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S 1197

A.D. 843 x 863. Lufu, ancilla Dei, to Christ Chuch, Canterbury; grant of annual render from her estate at Mongeham, Kent. English

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 92 (s. ix med.; BM Facs., ii. 22; Keller 1906, pl. 2)

Printed:

K, 231 ; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 109 (no. 29) ; Sweet, OET, pp. 446-7 (no. 40) ; Sweet, Second Reader, pp. 211-12 (no. 24) ; B, 405 ; Earle, pp. 105-7 ; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 135

Comments:

Campbell 1938, p. 146, authentic ; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 24-6, genuine and contemporary ; O'Donovan 1972, p. 30 ; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 23, scribe of Lufu's confirmation also wrote S 328, 332, 1196 (= 1981, XIV p. 16 n. 23) ; Brooks 1984, pp. 147, 361 n. 70, contemporary, on scribe ; Lowe 2001, Appendix I.4 ; Wormald 2001, p. 266, on hereditary possession ; Thompson 2006, pp. 72, 78, on script ; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary ; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 82-3, authentic, cf. p. vi

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      + Ic Lufa mid Godes gefe ancilla Dei wes soecende 7 smeagende ymb mine saulðearfe mid Ceolnoðes ærcebiscopes geðeahte 7 ðara hiona et Cristes cirican Willa ic gesellan of ðem ærfe ðe me God forgef 7 mine friond to gefultemedan elce gere .lx. ambra maltes 7 .cl. hlafa .l. hwitehlafa \.cxx. elmeshlafes/ . an hriðer an suin .iiii. weðras .ii. wega spices 7 ceses ðem higum to Cristes circcan for mine saule 7 minra frionda 7 mega ðe me to gode gefultumedan 7 ðet sie simle to adsumsio scæ Marie ymb .xii. monað . End sue \ei/hwelc mon swe ðis lond hebbe minra ærbenumena ðis agefe 7 mittan fulne huniges .x. goes .xx. henfuglas.
      + Ic Ceolnoð mid Godes gefe ercbiscop mid Cristes rode tacne ðis festnie 7 write
      + Beagmund preost geðafie 7 mid write
      + Beornfrið preost geðafie 7 mid write
      + Wealhhere preost
      + Osmund preost
      + Deimund preost
      + Æðelwald diacon
      + Werbald diacon
      + Sifreð diacon

      + Swiðberht diacon
      + Beornheah diacon
      + Æðelmund diacon
      + Wighelm diacon
      + Lubo
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      + Ic Luba eaðmod Godes ðiwen ðas forecwedenan God 7 ðas elmessan gesette 7 gefestnie ob minem erfelande et Mundlingham ðem hiium to Cristes cirican 7 ic bidde 7 an Godes libgendes naman bebiade ðæm men ðe ðis land 7 ðis erbe hebbe et Mundlingham ðet he ðas god forðleste oð wiaralde ende Se man se ðis healdan wille 7 lestan ðet ic beboden hebbe an ðisem gewrite se him seal\d/ 7 gehealden sia hiabenlice b\l/edsung Se his ferwerne oððe hit agele se him seald 7 gehealden helle wite bute he to fulre bote gecerran wille Gode 7 mannum Uene ualete
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    • Endorsements: (1) in a contemporary hand: + Lufe ˇincggewrit. (2) in a hand of s. xii: Luue mulier quedam dedit ecclesie Christi Munlingham tempore Celno∂ archiepiscopi. (3) in a hand of s. xii: ix anno dcccoxxxiio Luue mulier dedit familie ecclesie Christi Cantuariensi Munlingham tempore Chelnothi archiepiscopi. + Ic Lufa mid Godes gefe ancilla Dei wes soecende 7 smeagende ymb mine saul∂earfe mid Ceolno∂es ærcebiscopes ge∂eahte 7 ∂ara hiona et Cristes cirican. Willa ic gesellan of ∂em ærfe ∂e me God forgef 7 mine friond to gefultemedan Elce gere lx ambra maltes 7 cl hlafa, l hwitehlafa, cxx elmeshlafes, an hri∂er, an suin, iiii we∂ras, ii wEge spices 7 ceses, ∂em higum to Cristes circcan for mine saule 7 minra frionda 7 mega ∂e me to gode gefultemedan; 7 ∂Et sie simle to adsumsio Scæ Marie ymb xii mona∂. End sue eihwelc mon swe ∂is lond hebbe minra ærbenumena ∂is agefe 7 mittan fulne huniges, x goes, xx henfuglas. + Ic Ceolno∂ mid Godes gefe ercebiscop mid Cristes rode tacne ∂is festnie 7 write. + Beagmund preost ge∂afie 7 mid write. + Beornfri∂ preost ge∂afie 7 mid write. + Wealhhere preost + Osmund preost + Deimund preost + Æ∂elwald diacon + Werbald diacon + Sifer∂ diacon + Swi∂berht diacon + Beornheah diacon + Æ∂elmund diacon + Wighelm diacon + Lubo + + Ic Luba ea∂mod Godes ∂iwen ∂as forecwedenan god 7 ∂as elmessan gesette 7 gefestnie ob minem erfelande et Mundlingham ∂em hiium to Cristes cirican. 7 ic bidde, 7 an Godes libgendes naman bebiade ∂æm men ∂e ∂is land 7 ∂is erbe hebbe et Mundlingham, ∂et he ∂as god for∂leste o∂ wiaralde ende. Se man se ∂is healdan wille 7 lesten ∂et ic beboden hebbe an ∂isem gewrite, se him seal'd' 7 gehealden sia hiabenlice b'l'edsung. Se his ferwerne o∂∂e hit agele, se him seald 7 gehealden helle wite, bute he to fulre bote gecerran wille Gode 7 mannum. Uene ualete.