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Cotton Augustus ii 15, Wynflaed lawsuit, 990-992 (vellum)

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Cotton Augustus ii 15, Wynflaed lawsuit, 990-992 (vellum)
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Anglo-Saxon, (10th century) / English
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British Library, London, UK
Date
990 AD - 882 AD (C10th AD - C9th AD)
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990-992, Record of a dispute between Wynflæd and Leofwine about land at Hagbourne and Bradfield, Berkshire, and Datchet, Buckinghamshire; (Sawyer, no. 1454). A cyrograph, the cut-word ‘CPILREOTGVRMAEFSVTM’ written along the lower edge, with alternating letters written in a bolder shade, to be read as ‘CIROGRAFVM PLETVM EST’. Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘.Inutile.’; and in a 13th-century hand, ‘Inutilia.’

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record / lawsuit / text / anglo saxon / dispute / anglo-saxon / wynflaed / leofwine
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