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A.D. 990 x 992. Record of a dispute between Wynflæd and Leofwine about land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berks., and at Datchet, Bucks., which was settled at the shire-moot at Cwicelmshlæwe (Scutchamer Knob, Berks.). English
Archive:
Canterbury, Christ Church
MSS:
1.
London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 15 (s. x ex.; BM Facs., iii. 37)
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Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 24 (S.C. 3861), pp. 99-100 (s. xvii)
3.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 62 (S.C. 5173), ff. 1r-2r (s. xvii)
Printed:
Hickes, Diss. Epist., pp. 4-5 ; K, 693
Comments:
Stevenson 1912, p. 5 and n. 13, contemporary ; Chaplais 1966, p. 172 (= 1973, p. 56) ; Whitelock 1968, p. 127 n. 8 ; Stenton 1971, p. 395, cited ; Dumville 1979, p. 5, on a witness ; Keynes 1980, pp. 138 n. 186, 187 n. 115 ; Kennedy 1985, pp. 187-8, on lawsuit ; Wormald 1986, pp. 160, 162-3, on legal background, dates 990 ; Wormald 1988, no. 49 ; Baines 1990 ; Keynes 1990, pp. 245-6, 249-50, on legal background; on solution to cutword, citing Chaplais ; Keynes 1992, p. 76 n. 95 ; Lawson 1993, p. 69, cited ; Kennedy 1995, pp. 167 n., 170 n., 171 n., 181 n., 182-3, on legal background ; Foot 2000, II. 129, 145, 249-50 ; Sharpe 2003, p. 250, document refers to lost writ ; BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary ; PN Bucks., p. 234 ; Robertson, Charters, pp. 379-82 ; Harmer, Writs, pp. 47, 541 (no. 1) ; HRH, p. 236, probably original ; PN Berks., i. 200, ii. 481-2, 519 ; Gelling, ECTV, no. 123 (pp. 62-3, 76), original ; Wormald, English Law, pp. 151-3 ; Hyams, Rancor, pp. 105-6 n. 143, on 'reaflac'
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- + Her cyþ on þysum gewrite hu Wynflæd gelædde hyre gewitnesse æt Wulfamere beforan Æþelræde cyninge . þæt wæs þonne Sigeric arcebiscop . 7 Ordbyrht biscop . 7 Ælfric ealderman 7 Ælfþryþ þæs cyninges modor . þæt hi wæron ealle to gewitnesse þæt Ælfric sealde Wynflæde þæt land æt Hacceburnan . 7 æt Bradanfelda ongean þæt land æt Deccet . þa sende se cyning þær rihte be þam arcebiscope . 7 be þam þe þær mid him to gewitnesse wæron to Leofwine 7 cyþdon him þis . þa nolde he butan hit man sceote to scirgemote . þa dyde man swa . þa sende se cyning be Æluere abbude his insegel to þam gemote æt Cwicelmeshlæwe 7 grette ealle þa witan þe þær gesomnode wæron . þæt wæs Æþelsige biscop . 7 Æs\c/wig biscop . 7 Ælfric abbud . 7 eal sio scir 7 bæd 7 het þæt hi scioldon Wynflæde 7 Leofwine swa rihtlice geseman swa him æfre rihtlicost þuhte . 7 Sigeric arcebiscop sende his swutelunga þærto . 7 Ordbyrht biscop his.
þa getæhte man Wynflæde þæt hio moste hit hyre geahnian . þa gelædde hio þa ahnunga mid Ælfþryþe fultume þæs cyninges modor . þæt is þonne ærest Wulfgar abbud . 7 Wulfstan priost . 7 Ælfic þara æþelinga discsten . 7 Eadwine . 7 Eadelm . 7 Ælfelm . 7 Ælfwine . 7 Ælfweard . 7 Eadwold . 7 Eadric . 7 Ælfgar . 7 Eadgyfu abbudisse . 7 Liofrun abbudisse . 7 Æþelhild . 7 Eadgyfu æt Leofecanoran . 7 hyre swustor . 7 hyre dohtor . 7 Ælfgy[fu 7 hyr]e dohtor . 7 Wulfwyn . 7 Æþelgyfu . 7 Ælfwaru . 7 Ælfgyfu . 7 Æþelflæd . 7 menig god þegen . 7 god wif þe we ealle atellan ne magon þæt [þær] forþcom eal se fulla ge onwwerum ge on wifum.
Þa cwædon þa witan þe þær wæron þæt betere wære þæt man þene aþ aweg lete þonne hine man sealde . forþan þær syþþan nan freondscype nære . 7 man wolde biddan þæs reaflaces þæt he hit sciolde agyfan 7 forgyldan . 7 þam cyninge his wer . þa let he þone aþ aweg . 7 sealde Æþelsige biscope unbesacen land on hand þæt he þanon forð syþþan þæron ne spræce . þa tæhte man hyre þæt hio sciolde bringan his fæder gold 7 siolfor eal þæt hio hæfde . þa dyde hio swa hio dorste hyre aþe gebiorgan . þa næs he þagyt on þam gehealden butan hio sceolde swerian þæt his æhta þær ealle wæron . þa cwæþ hio þæt hio ne mihte hyre dæles ne he his . 7 þyses wæs Ælfgar þæs cyninges gerefa to gewitnesse . 7 Byrhtric . 7 Leofric æt Hwitecyrcan . 7 menig god man toeacan him.
- + Her cyþ on þysum gewrite hu Wynflæd gelædde hyre gewitnesse æt Wulfamere beforan Æþelræde cyninge . þæt wæs þonne Sigeric arcebiscop . 7 Ordbyrht biscop . 7 Ælfric ealderman 7 Ælfþryþ þæs cyninges modor . þæt hi wæron ealle to gewitnesse þæt Ælfric sealde Wynflæde þæt land æt Hacceburnan . 7 æt Bradanfelda ongean þæt land æt Deccet . þa sende se cyning þær rihte be þam arcebiscope . 7 be þam þe þær mid him to gewitnesse wæron to Leofwine 7 cyþdon him þis . þa nolde he butan hit man sceote to scirgemote . þa dyde man swa . þa sende se cyning be Æluere abbude his insegel to þam gemote æt Cwicelmeshlæwe 7 grette ealle þa witan þe þær gesomnode wæron . þæt wæs Æþelsige biscop . 7 Æs\c/wig biscop . 7 Ælfric abbud . 7 eal sio scir 7 bæd 7 het þæt hi scioldon Wynflæde 7 Leofwine swa rihtlice geseman swa him æfre rihtlicost þuhte . 7 Sigeric arcebiscop sende his swutelunga þærto . 7 Ordbyrht biscop his.
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- + Her cyˇ on ˇysum gewrite hu Wynflæd gelædde hyre gewitnesse æt Wulfamere beforan Æˇelrede cyninge . ˇæt wæs ˇonne Sigeric arcebiscop . 7 Ordbyrht biscop . 7 Ælfric ealderman 7 &AEli