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S 1270

A.D. 840 x 852. Cuthwulf, bishop, and the congregation of the church of Hereford, to Ælfstan, dux; lease, for three lives, of 4 hides (manentes) by the river Frome, Herefords., with reversion to Bromyard minster, Herefords. Latin

Archive:

probably Hereford

MSS:

1. Hereford, D. C., A. 4067(s. ix med.; BA Facs., 3; Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, between pp. 174, 175; Leigh 1900, facing p. 109)

Printed:

Capes 1908, pp. 1-2; Earle, pp. 118-19; Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, p. 174; B, 429

Comments:

BA Facs., p. 3, probably contemporary; Vleeskruyer 1953, p. 48; Thompson 2006, p. 122, on layout; Kelly, St Paul's, London, p. 153, Charter from the mid 9th century that shares similar content to S 1791, pp. 214-215, Reference to document as being in Old English and having similarities to S 1243a, suggesting the latter was originally in Old English; Sims-Williams 1990, p. 169; Greaves and Lee-Warner 1873, pp. 174-80; Finberg, ECWM, no. 415, authentic; Lapidge 1996, p. 449, on latinity

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    • + In nomine arci poli conditoris . Ego Cu∂uulf divina dispensatione Christi ecclesiae antestis necnon et illa congregatio sanctæ ecclesiae Herefordensis cum consensu et licentia Berhtwulfi Merciorum regis , damus Aelfstano duce terram . iiii . m