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Wigheard, with the consent of King Wulfhere (of Mercia), grants forty hides (manentes) at Slæpi (probably Islip, Oxfordshire) to Abbess Beorngyth and her minster. [A.D. 671 x 672]

Archive: Bath

In nomine Dei patris. Regnante Wlfhero rege, anno .xiiii. regni sui. Ego Uighardus, per consensum Wlfheri regis, dono tibi Bernguidi uenerabili abbatiss=, et per te monasterio tuo, manentes .xl. qu= sunt in loco qui appellatur Sl=pi, ut habeas, teneas iure dominio, tam tuo quam monasterii tui uindices ac defendas. Si quis contra hanc donationis me= cartulam uenire temptauerit, sciat se rationem redditurum in die iudicii et condempnatum esse cum ipsis qui ad sinistram ituri sunt. Actum in mense Octobrio, indictione .ix.
Ego Theodorus gratia Dei archiepiscopus subscripsi. +
Ego Putta gratia Dei archiepiscopus subscripsi. +
Ego Bosel gratia Dei episcopus subscripsi. +
Ego Æilredus rex gratia Dei subscripsi. +

Edition: Charters of Bath, ed. S. E. Kelly, Anglo-Saxon Charters 13 (The British Academy, forthcoming), no. 2. For apparatus criticus and a detailed commentary see this edition.

In the name of God the Father. During the rule of King Wulfhere, in year 14 of his kingdom. I, Wigheard, with the agreement of King Wulfhere, give to you, venerable Abbess Beorngyth, and through you to your monastery, 40 hides that are in the place which is called Slæpi, to have, hold both by your right of property and that of your monastery, vouch for and defend by law. If anyone should attempt to act against this record of my gift, let him know that he will have to render an account on the Day of Judgment and be condemned with those who will go to the left hand. Executed in the month of October, in indiction 9.
I, Theodore, by the grace of God archbishop [of Canterbury], subscribed. +
I, Putta, by the grace of God archbishop [sic; actually initially bishop of Rochester and subsequently Hereford], subscribed. +
I, Bosel, by the grace of God bishop [of Worcester], subscribed. +
I, Æthelred, by the grace of God king, subscribed. +

Translation: David A. E. Pelteret.