S 55

A.D. 757. Eanberht, Uhtred and Ealdred, under-kings of the Hwicce, to Milred, bishop, and St Peter's, Worcester; grant of 30 hides (cassati) at Tredington, Warwicks. (formerly Worcs.), previously held by Tyrdda, comes. Latin with English bounds.

Archive: Worcester

MSS: 1. BL Cotton Nero E. i, pt 2, 183v (s. xi; incomplete)
2. BL Cotton Tib. A. xiii, 16r-17v (s. xi1)

Printed: Hearne, Heming, pp. 36-40; K 102 and vol. iii. 378; B 183; Earle, pp. 305-7.

Comments: Turner 1916, p. xxxiv, citing Stevenson, dubious; Grundy, Worcs. 1928, pp. 78-80, on bounds; PN Warwicks.; John 1966, pp. 23-4; Finberg, ECWM, no. 214, authentic; Gelling 1978, pp. 178, 181-2, Tredington probably named from Tyrdda; Scharer 1982, pp. 213-14, spurious, although possibly based on authentic material; Hooke 1985, pp. 45-6, 93, 106-8, on estate, with map p. 107; Abels 1988, p. 24; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 152-3, 162, forgery; Hooke 1996, p. 114, with map.

Tredinc tun .

+ Regnante inperpetuum domino Deo Sabaoth . Dum certum constat omnibus orthodoxis ac catholicis viris quod istius volubilis vitæ transitoria videlicet tempora momentaneis cursibus termino adpropinquare . Et inrevocabiles esse jam præteriti dies . necnon annorum curricula cum suis mensibus in priorem statum numquam reverti a nullo credentium dubitatur . et cætera quæ restant subsequentia nullam facere moram festinando ad finem pro certo noscuntur . Idcirco ego Eanberhtus Deo prædistinante regulus propriæ gentis Huicciorum simulque germani mei mecum Uhtredus . videlicet et Aldredus eadem vocabuli dignitate et imperio fungentes his ante dictis manifestissimis causis instructi quatinus cum istis sæcularibus rebus quæ citius transire constant . æterna paradisi præmia quæ sempiterna esse scimus lucrire valeamus aliquam agelli portionem pro remedio animæ nostræ . Milredo venerando antistite ad sedem pontificalem et ad æcclesiam beatissimi apostolorum principis sancti Petri ubi corpora parentum nostrorum quiescunt quæ in Uuegernensi civitate fundata est ter dena cassatos id est vicum qui nuncupatur Tredingctun . in duabus locis . in altero quater sena . in altero bis terna . juxta fluvium qui dicitur Stuur . isdem terminibus adjacentibus quibus Tyrdda comes antea tenebat libentissime in commune largiti sumus . ut semper seu nobis viventibus seu in Christo dormientibus digna remuneratio in sanctarum orationum cum missarum sacris celebrationibus ab eadem æcclesia die noctuque Deo patrocinanti fideliter reddatur . Si quis vero quod absit hanc munificentiam nostram pro Deo omnipotente concessam plurimorumque consilio corroboratam quorum infra nomina ponuntur . avaritiæ estibus succensus et diabolica præsumptione incitatus infeliciter inritam facere præsumat . sciat se ab æterna requie separatum et cum Juda impio traditore æternis dampnationum legibus mancipatum . Si quis vero augendo multiplicare voluerit Christi instinctus amore augeat Deus partem illius in remuneratione justorum ubi animæ sanctorum fulgent in gloria . His hinc inde subscriptis terminis præfata certissime circumgiratur tellus .

+ Ego Eanberht hanc nostram communem donationem pro ampliori firmitate signum sanctissimæ crucis libens aravi .
+ Ego Uhtred ante præscriptam donationem nostram confirmans subscribo et vexillum crucis prætitulavi .
+ Ego Aldred majorum meorum conroboratus exemplis almæ crucis vexillum inposui .
+ Ego Milred gratia Dei episcopis his prædictis rebus canonice consensi et signum venerabile inpressi .
+ Ego Offa nondum regno Mercionum a domino accepto puer indolis in provincia Huicciorum constitutus huic donationi eorum consensi et signum honorabile beatæ crucis conscripsi .
+ Ego Totta Dei diffinitione antistes hanc prænotatam munificentiam consensi et subscripsi .
+ Ego Hemele Dei gratia præsul æcclesiastice consensi et signum salutiferæ crucis prænotavi .
+ Signum manus Heardberhti præfecti .
Signum manus Aldberhti p'.
+ Signum manus Tiluuini abbatis .
Signum manus Cusan abbatis .
Signum manus Headdan presbyteri .
+ Signum Ealdbaldi . præfecti .
Signum Eatan . p' .
Signum Cecces .
Signum Dunnes .
+ Signum Brogan .
Signum Pendheres .
+ Signum Uuales . p' .
+ Signum Beornhardus præfectus .

Þis syndan þa landgemæru to Tredingctune . Of Sture on þa stan scale þonne be ðan heafdan þæt on þa dunes ende ondlong dunes þæt on scire mere of sciran mere þæt on Brocnanbyrh of Brocnanbyrh on þæt riðig ondlong riðiges on morseað of morseaðe on Siðryðe wellan of Siðryðe wellan on rydmædwan ufewarde of reodmædwan on haran stan of haran stane on þa langan dic ondlong dice þæt on þone pyt of þam pytte þæt on reodwellan of reodwellan þæt on þone ofer ondlong ofres þæt on Stanford of Stanforda ondlonges þære lace of þære lace suð be ðam heafdon þæt on rahweg þæt ondlong rahweges on rahdene þæt þonne on Wadbeorgas of Wadbeorgan þæt on þone rycweg of rycwege on hwæte dune of hwæte dune on þone stapol of þæm stapole on þa mærdic ondlong dices þæt on Stures stream .