A.D. 888 for ? 868. Cialwulf to Eanmund; grant of land in Canterbury, in return for 120 silver pence; with added note of a purchase by Æthelhere in A.D. 888. Latin

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 17 (s. ix 2; BM Facs., ii. 38)

Printed:

K, 296; B, 519; Earle, pp. 139-41; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 34

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, contemporary; Sweet, OET, pp. 450-1 (no. 44); Stenton 1918, p. 445 n. 57, original, discusses formula (= Stenton 1970, p. 59 n. 3); Drögereit 1935, p. 408 n. 3, original; Campbell 1938, p. 147, early copy of authentic grant; Kuhn 1943, p. 470; Stenton 1955, p. 51, cited; Robertson, Charters, p. 279, dated 888, probably for 868; Stenton 1971, p. 527, cited; O'Donovan 1973, original date may have been 867; Brooks 1984, pp. 27, 172-3, 325-6, original, date tampered with, probably orginally 968; Lapidge 1996, p. 452, on latinity; Lowe 2001, Appendix II.18

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    • (a) + In nomine Domini Ego Cialulf anno ab incarnatione Domini nostri Iesu Christi .dccclxxxviii. dabo et concedo Eanmunde . amico meo et cognito aliquam partem terre iuris mei hoc est in Dorobernia ciuitate id est in longitudo .vi. uirgis et in latitudo .iii. Haec sunt terminibus In oriente Eðelmund presbyter In meredie Deibearht In occident Ciolulf In aquilone Hemma Haec omnia dabo Eanmunde . pro conpetenti pecuniam quam ab eo accipio id est .cxx. denarios argenteis in sempiternam hereditatem sibi habendum et possidendum feliciterque in dies eius perfruendum et post dies eius cuicumque ei herede placuerit ad derelinquendum liberam ab omni seruitute regali subgectione liberrima quando Christiana fides in terra seruatur eternaliter permaneat Hoc ipsumque omnibus successoribus nostris in nomine omnipotentis Dei obseruare precipimus Et si quis hoc seruare uoluerit seruet eum omnipotens Deus Si quis uero per tyrannicam potestatem fringe aut minuere uoluerit sciat se anathematum coram Christo et angelis eius nisi ante digna satisfactione emendare uoluerit Deo et hominibus manente hac cartula in sua nihilhominum firmitate roborata his testibus consentientibus ac scribentibus quorum hic nomina infra scripta sunt + Ego Eðered rex hanc meam donationem cum uexillo sancte crucis Christi roborabo et subscribo ,,, + Ego Ciolnoð gratia Dei archiepiscopus cons’ et sub’ + Ego Heahmund electus episcopus cons’ et sub’ + Ego Eðelwulf dux cons’ et sub’ + Ego Dryhtweald dux cons’ et sub’ + Ego Eastmund dux cons’ et sub’ + Ego Garulf minister cons’ et sub’ \Ego/ Ecgbearht minister cons’ et sub’ \Ego/ Ecgferð minister cons’ et sub’ \Ego/ Acca minister cons’ et sub’ \Ego/ Wynsige minister cons’ et sub’ + Ego Eðered minister cons’ et sub’ + Ego Dudda minister cons’ et sub’ + Ego Lulla minister cons’ et sub’ + Ego Eðelweald minister cons’ et sub’ + Ego Eðelmund minister cons’ et sub’ + Ego Eacca minister cons’ et sub’. + Ego Eðelweald minister cons’ et sub’. + Ego Eðelweald presbyter cons’ et sub’. + Ego Osmund presbyter cons’ et sub’. + Ego Ciolulf minister cons’ et sub’. (b) + Æðeleræ gebohte et Cialulfe ða strete siððan hæ ðis land hæfde ðæ hær be æften stent . viifan . fet an bræde ðe to ðissum lande belimpeð suð innan ðet land an ðara Wistræte an Lucænan gewitnesse . 7 Hyldefriðes 7 an Cuðulfes . 7 an Hymman 7 an Eadulfes . 7 an Biarhthlafes . . 7 ðær ne gebyreð an ðam lande an folcæs folcryht to lefænnæ rumæs butan twigen fyt to yfæs drypæ.
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    • Dorsal note (b). Æthel[h]ere bought the street(? -front) from Ceolwulf after he obtained this land that stands here behind. Seven feet in breadth, which belongs southward onto this land on the Wye-street; in the witness of Lucena and Hyldefrith and Cuthulf and Hymma [i.e. Hemma, one of the original neighbours] and Beorhtlaf. And there does not pertain to the property by the folk’s folk-right [an obligation] to leave space, except for two feet for eaves-drip.
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    • Endorsements: (1) in a contemporary hand: + Ciolulf sealde Eanmunde his mege ∂isne tuun betwix eum wi∂ cxx . in æc ærbe Æ∂eredes cyninges friols 7 his handseten 7 sælen (2) in a somewhat later hand: + Æ∂eleræ gebohte et Cialulfe ∂a strætæ si∂∂an hæ ∂is land hæfde ∂æ hær be æften stent . vii.fan . fæt an bræde ∂e to ∂issum lande belimpe∂ su∂ innan ∂et land an ∂ara wistræte an Lucænan gewitnesse . 7 Hyldefri∂es 7 an Cu∂ulfæs . 7 an Hymman 7 an Eadulfæs . 7 an Biarhthlafæs . . 7 ∂er ne gæbyre∂ an ∂am landæ an folcæs folcryht to lefænnæ rumæs butan twigen fyt to yfæs drypæ . (3) in a hand of s. xii: latine + In nomine domini ego Cialulf anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . dccclxxxviii . dabo et concedo Eanmunde amico meo et cognito aliquam partem terre juris mei hoc est in Dorobernia civitate i∂ est in longitudo . vi . virgis et in latitudo . iii . haec sunt terminibus in oriente E∂elmund presbyter in meredie Deibearht in occident Ciolulf in aquilone Hemma haec omnia dabo Eanmunde , pro conpetenti pecuniam quam ab eo accipio i∂ est . cxx . denarios argenteis in sempiternam hereditatem sibi habendum et possidendum feliciterque in dies ejus perfruendum et post dies ejus cuicumque ei herede placuerit ad derelinquændum liberam ab omni servitute regali subgectione liberrima quando christiana fides in terra servatur æternaliter permaneat hoc ipsumque omnibus successoribus nostris in nomine omnipotentis Dei observare precipimus 7 si quis hoc servare voluerit servet eum omnipotens Deus si quis vero per tyrannicam potestatem fringe[re] aut minuere voluerit sciat se anathematum coram Christo et angelis ejus nisi ante digna satisfactione æmendare voluerit Deo 7 hominibus manente hac cartula in sua nihilhominum firmitate roborata his testibus consentientibus ac scribentibus quorum hic nomina infra scripta sunt . + Ego E∂ered rex hanc meam donationem cum vexillo sancte crucis Christi roborabo et subscribo , , , + Ego Ciolno∂ gratia Dei archiepiscopus cons' 7 sub' . + Ego Heahmund ælectus episcopus cons' 7 sub' . + Ego Æ∂elwulf dux cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Dryhtweald dux cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Eastmund dux cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Garulf minister cons' 7 sb' . Ego Ecgbearht minister cons' 7 sb' . Ego Ecgfer∂ minister cons' 7 sb' . Ego Acca minister cons' 7 sb' . Ego Wynsige minister cons' 7 sb' . + Ego E∂ered minister cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Dudda minister cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Lulla minister cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Æ∂elweald minister cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Æ∂elmund minister cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Eacca minister cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Æ∂elweald minister cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Æ∂elweald presbyter cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Osmund presbyter cons' 7 sb' . + Ego Ciolulf minister cons' 7 sb' .