A.D. 867 x 870. Eadweald, son of Oshere, and Cynethryth, widow of Æthelmod, aldorman ; agreement concerning land at Chart, Kent. English

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 19 (s. ix 2; BM Facs., ii. 19)

Printed:

K, 228; B, 404; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, no. 132; Sweet, Second Reader, p. 210 (no. 22)

Printed and Translated:

Thorpe, pp. 465-6; Earle, pp. 102-4; Harmer, SEHD, no. 7 (pp. 10-11, 45)

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 86-7, authentic, cf. p. vi; Deanesly 1927, pp. 10-11, dates it after 867 (cf. S 338); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 169, on place-names; Campbell 1938, p. 144, authentic; Parsons 1939, p. 14, genuine and contemporary; Brooks 1984, pp. 148, 171, 361 n. 82, original; Dumville 1987, p. 156 n. 41, cited; Campbell 1989, p. 30; Kelly 1990, cited; Lowe 2001, Appendix I.9; Wormald 2001, p. 266, on hereditary possession; Thompson 2006, p. 78, on script

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    • + Ðis is geðinge Eadwaldes Osheringes 7 Cyneðryðe Eðelmodes lafe aldormonnes ymbe ðet lond et Cert ðe hire Eðelmod hire hlabard salde Wes hit becueden Osbearte his broðar suna gif he Cyneðryðe oferlifde 7 siððan neniggra meihanda ma ðes cynnes ac hia hit atuge yfter hira dege swe hit him boem rehtlicast 7 elmestlicast were Ðonne hebfað Eadwald 7 Cyne<thryth> ðas wisan ðus fundene mid hira friandum Gib Eadweald leng lifige ðonne Cyneðryð geselle et ðem londe et Cert .x. ðusenda Gif he gewite er ðonne hia his barna sue hwelc sue lifes sie agefe ðet feoh oniatee sue hit soelest sie forða hit begetan Nis Eðelmode enig meghond neor ðes cynnes ðanne Eadwald his modar his broðar dohtar Mest cyn ðet he ðet lond hebbe 7 his beorn yfter him 7 sue ateon sue him nytlicas<t> ðynce for ða ðe hit mid reohte begetan. + Ego Ceolnoð mid Godes gefe ercebiscop þis mid Cristes rode tacne festnie 7 write + Ego <E>ðelwald episcopus cons’ + Ego Whelm episcopus cons’ + Ego Osmund presbiter cons’ + Ego Eðelwald presbiter cons’ + Ego Biarnhelm presbiter cons’ + Ego Biarnheah presbiter cons’ + Ego Eardulf presbiter cons’ + Ego Eðelmund presbiter abbas cons’ + Ego Sefreð presbiter cons’ + Ego Biarnhelm presbiter cons’ + Ego Eadgar presbiter abbas cons’ + Ego Elfstan presbiter cons’ + Ego Sigefreð presbiter cons’ + Ego Sigefreð archidiaconus cons’ + + Ego Ealhstan archidiaconus cons’ + [Ego] B[ia]rnnoð archidiaconus cons’ + + + + + Ego Cialbarht presbiter diaconus cons’ + Ego Wealdhelm subdiaconus cons’ + Ego Tirwald subdiaconus cons’ + Ego Oba minister cons’ + Ego Biarnhelm presbiter abbas cons’ + Ego Sigemund presbiter cons’ + Ego Herefreð presbiter cons’ + Ego Wynhelm archidiaconus cons’ + Ego Wunbeald cons’ + Ego Wermund cons’
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    • This is the agreement between Eadweald, son of Oshere, and Cynethryth, widow of Ealdorman Æthelmod, about the land at Chart which Æthelmod her lord gave to her. It was bequeathed to Osberht, his brother’s son, if he outlived Cynethryth, but afterwards to no other relative; rather she should dispose of it after their days, as might be most right and most charitable for them both. Now Eadweald and Cynethryth have devised these conditions with their friends, as follows: If Eadweald live longer than Cynethryth, he is to give for the estate at Chart ten thousand. If he dies first, whichever of his children is alive is to pay the money and dispose of it as may be best for those who acquired it. There is not any relative of Æthelmod as near of kin as Eadweald, whose mother [was] his brother’s daughter. It is most proper that he should have the land, and his children after him, and so dispose of it as may seem most useful for those who have legally obtained it. + I, Ceolnoth, thorugh God’s Grace archbishop, confirm and write this with the sign of Christ’s cross + I, Æthelwold, bishop, agree(d) + I, William, bishop, agree(d) + I, Osmund, priest, agree(d) + I, Æthelwald, priest, agree(d) + I, Beornhelm, priest, agree(d) + I, Beornheah, priest, agree(d) + I, Eardwulf, priest, agree(d) + I, Æthelmund, priest [and] abbot, agree(d) + I, Sæfrith, priest, agree(d) + I, Beornhelm, priest, agree(d) + I, Eadgar, priest, abbas agree(d) + I, Elfstan, priest, agree(d) + I, Sigefrith, priest, agree(d) + I, Sigefrith, archdeacon, agree(d) + + I, Ealhstan, archdeacon, agree(d) + [I,] B[eo]rnnoth, archdeacon agree(d) + + + + + I, Ceolberht , priest [and] deacon, agree(d) + I, Wealdhelm, subdeacon, agree(d) + I, Tirwald subdeacon, agree(d) + I, Oba, minister, agree(d) + I, Beornhelm , priest [and] abbot, agree(d) + I, Sigemund, priest, agree(d) + I, Herefrith, priest, agree(d) + I, Wynhelm, archdeacon, agree(d) + I, Wynbeald, agree(d) + I, Wermund, agree(d)
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    • + ˘is is ge∂inge Eadwaldes Osheringes 7 Cyne∂ry∂e, E∂elmodes lafe aldormonnes, ymbe ∂et lond et Cert ∂e hire E∂elmod hire hlabard salde. Wes hit becueden Osbearte his bro∂ar suna, gif he Cyne∂ry∂e oferlifde, 7