• : Sawyer 1380, MS 2, Boundary 6: Manchester, John Rylands Library, English 880
  • : Wolverhampton
  • : Staffordshire
  • : Hilton and Featherstone
  • : 2

This1 beoth ða land ymere at hiltune · <7> at feoðerestane ·

erest of brenes ford onlan ða strete on lece broc upward |2 ðone ford ðe hit er of eode · This3 beoth ða4 land ymere at hiltune · <7> and5 feoðerestane · erest of brenes ford broce (6 on ðs7 ðana staineford efter ðare strete hit cume on ða dic efter ðere dic on ða heafdan · efter ða heafdan on ðana staine wei · And ðar in Ethelwies heie · ford efter his hagan `heies´8 ðat hit cume on ðane michele mor <7> ðonen on ða ealdan9 byri · <7> ðanen on ða east leie · <7> sua forð on leof[.....]10 heie on lang [.] heies on kerse wille · <7> ðanen on ðane hil · <7> of ða bille11 on ða heafdan · ford efter ðe heafden on ðone otherne hil · onlang hilles in[.....]wil spryng12 wið[.......]getun · <7> of ðere wille on ruiendun · <7> ðanen on ðane haran stan · <7> of ðane13 stane thiuers ofer ðone b[...]mor [.] inebroc14 · [.........] broces in brunesford ðer hit er of eode · ·15

 

1
'T' apparently written over 't'
2
Clear vertical stroke between 'upward' and 'ðone'
3
The text starts again at this point
4
'a' written with 'cc' form
5
Crossed out
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Sic left parenthesis
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Crossed out
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Written in the main hand directly above 'hagan'
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Second 'a' corrected from 'e'
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Several sections in this text are left blank
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Sic; very clear 'b' here
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'y' written over something, perhaps 'i'
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'e' crossed out
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'in' could equally be 'm'
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Sic punctuation