S 1286

A.D. 904 (Bicanleag, ? Bickleigh, Devon). Denewulf, bishop of Winchester, and his familia, to King Edward; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Stoce near Shalbourne, Wilts., in exchange for privileges for the minster at Taunton. Latin

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 26v-27r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1082; B, 611; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 69

Comments:

Darlington 1955, pp. 86-7, suggests that the land æt Stoce has been absorbed into Bedwyn and is represented by Stokke House; Finberg, ECW, no. 225, authentic, estate may have included the land at Ham covered in S 416; Hart 1970a, p. 27 (no. 46), authentic; O'Donovan 1973, p. 102; Sawyer 1983, pp. 298-9, on meeting-place; Fleming 1985, p. 253; Dumville 1992, pp. 43, 107-8 n. 248, iuxta Scealdeburnan is an interlineation in the MS, so identification may not be secure; Keynes 1992, p. 69, on a witness; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1144-5, 'makes a good impression'

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    • Rubric: Commutatio facta æt Stoce be Scealdeburnan pro libertate Tantonie a Denewulfo Edwardo regi Dispensante et gubernante domino nostro Iesu Christo . Incommotabiliter omnia visibilia et inuisibilia quamuis uerba regum et procerum decreta . uelut fundamenta montium ad modicum fixa uideantur . tamen quia plerumque tempestates et turbines secularium rerum regnorum statuta fuscantes quatiunt . Quapropter litterarum memoriE commendare procurauimus . quod . Denewlf . episcopus Wintoniensis EcclesiE et illa uenerabilis familia ibidem commanens dederunt . Eadwardo regi . xx . manentes in eodem loco quod saxonicE dicitur æt Stoce 'iuxta Scealdeburnan' ut ille habeat et possideat in suis diebus . Et post suos dies cuilibet heredi uoluerit relinquat . cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus in perpetuam libertatem . ab omnibus secularibus rebus expeditas excepta expeditione et arcis . et pontis . constructione . et conductione pro perpetua libertate illius monasterii quE dicitur Tantun . in quo antea multa regalium tributorum iura consistebant . quo et illud monasterium equaliter ab omnibus regalibus et commitialibus tributis liberum et inmune perpetualiter permaneat . Si quis hanc monstram donationem et commutationem custodire et augere uoluerit ; custodiat illum Deus et augeat sibi omnia bona prEsentis et futurE uitE . sin uero minuere uel infringere mala mente uoluerit ; sciat se in horrendo illo die seueri examinis coram summo iudice ineuitabilem redditurum rationem nisi hic prius digna emendauerit penitentiE . HEc autem cartula . Anno dominicE Incarnationis . d . cccc . iiii . Indictione . vii . Scripta est in illa uenatoria uilla quE saxonicE dicitur . Bicanleag . coram ueredicis testibus quorum nomina subter craxata sunt . Ego Eadward rex . Ego Eˇelweard filius regis . Ego Osferd frater regis . Ego Plegmund archiepiscopus . Ego Denulf episcopus . Ego Asser episcopus . Ego Wulfsige episcopus . Ego Wighelm episcopus . Ego Ceolmund episcopus . Ego Ordlaf dux . Ego Osulf dux . Ego Beocca dux . Ego Ordgar dux . Ego Wulfsige dux . Ego Heahfer∂ dux . Ego Byrhnelm dux . Ego Withbor∂ dux . Ego Deormo∂ dux . Ego Beorhtelm minister . Ego Odda minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Stricca minister . Ego Wulfhere minister . Ego Æˇelstan minister . Ego Wino∂ minister . Ego Elfre∂ minister . Ego Wulfhun minister . Ego Buga minister . Ego Eˇelweard minister . Ego Elfstan minister . Ego Uffa minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Sigric minister . Ego Ceolstan minister . Ego Cufa minister . Ego Eˇeric minister .