APPENDIX С.

tildes gewitnesse portgeréfan,
and on ealre βterc burhware ou
Baδon. Crist hine ablende Se
Sis æfre âwendo.—Convent of
Bath.

Her SwutelaS on Sissc Cristes
bée Sæt Ægclsige æt Lintunne
hæfS geboht AVilsige bis sunu
ut æt Ælfsige abbod on BaSon,
and æt eallon hiredo to ocean
freote.—Convent of Bath.

Her swutelaS on Sissc Cristcs
bée Sæt Ægelsige Bytticos sunu
hæfS geboht Hildesige his sunu
ût æt Ælfsige abbod on BaSon,
and æt eallon hirede mid syxti-
gon penegon to écean freote.—
Contint of Bath.

Her swutelaS OnSisse Cristes
bée Sæt Godwig se bucca hæfS
geboht Leofgife Sa dâgean æt
NorSstoce *j hyre ofspring mid
healfanpundo æt Ælfsige abbod
té écean frcôte, on calles Sæs
hiredcs gewitnesse on BaSon.
Crist hine ablende So Sis æfre
âwende.—Convent of Bath.

Her swutelaS on Sisse Cristes
bée Sæt Ælfsige abbod hæfS ge-
of sheep, by witness of Leof-
cild the portreeve, and all the
commonalty of Bath. Christ
blind him that ever sctteth this
aside !—Cod. Dipl. No. 933.

Here witnesseth in this book
of gospels, thatÆSelsigeof Lin-
ton hath bought out AVilsigo
his son from Ælfsige abbot at
Bath, and all the brotherhood
to eternal freedom.—Cod. Dipl.
No. 934.

Here witnesseth in this book
of gospels, thatÆSclsigc, Byt-
tic’s son, hath bought out IIil-
desige his son from Ælfsige,
abbot at Bath, and all the bro-
therhood, with sixty pence, that
ho may be free forever.—Cod.
Dipl. No. 935.

Here witnesseth in this book
of gospels, that Godwig the
buck hath bought Lcofgifu the
doe at Northstock, and all her
offspring, with half a pound from
abbot Ælfsige, that she may be
free for ever, by witness of all
the brotherhood in Bath. Christ
blind him who ever setteth this
aside.— Cod. Dipl. No. 936.

Here witnesseth in this book
of gospels, that abbot Ælfsige

freed Godwine bace æt Stdntûne
for hino ɔ for calne Йопе hired
on Baδan, on Semanncsgewit-
nesse 3 Wulwiges æt Prisctune
"ɔ Ælfriccs eerɪnes.—Convent of
Bath.

An ic an mine IandseSlon
here toftos to owen riilιtc f allo
mine men frc^ζ.—Shjeflml.

And ic an Sæt land æt Tit into
scynte Paulcs kirke Sen hewen
to bc^ζdlonde mid al Sæt Seron
stant, bιiten Se men Se S½r dren
frc^ζ men allé for mine soule.....

And ic an Sæt land æt SuSercyc
mid allé Sc fiscoSe So Serto bireS
Sen hewen into sancte Paules
kirke, and frie men So men for
Se biscopes soule.... And ic an
Sæt Iond æt LuSinglond OfFo
mine sustrcs sune ɔ his broðer,
^,j fro mon So men halue, and æt
Mindhrim also for Se biscopes
soule.... And Iete mon stonden
so mikel so ic Seron fond, and
fro men So men allé for mine
soule.. . .—Bishop Deidred.

Erst for his saule PalegTaue
into Seynt Eridmund, ^,j Witing-
hath freed Godwine Баск of
Stanton, for his own sake and
that of all the brotherhood at
Bath, by witness of Seman and
Wulfwig of Prisctun and Ælfric
Corm.—Cod. Dipl. No. 937.

And to my tenants I give
their tofts to be their own pro-
perty, and all my serfs free—
Cod. Dipl. No 947.

And I grant the land at Tit
to the brotherhood at St. Paul's
church for the support of their
table, with all that is upon it,
except the serfs there ; let them
emancipate these for my soul’s
sake.... And I grant the land
in Surrey with all the fishery
thereunto appertaining to the
brotherhood of St. Paul’s
church, and let the serfs be freed
for the bishop’s soul.... And I
grant the estate at Lutiingland
to OfFe my sister’s son, and his
brother, and let half the serfs
there be freed, and so also at
Mendham for the bishop’s soul
.... And [at HoxneJ let them
leave as much stock as I found
there, and let all the serfs be
freed for my soul.—Cod. Dipl.
No. 957.

First for his soul, Palgrave to
St. Edmund, and half Witing-

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