S 1389

A.D. 1037. Æthelnoth, archbishop of Christ Church, to Christ Church; grant of land at Godmersham which he had bought from Earl Sired for 72 marks of gold. English and Latin versions

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius A. III, ff. 2-7, f. 6r (s. xi; English)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gough Berks 20 (S.C. 17734), f. 13r (s. xviii; English)
3. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 189, ff. 195-201v, f. 201v (s. xii; Latin)
4. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. C, f. 203r (s. xv; Latin)
5. Canterbury, D.C., Reg. P, f. 27r (s. xiii in.; Latin)
6. London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1212, p. 330 (s. xiii; Latin)
7. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 223, f. 20r (s. xvi 1; Latin)

Printed:

Twysden, X Scriptores, col. 2225, Latin version, ex MS 3; K, 974, English version; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 100 (no. 8), English version; Fleming 1997, p. 148 (no. 82), Latin version, ex MS 5

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 89 (pp. 174-5), English version

Comments:

Robertson, Charters, p. 422; Brooks 1984, p. 298, cited; Ker, Catalogue, p. 240 (no. 185), art d, on MS 1

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    • + Ic Æþelnoð Cristes cyrcean arcebisceop gebohte þæt land æt Godmæresham æt Sirede eorle mid twam 7 hundseofontigan marcan hwites seolfres be gewihte . 7 geaf hit on minon halan life into Cristes cyrcean þan hirede to bigleofan into heora beodderne for mine sawle . 7 se þe þis wille awendan . awende hine Crist fram heofenan rices myrhðe into helle wite :-- Latin version: [A]nno dominice incarnationis millesimo .xxxvii. Ego Ægelnothus archiepiscopus tocius Brittannie comparaui septuaginta duabus marcis puri argenti a Siredo duce terram que uocatur Godmeresham, ad opus et uictum monachorum in ecclesia Christi in Dorobernia Deo seruiencium, pro salute anime mee. Quisquis eandem terram a iure prefate ecclesie auertere conatus fuerit, anathema sit.
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    • + I Æthelnoth, archbishop of Christ’s church [or Christ Church], bought the estate at Godmersham from Earl Sired for seventy-two marks of white silver by weight and I gave it, while of sound health, to Christ Church to sustain the community for their refectory, for my soul. And may Christ divert him, who intends to divert this, from the joy of the heavenly kingdom into the torment of hell.
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    • Ic Æˇelno∂ Cristes cyrcean arcebiscop gebohte ˇæt land æt Godmæresham æt Sirede eorle mid twam 7 hundseofontigan marcan hwites seolfres be gewihte . 7 geaf hit on minon halan life into Cristes cyrcean ˇan hirede to bigleofan into heora beodderne for mine sawle . 7 se ˇe ˇis wille awendan . awende hine Crist fram heofenan rices myrh∂e into helle wite.