S 1284

A.D. 900 (Winchester). Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and his brethren there, to Ordlaf, comes; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Lydiard, Wilts [given to Winchester by Ordlaf's grandfather, Eanwulf]; in exchange Ordlaf gives the bishop 10 hides at Fonthill, Wilts., and the bishop gives his familia 3 hides at Ebincgtun (Yavington in Avington, Hants.). Latin

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 65r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1076; B, 590; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 65

Comments:

Plummer 1892; 1899, ii, p. 112; Stevenson 1898, p. 73, suspicious features; Stevenson 1904, p. 199, dubious; Harmer, SEHD, pp. 115-16, cited; Darlington 1955, p. 86; Finberg, ECW, no. 30, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 31 (no. 113), authentic; Dumville 1992, pp. 44-5; Keynes 1992, pP. 56 n. 18, 57, 89-90, authenticity uncertain, but represents a genuine tradition; Gretsch 1994, pp. 93-4, on link with S 1445; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1141-2, not authentic, but transaction probably genuine; Boynton and Reynolds 1996, on Ordlaf; Pratt, Alfred, p. 101

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    • Rubric: Commutatio de terra Funteal pro Li∂egæard . Almipotente uno ac trino dispensatore semper incommutabiliter omnia simvl uisibilia et inuisibilia de summa sede maiestatis suE ordinabiliter et sapienter gubernante cunctisque uisibilibus perpetualiter subterlabentibus et maximE statu humani generis miserabiliter cotidianis defectibus decidente ne aut fusca obliuione aut incuria desidiE . aut neglegentia pigritiE de memoria presentium aut de scientia successorum nostrorum delerentur . ea quE in nostris temporibus relatu'i' digna dicta uel facta sunt . Quapropter litterarum carecteribus commendare procuravimus . quod Denewulf . ille venerabilis WintoniE civitatis antistes . adque decentissima illa communio fratrum ibidem assiduE devota mente in divino seruitio commorantium aliquam partem possessionem proprii privilegii commutauere . aput Orlaf comitem pro aliis possessionibus sui proprii iuris cum decreto et licentia . Eadwardi . regis et optimatum suorum quorum nomina subter caraxata sunt . nomina autem illarum possessionum quas nos illi donauimus . HEc sunt x . manentes . in illo cElebri loco qui Saxonica lingua . æt Lidgerd . dicitur pro illa autem causa quesiuerat ille comes eandem terram ab illa venerabili familia Wintoniæ ciuitatis quia suus auus . Eanulf . comes dederat eam illi familiE . in ius proprium perpetualiter . At ille Ordlaf comes . x . manentes æt Funtgeall donauit episcopo . episcopus autem dedit . iii . manentes æt Ebincgtune . illi familiE quia commodius et utilius uidebatur episcopo atque familiE illa commutatio possessionum sicut nunc est quam sicut tunc erat . Ea autem conditione ille commutationes possessionum illarum facte sunt . ut quicunque episcopus in WintoniE civitate fuerit perpetualiter habeat Funtgeall . et illa familia equaliter habeat Ebincgtuun . Ordlaf autem et sui successores habeant Lidgeard . Si quis autem huius nostrE commutationis decretum conseruare uel augere in melius uoluerit . omnipotens et misericors omnium bonorum omnium remunerator . Deus hic et illic ubi iustorum omnium centupliciter premia redduntur illi reddat . Si quis uero inminuere uel infringere malivola mente quod non optamus ausus fuerit . 'sciat' se in tremendo die iudicii ante thronum summi iudicis in prEsentia omnium electorum suorum rationem redditurum nisi prius digna emendaverit penitentia . HEc autem cartula in Wintonia ciuitate scripta est . Anno dominicE incarnationis . dcccc . quo anno et Ælfred rex defunctus est . Indictione . iii . coram idoneis testibus quorum nomina subter scripta sunt. Ego Eadward Rex Ego Denewulf episcopus Ego Asser episcopus Ego Ordlaf Dux Ego Heahferd Dux Ego Deormod minister Ego Beorthelm minister Ego Osferd minister Ego Ælfric minister Ego Æ∂elweard minister Ego Oca minister Ego Ælfstan minister Ego Ælfred minister Ego Ælfheah minister Ego Vffa minister Ego Wulfred minister Ego Eada minister Ego Vfa minister Ego Tata minister Ego Æˇelstan minister Ego Beornstan minister Ego Æˇelstan minister Ego Ælfstan minister Ego Wighelm minister Ego Wulfstan minister Ego Wulfric minister Ego Ealhstan minister Ego Winsige minister Ego Ælfric minister Ego Siric minister Ego Wulfred minister