S 1199

A.D. 858 x 866. Ealhhere to Oswig and Weahtryth; grant of land (? in Canterbury). Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. Canterbury, D.C., M 369 (s. xi; OS Facs., i. 9; Poole 1919, facing p. 334)

Printed:

K, 293; Thorpe, pp. 127-8; B, 515; Earle, p. 132

Comments:

Stevenson 1912, p. 8, probably authentic; Liebermann 1913, p. 37 n. 6; Poole 1919, pp. 334-5; Stenton 1932, p. 135 n. 1; Stenton 1955, p. 51 n. 3, contemporary; Bishop and Chaplais 1957, p. xii n. 2, the strip was a wrapping-tie and the hole cut by rats; Chaplais 1968, p. 332, on wrapping-tie (= 1973, p. 83); Stenton 1971, p. 527, cited; Chaplais 1978, p. 16 n. 24, script may not be contemporary (= 1981, XIV p. 16 n. 24); Brooks 1984, pp. 28-30, 361 n. 76, contemporary, reconstructs part of damaged witness-list; Lapidge 1996, p. 451, on latinity; Lowe 2001, Appendix III.58

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    • + In nomine Domini ego Ealhhere dabo et concedo Oswige et Weahtr[y]ðe aliquem partem terre [agelluli mei] <...> uirgas in latitudine contra eius pecunia que ac\c/epi ab eo hoc est .cc. et .lxx. denarios . Et his [terminibus circum]<cingitur in oriente> land in miridie winesland in occidente tucenan land et in aquilone puplica strata [necnon et <.>ll]<...> hereditatem illis habendum et possidendum feliciterque in diebus eorum perfruendum [et post diebus eorum cu]<icumque heredi placuerit> derelinquendum liberam per omnia habeant potestates et si quis hanc meam donationem ser[uet uol]<uerit seruetur ei sempiterna> benedictio Si autem absit quod non optamus ut alicuius personis homo cum diabolica [temeritate] <hanc meam donationem> infringere aut minuere temtauerit sciat se ante tribunal Christi ratcionem [esse redd]<iturum nisi ante digna satisfactione Deo> et hominibus emendare uo<luer>it his testibus consenticientibus et conscribentibus quorum no[m]<ina infra karaxantur> Ego Eðelbearht rex hanc mea<m donatio>nem cum uexillo sancte crucis Christi roborabo et subscribo Ego [.ul]<...> Ego Cialnoð arhiepiscopus consensi E<go D>ryhtwald dux Ego Mucel minister Ego Eastmund minister Ego Ealhheard minister E[go]<...> Ego Elfred filius regis. Hos omnes consenserunt et signo sancte crucis conscripserunt Ego Eðelwine [et mycle gem<ettan...> Ego Eðelstan et ingan burgware Ego Eðelhelm et cniahta gegildan. Ego Herewine et herred [Ego Eðelulf]<et utan burgware>
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    • + In nomine domini ego Ealhhere dabo et concedo Oswige 7 Weahtræde aliquem partem terre . . . . . . . . . . virgas in latitudine contra ejus pecunia que accepi ab eo hoc est cc . 7 lxx . denarios ex his . . . . . . . . . . . . land in miridie