S 1376

A.D. 975 x 978. Æthelwold, bishop, and the community at Old Minster, Winchester, to Ælfwine; grant of 12 hides at Moredon in Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts., in exchange for 2 acres within Winchester. Latin and English versions

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 8r (s. xii med.; Rumble 1982, p. 155)

Printed:

K, 1347, both versions; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 5, no. 56

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 53 (pp. 110-11), English version only; Rumble 2002, no. VIII (i and ii)

Comments:

Darlington 1955, p. 86; Robertson, Charters, pp. 356-7, English version seems primary; Finberg, ECW, no. 126, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 24 (no. 8), authentic; Biddle 1975, pp. 133, 236 n. 55, on topography; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 273, 283; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 63, on a witness, Æthelhild; Miller, New Minster, p. xxxvii, loss from New Minster archive; Rumble 2002, no. VIII (i and ii) + pl. II, relevant to Old Minster precincts

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    • Her sweotela∂ hu A∂elwold biscop 7 se hired on Winceastre on ealdan mynstre be Eadwardes cyninges leafe gehwyrfdon landa wi∂ Ælfwine Ælfsiges sunu 7 Æ∂elhilde . ˇæt is ∂onne ˇet se biscop 7 se hired him sealdon .xii. hida landes æt Mordune ˇe his yldran heora æftergengan to ∂i betehtan ˇet hi ælce geare of ∂an lande geformædon for∂a ˇe ˇa are gestrynden 7 Ælfsige his agen fæder ˇet ylcæn land æft ∂em hyrde on ealdan mynstre ˇær eal his for∂fædren rest for∂a feormæ betehte . 7 he him on ˇæt ylcan gera ˇær togeanes gesealde binnan Wintanceastre twegra æcera gewirde landes 7 ∂ene stream ˇe ∂ærto lig∂ binnan ∂æm rymette ˇe se biscop mid wealle into ∂em mynstre befangan hæf∂ to ∂an ealdan portwealle . 7 ˇa boc ˇærto agæf ∂e Ælfred cining his yldran gebocode . ∂onne wes ∂ises gehwerfes to gewitnesse Eadward cining 7 Aˇelwold biscop 7 Æˇælmær ealdorman 7 Æˇelgar abbod 7 Æ∂elhild 7 ∂a ∂ry hyredas on ealdan mynstre 7 on niwan mynstre 7 on nunnan mynstre 7 seo burhwaru on Winceastre. ˝onne synt ∂yses gehwerfes .iiii. gewrytu to geswitulunge . an is mid Ælfwine . o∂er in ealdan mynstre . ˇridde on niwan mynstre . feor∂e on nunnan mynstre.