S 1496

A.D. 957 x c. 958. Æthelgeard to his wife, for her lifetime; bequest of Sotwell, Berks., with reversion to New Minster, Winchester. Old English, Middle English and Latin versions

Archive:

Winchester, New Minster

MSS:

1. Shirburn Castle, Earl of Macclesfield, Liber Abbatiae, f. 24v (s. xv 1)

Printed:

Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 173-4; B, 989, Old English; B, 990, Middle English; B, 991, Latin; Miller, New Minster, no. 21; Miller, New Minster, Appendix, p. 197, Middle English and Latin translations

Printed and Translated:

Whitelock, Wills, no. 6 (p. 18), Old English only

Comments:

Whitelock, Wills, pp. 116-17; PN Berks., ii. 529; Gelling, ECTV, no. 83, authentic; Keynes 1996, pp. 23 n. 77, 86-7, may not be contemporary in received form; on testator; Miller, New Minster, pp. xlvii-li, no. 21, post-Conquest forgery, making explicit claim to estate for which the charter does not mention New Minster

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    • Ic Æðelgeard an þæs landes æt Stottanwelle ofer minne dæge minra wifan hera dæge 7 þonne on niwan mynstera on Wincanceaster uncer begea sawle þarfa þæm to brocon 7 nefer utan seallan.
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    • Ic Æ∂elgeard an ˇæs landes æt Stottanwelle ofer minne dæge minra wifan hera dæge 7 ˇonne on niwan mynstera on Wincanceaster uncer begea sawle ˇarfa ˇæm to brocon 7 nefer utan seallan.