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S 1473

A.D. 1044 x 1048. Account of the purchase of land at Offham, Kent, by Godric of Bourne from his sister, Eadgifu. English

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 35 (s. xi med.; BM Facs., iv. 28)

Printed:

Madox 1702, p. 176 (no. 284) ; Hickes, Diss. Epist., p. 30 ; K, 789 ; Earle, p. 247

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary ; Wallenberg, KPN, p. 325, on place-names ; Robertson, Charters, pp. 439-40 ; HRH, p. 236, probably original ; Wormald, English Law, p. 152 n. 118

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    • + Her swutelað on þisum gewrite hu Godric æt Burnan begeat þæt land æt Offaham þæt is ðonne þæt he sealde Eadgyuan his sweostor an marc goldes 7 xiii. pund . 7 lxiii . peningas . on geceapodne ceap to gyfanne 7 to syllanne on dæge 7 æfter dæge þam þe him leofust sy . Ðes ceap wæs geceapod on Wii æt foran ealra scyre . Ðises is to gewitnesse Eadsige arcebiscop . 7 Siward biscop . 7 Godric decanus . 7 eall se hired æt Cristes cyricean . 7 Wulfric abbud 7 se hired æt sancte Augustine . 7 Ægelric bygga . 7 Ðurgar Ælfgares sunu . 7 Eadric Ælfrices sunu . 7 Osweard æt Hergeardesham . 7 Leofwine preost 7 Godric port gerefa . 7 Wulfsige þæs cynges gerefa . 7 manig god mann þarto . Nu synd þissa gewrita þreo an is æt Cristes cyricean . 7 oþer æt sancte Augustine . 7 þridde hæfð Godric mid him .
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    • + Her swutela∂ on ˇisum gewrite hu Godric æt Burnan begeat ˇæt land æt Offaham ˇæt is ∂onne ˇæt he sealde Eadgyuan his sweostor an marc goldes 7 xiii. pund. 7 lxiii. penega. on geceapodne ceap