A.D. 946 x 953. Æthelnoth, priest, to New Minster, Winchester; grant of land at Basing, Hants., and elsewhere, which he had been given by King Edmund. Old English, Middle English and Latin versions

Archive:

Winchester, New Minster

MSS:

1. Shirburn Castle, Earl of Macclesfield, Liber Abbatiae, f. 21r-v (s. xv 1)

Printed:

Edwards, Liber de Hyda, pp. 146-7; B, 804, Old English; B, 805, Middle English; B, 806, Latin; Birch, Liber Vitae, p. 231, Old English, ex Edwards; Miller, New Minster, no. 14; Miller, New Minster, Appendix, p. 189, Middle English and Latin translations

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 28 (pp. 54-5), Old English

Comments:

Grundy, Hants., I, p. 101; Robertson, Charters, pp. 310-11; Finberg, ECW, no. 69, authentic; Rumble 1983, pp. 263-9, on estate; Keynes 1996, p. 23 n. 77, dubious, probably not contemporary; Miller, New Minster, pp. xlvii-li, no. 14, post-Conquest forgery, making explicit claim to estate for which the charter does not mention New Minster

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    • Ic Æthelnoð sacerd an þes landes æt Basyngum mid ealra þæra landes þæt me cining Edmund sealde into niwan ministre on Wintanceacestre minra sawla þearfe, æc to fremdon 7 mæge ut to seallan, mid ealra freogdom þæt me cining Edmund giefan habban. Gewitenesse + Eadred cining + Æthelgar biscop + 7 Ælfric biscop + 7 menigfeald oþæra manna.
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    • Ic Æthelno∂ sacerd an ˇes landes æt Basyngum mid ealra ˇæra londes ˇæt me cining Edmund sealde into niwan ministre on Wintanceacestre minra sawla ˇearfe, æc to fremdon 7 mæge ut to seallan, mid ealra freogdom ˇæt me cining Edmund giefan habban. Gewitenesse + Eadred cining + Æthelgar biscop + 7 Ælfric biscop + 7 menigfeald oˇæra manna.