 148, on formula; Wormald 1993, pp. 20-2, perhaps forged in early 9th century; Breeze 1995; Abrams 1996, p. 246, on documentation for Westbury; Faith 1997, p. 39, cited.

To West byrig . 7 to Hean byrig .

In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi qui cuncta regit sæcula .

Ego Offa trado illam terram æt Westbyri cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus . lx . man' . et in alio loco æt Hean byri . x . man' to Weogra ceastre pro remedio animæ meæ ac parentum meorum post obitum meum et filii mei Ecgfridi . eadem libertatis dicione in omnibus rebus possidendam . qua eam ante Æþelbaldus rex avo meo Eanulfo conscripserat . id est ut sit libera tam in terrarum donatione et in omnibus causis modicis et magnis inconcussa permaneat quamdiu fides christiana apud Anglos in Bryttannia maneat . Hoc itaque cum consilio pontificum meorum et senatorum firmo fædere judicavi . ut nulla sæcularis dignitas de nostra hereditate plus his in magno vel modico per vim aut petitionem aliquid exigat . Hi sunt testes .

+ Ego Offa rex Anglorum hanc donationem confirmo .
+ Ego Ecgfriðus clito dono patris mei consensi .
+ Ego Æþelheard archiepiscopus .
+ Ego Heaðored episcopus .
+ Ego Uwona episcopus .
+ Ego Brordan princeps .
+ Ego Beonna abbas .
+ Ego Alhmund abbas .
+ Ego Wimund abbas .
+ Ego Forðred abbas .

+ Ego Bynna princeps.
+ Ego Esne dux .
+ Ego Æþelmund dux.
+ Ego Alhmund dux .
+ Ego Wiberht dux .
+ Ego Wicga dux .
+ Ego Alhmund dux .
+ Ego Eadgar dux :---

Westburh 7 Heanburh.

+ In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi .

Ego Offa trado illam terram æt Westbyrig . Cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus id est sexaginta manentium . et in alio loco æt Heanbyrig . xx . manentium To Weogerna cestre pro remedio animæ meæ ac parentum meorum post obitum meum et filii mei Egcfriði et eadem libertatis dicione in omnibus rebus jure permanendam . qua eam ante Æþelbaldus rex avo meo Eanulfo conscripserat id est ut sit libera tam in terrarum donatione seu in omnibus causis parvis vel magnis inconcussa permaneat usque in sæculum tam diu fides Christiana apud Anglos in Brittannia maneat . Soluta sit ab omni vi regum et principum et subditorum ipsorum in summo Dei nomine præcipimus præter his vectigalibus hoc est .

þæs gafoles æt Westbyrig twa tunnan fulle hlutres aloð 7 cumb fulne liðes aloð 7 cumb fulne welisces aloð . 7 vii hriðru 7 six weðeras . 7 xl . cysa . 7 vi . lang þero 7 þritig ombra rues cornes feower ambru meolwes . ad regalem vicum . Hoc itaque cum consensu et consilio pontificum et senatorum meorum firma foedere dejudicaverunt nulla regalis vel principalis aut aliqua sæcularis dignitas de nostra hereditate plus his in modico vel in magno appetendo per vim aut petitionem aliquid exigerit absque hoc tantum quod hæc presens cartula continet .

+ Ego Offa gratia Dei rex hoc regi singulis annis statum censum manus meæ propriæ signo confirmo .
+ Ego Ecgferð e[j]usdem regis filius consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Æþelheard archiepiscopus consensi et subscripsi
+ Ego Heaðored episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Uuuona episcopus consensi et subscripsi .
+ Signum Brordani patricii .
+ Signum Beonnani abbatis .
+ Signum Alhmundi abbatis
+ Signum Wigmundi abbatis .
+ Signum Forðredi abbatis .
+ Signum Bynna principis .
+ Signum Esne ducis .
+ Signum Æðelmund ducis .
+ Signum Alhmund ducis .
+ Signum Wigberht ducis .
+ Signum Wigcgan ducis .
+ Signum Eadgar ducis .
+ Signum Alhmund ducis .