? A.D. 859. 1. Plegred declares that he has purchased from Æthelmod, dix, a half tun which previously pertained to Wilburgewellan near Canterbury (? Well near Ickham), Kent. 2. Æthelmod grants the land to Plegred. Latin and English with bounds

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 16 (s. ix med.; BM Facs., ii. 34)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, James 24 (S.C. 3861), pp. 95-96 (s. xvii; ex 1)

Printed:

K, 282; B, 497; Earle, pp. 130-1; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 26

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary; HS, p. 612, spurious or corrupt; Sweet, OET, p. 450 (no. 43); Purlitz 1892, p. 16; Deanesly 1927, p. 4 n. 3; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 203-5; Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 3, original; Campbell 1938, pp. 146-7, authentic; Kuhn 1943, p. 470, authentic; Stenton 1955, p. 51, cited; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 23, scribe also wrote S 328, 332 and part of 1197(= 1981, XIV p. 16 n. 23); Brooks 1984, pp. 29, 361 n. 70, scribe also wrote S 316, 328, 332, 344, 1195, 1197 (confirmation only); Lapidge 1996, p. 450, notes on latinity; Stewartby 1998, p. 152; Lowe 2001, Appendix II.14

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    • + In nomine almo trino diuino An\no/ dominice incarnationis .dccclviiii. indictione septem Ego Plegred aliquam terre unculam emi \et/ Eðelmode duci sexcentis denariis hoc est an healf tun que ante pertinebat to Wilburgewellan ðet land healf 7 healfne tun hiis terminibus circumcincta Ab oriente cyniges heiweg A meritie stret to Scufeling forde Ab occidente Stur Ab aquilone cyninges land 7 halfne wer una prata on burgwara medam suðeweardum 7 an norðeweardum burgwaramedam healfmed 7 meahselog an cyninges strete Hanc casam supranominatam ego Eðelmod Plegrede donabo sibi abendum et possidendum feliciterque in dies eius perfruendum et post dies eius cuicumque ei eredi placuerit derelinquendum liueram per omnia abeat potestatem Si autem continga\t/ quod aliquis posterum meorum hanc meam donationem infringere uel minuere temptauerit sciat se coram Christo iudice rationem esse redditurum Communi uia per unam portam perfruendum intra uillulam et extra uillulam + Ego Eðelwulf rex hanc meam donationem cum bexillo sancte crucis Christi rouorauo et subscr’ + Ego Eanulf dux cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Eðelwulf dux cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Eðelmod dux cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Hunred cons’ et sub’ + Ego Ethelbeald fili regis cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Eðeric dux cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Dudda cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Wimund cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Ceolmund cons’ + Ego Werenbearht cons’ + Ego Lulling cons’ + Ego Eadweald cons’ + Ego Wulfred cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Deimund presbyter abbas cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Sebearht presbyter cons’ et subscr’ + Ego Diar cons’ et sub’ + Ego Biarnhelm presbyter cons’ et sub’ + Ego Hyse presbyter cons’ et sub’ + Ego Dunincg archidiaconus cons’ et sub’ + Ego Osulf cons’ et sub’ + Ego Eð\el/noð cons’ et sub
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    • Endorsement in a hand of s. xii: Pleired dedit E∂elmod duci terram at Wilburgewel . latine + In nomine almo trino divino an'no' dominice incarnationis . dccclviiii . indictione septem ego Plegred aliquam terre unculam emi 'et' E∂elmode duci sexcentis denariis hoc est an healf tun que ante pertinebat to Wilburgewellan ∂et land healf 7 healfne tun hiis terminibus circumcincta ab oriente cyniges heiweg a meritie stret to scufeling forde ab occidente stur ab aquilone cyninges land 7 halfne weruna prata on burgwara medum su∂eweardum 7 an nor∂eweardum burgwaramedum healfmed 7 meahselog an cyninges strete . Hanc casam supranominatam ego E∂elmod Plegrede donabo sibi abendum et possidendum feliciterque in dies ejus perfruendum et post dies ejus cuicumque ei eredi placuerit derelinquendum liveram per omnia abeat potestatem si autem continga't' quod aliquis posterum meorum hanc meam donationem infringere vel minuere temptaverit sciat se coram Christo judice rationem esse redditurum communi via per unam portam perfruendum intra villulam et extra villulam . + Ego Ethelwulf rex hanc meam donationem cum bexillo sancte crucis Christi rovoravo 7 subscribo . + Ego Eanulf dux consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego E∂elwulf dux consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego E∂elmod dux consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Hunred consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Ethelbeald fili regis consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego E∂eric dux consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Dudda consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Wimund consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Ceolmund consentio . + Ego Werenbearht consentio . + Ego Lulling consentio . + Ego Eadweald consentio . + Ego Wulfred consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Deimund presbyter abbas consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Sebearht presbyter consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Diar consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Biarnhelm presbyter consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Hyse presbyter consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Dunincg archidiaconus consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego Osulf consentio 7 subscribo . + Ego E∂'el'no∂ consentio 7 subscribo .