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S 1453

A.D. 972 x 992. Archbishop Oswald's memoranda on the estates of the see of York. English

Archive:

York

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 55, f. 4v (s. xi; Loyn 1971, appendix)
2. London, British Library, Harley 6841, f. 128r-v (s. xvi; Latin version)
3. London, British Library, Harley 6841, f. 129r-v (s. xvi)

Printed:

B, 1278, 1279

Comments:

Stenton 1910, pp. 84-6, 'it may probably be placed within a short time of Oswald's accession in 971-2' ; Stevenson 1912, p. 14 n. 65 ; Whitelock 1959, p. 79 ; Stenton 1971, pp. 436, 496, cited ; Jones 1976, p. 38 ; Keynes 1986, pp. 84, 89, 90 ; Wood 1987, on Otley ; Wormald 1988, no. 53 ; Bullough 1996, pp. 16-17 ; Robertson, Charters, pp. 357-60 ; Ker, Catalogue, pp. xxxiv, 301-2 (no. 225) art. 3, on punctuation, on MS 1 ; Hart, ECNE, no. 125, authentic ; Whitelock, EHD, p. 565 ; Wormald, English Law, pp. 186, 193 n. 126, on script

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    • ˘is swutelunge gedihte Oswald arcebiscop 7 awritan het ; ˝is syndon ˇa tunas ˇe syndan adon of Ottanlege . an ys Haddincham . oˇer ys Hyllicleg . ˇridde Mensinctun . feoˇe healf Burhleg fifte Gislicleh sixfe Scefinc . seofeˇe Middeltun ehtaˇe Dentun healf ix. Timmel .x. Lindeleh .xi. Stanburne .xii. Becwudu .xiii. Byllinctun healf . ˇas tunas sindan adon of Rypum .i. ys Heawic oˇer Heawic .iii. Ansætleh .iiii. Stanleh an hid .v. Helperby .vi. æt My∂tune?4 . of Popeltune twa hida . ˇis is genumen of Scirebunnan . Ceoredesholm healf . 7 Cawudu healf 7 Gisferˇ[es]dæll hyr∂e æfre into Scirebunnan . 7 healfe socne ˇe gebyreˇ into Scireburnan . ˇis syndan ˇa land ˇe Oscytel yrcebiscop begeat on Norˇhymbralande mid his feo 7 him mon geald for unrihtan hæmede . an ys Æffeltune he gebohte mid .xxiiii. pundun . æt Deor[w]ulfe . Yferingaham he gebohte mid feower 7 feowertigun pundun æt fæge Osulfes fæder . 7 ˇæt land æt Neoweboldan he gebohte mid hundtwelftigun [ge]mancsun reades goldes æt Eadgare cyn[ing]eˇ 7 æt Heolperbi him wæs gegolden for unrihtan hæmede wæron twegen gebroˇra hæfdon an wif . 7 into Heolperby hyr∂ Mytun twa dæl 7 Wibustan socn . 7 ˝urulfestun . 7 Ioletun . 7 ˝orp . 7 æt Scyteby he gebohte mid .xx. pundun . 7 ˇreo hida æt Bracenan he gebohte æt Eadgare cinge 7 he hit him gebocode into sancte Iohanne . Ic Oswold arcebiscop swutelige ˇæt ealle ˇas land ˇe 'se' yrcebiscop Oscytel begeat on Norˇhymbralande 7 min hlaford forgeaf hi me into sancte Petre ˇa he wæs æt Snotingaham . ˇas oˇre land ˇe her elles onstandaˇ ; ealle ic hy . . . . . . . . . . . . . ˇa wæs sancte Peter bereafod . . . . . sy∂∂an . wrece God swa he wille.