149
S 1066

Writ of King Edward declaring that Abbot Ordric and the community of Abingdon minster are to possess the hundred of Hormer, Berkshire, in perpetuity. [A.D. 1053 x 1055 or 1058 x 1066]

Archive: Abingdon

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Eadward cyninc gret Hereman bisceop 7 Harold eorl 7 Godric 7 ealle his þegenas on Bearrucscyre freondlic, 7 ic cyðe eow þæt Ordric abbud 7 eal þæt hired on Abbendunes mynstre be minre unne 7 gife frigelice habban 7 wealdan Hornemeres hundred on hyre agenre andwealde on ecere worulde, 7 swa þæt nan scyrgerefe oððe motgerefe þar habban æni socne oððe gemot buton þes abbudes agen hæse 7 unne.

Edition: Charters of Abingdon Abbey, Part 2, ed. S. E. Kelly, Anglo-Saxon Charters 8 (Oxford: Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 574 (no. 149).