L704.0.00
- : Sawyer 704, MS 1: Chelmsford, Essex Record Office, D/DP T209
- : Buckfast
- : Devon
- : Sorley in Churchstow
- : 1
Þis1 is þæs hiƿisces land gemære buton anon eahtoþana dæle · æt sƿurd lege ·
Ærest of cingesb bri[...]2 ut onafne up onstream þær riþe ut scyt up onriþe3 to blacan pole ofblacan pole onstan hyrst ofstan hyrste on þæs ƿeges bige þeliþ tobeoccan bricge4 up onealdan ƿege to pentan mæde þanon ƿest onƿege togræƿan stane þanon onƿyrttrum oþþa brocas5 togædre sceotaþ adune onstreā to ƿealding forda þanon onmanning ford onlanan oþ eorþ burg þanon ondic oþƿulfƿylles heafod onsƿurdleg ƿyll ofsƿurdleg ƿylle onƿagu fen þanon[.]n6 ƿillerdes beorg þanon eft tocinges bricge ;
- 1
- Unclear readings due to holes and rubbing on the folds
- 2
- Legible on photographs but now entirely obliterated by hole and wear along fold
- 3
- 'e' almost obliterated by hole on fold
- 4
- Ascender of 'b' worn away on fold
- 5
- 'b' worn along fold
- 6
- No trace of an 'o' now, although this shows up clearly on the Record Office's photograph
Variant Readings from Hooke, Pre-Conquest Charter-Bounds of Devon, no. 15
- a
- eahtoƿan
- b
- cincges