Writ of the monk Edwin, child-master at New Minster, Winchester, concerning an agreement between Old and New Minster. English

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster and Winchester, New Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 116v-117r (s. xii med.)
2. London, British Library, Stowe 944, f. 40r-v (s. xii)

Printed:

K, 922; Thorpe, pp. 321-4; Birch, Liber Vitae, pp. 96-100; Miller, New Minster, no. 34; Miller, New Minster, Appendix, p. 211, from MS 1; Miller, New Minster, p. liii, no. 34, clearly a later forgery, probably from the end of the twelfth century; probably real traditions underlie

Printed and Translated:

Harmer, Writs, no. 113 (pp. 401-2), ex MS 2

Comments:

Harmer, Writs, pp. 387-95, 527, spurious; Hart 1970a, p. 38 (no. 210), spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 143 n. 209, dubious; Ker, Catalogue, no. 274 (art. f); Lapidge and Winterbottom 1991, pp. xiii-xiv; Keynes 1996, pp. 56, 90, 91, 101, cannot be authentic in received form, but incorporates some convincing circumstantial evidence

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    • Ic Eadwine munuk cilda mæstere an niwan mynstre grete þe wel Ælfsige biscop. Ic kyþe þe laford þæt nu for þreon gearan ic læig innan minan portice anbuton nontide 7 me atewde þær þe halga Cuthbert openlice. Ic þæs swiþe bliþe wæs. Ic eode to minan abbode Ælfwine & bed hinæ þæt ic moste norþ faran to þan halgan 7 hine gesecan. Ac min abbod Ælfwine me þæs forwirnde 7 eac forbead. Ic þa fæng on minne agænne ræd 7 eode me þidær norð. 7 me þær Ægelwine bisceop mid weorscipe underfeng. 7 me geuþe God 7 þe halga þæt ic hine minan handan gewochs 7 his heafod mid kambe gekemde 7 his hær mid scearan gæcearf 7 hine eall myd nywan scrude gescrydde 7 his ealde claþas him fram genam. Sum ic þær let 7 sum ic her habbe. Nu hlaford bæþohte ic me þæt ic nefde mines abbodes leafe. 7 ic þær fore ham gæwende 7 kom me into ealdan mynstre 7 gesohte Crist 7 sancte Peter 7 sancte Swiðun 7 þe wolde, ac þu nære æt ham. Ac ic funde Leofwine þone decanum 7 ealle þa gebroðra, 7 hi me weorþlice 7 bliþelice underfengan, 7 he me to minan abbode geþingodan. 7 he me bliþelice underfeng. Si Gode lof. Nu wille ic þæ kyþan hlaford Ælfsige biscop hu þeos cwydrædene fyrmæst wæs staþelod betwyx ealdan minstre 7 niwan mynstre, ealswa ic self hi hyrde þa þæ ic geong wæs. Hure hlaford sancte Alwold læig seok 7 him kom to þe haliga Dunstan of Cantwarabyrig for hine to geneosienne 7 ure ealder Æþælgar abbod þyder eode 7 munekas mid him, þæt wæs Boia þe ealda 7 Ælfric decanus 7 Ælfnoð þe metere 7 Ælfwine þæ nu abbod is. 7 þær coman munekas of ealdan minstre, þæt wæs Ealdwig 7 Wlstan cantor 7 Godwine decanus 7 maniga oþre mid him. Þa aras Boia þæ ealda munuk 7 sæt a cneowan ætforan sancte Aþelwolde 7 bed hine þæt he scolde settan gode lagan betwyx þan twam mynstran on muneca dagan, ealswa Friþestan biscop hæfde geset a preosta dagan. þæt wæs þæt þa tweien hiredas weran eall to anan on eallan godcunnesse, 7 þæt wæs gif ænig preost forðferde on aþere steda hi scolde ealle togædere kuman 7 þæt lic bebirian 7 eallne þeowdom don þe to Gode belumpe, 7 a cirichalgamdeig þe biþ binnan ealdan mynstre scoldan kuman þa preostas of niwan mynstre to ealdan mynstre, 7 þær beon to efensanga 7 to uhtsange 7 to mæssan 7 to gereorde, 7 þa preostas of ealdan mynstre sceoldan kuman to niwan mynstre æt sancte Iudoces mæssedæge eall on þa ylce wisan. 7 gif ænigan preoste mistimode on aþran mynstre ne fore he nahwider ac gesohte he his neahgaburas 7 hi him þingadan. Þa þis gehyrde sancte Aþelwold, þa hæ rede þæt hit swa wære nu on his timan 7 on þara muneka, 7 cwæþ Godes curs eallan þan þe æfre þis undidan. 7 geaf to tacne þæt hit staþelfæst beon sceolde twa brune mæssehakelan ane into ealde mynstre 7 oðre into niwan mynstre.
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    • Ic Eadwine munuk cilda mæstere an niwan mynstre grete ˇe wel Ælfsige biscop. Ic kyˇe ˇe laford ˇæt nu for ˇreon gearan ic læig innan minan portice anbuton nontide 7 me atewde ˇær ˇe halga Cuthbert openlice. Ic ˇæs swiˇe bliˇe wæs. Ic eode to minan abbode Ælfwine & bed hinæ ˇæt ic moste norˇ faran to ˇan halgan 7 hine gesecan. Ac min abbod Ælfwine me ˇæs forwirnde 7 eac forbead. Ic ˇa fæng on minne agænne ræd 7 eode me ˇidær nor∂. 7 me ˇær Ægelwine bisceop mid weorscipe underfeng. 7 me geuˇe God 7 ˇe halga ˇæt ic hine minan handan gewochs 7 his heafod mid kambe gekemde 7 his hær mid scearan gæcearf 7 hine eall myd nywan scrude gescrydde 7 his ealde claˇas him fram genam. Sum ic ˇær let 7 sum ic her habbe. Nu hlaford bæˇohte ic me ˇæt ic nefde mines abbodes leafe. 7 ic ˇær fore ham gæwende 7 kom me into ealdan mynstre 7 gesohte Crist 7 sancte Peter 7 sancte Swi∂un 7 ˇe wolde, ac ˇu nære æt ham. Ac ic funde Leofwine ˇone decanum 7 ealle ˇa gebro∂ra, 7 hi me weorˇlice 7 bliˇelice underfengan, 7 me to minan abbode geˇingodan. 7 he me bliˇelice underfeng. Si Gode lof. Nu wille ic ˇæ kyˇan hlaford Ælfsige biscop hu ˇeos cwydrædene fyrmæst wæs staˇelod betwyx ealdan minstre 7 niwan mynstre, ealswa ic self hi hyrde ˇa ˇæ ic geong wæs. Hure hlaford sancte Alwold læig seok 7 him kom to ˇe haliga Dunstan of Cantwarabyrig for hine to geneosienne 7 ure ealder Æˇælgar abbod ˇyder eode 7 munekas mid him, ˇæt wæs Boia ˇe ealda 7 Ælfric decanus 7 Ælfno∂ ˇe metere 7 Ælfwine ˇæ nu abbod is. 7 ˇær coman munekas of ealdan minstre, ˇæt wæs Ealdwig 7 Wlstan cantor 7 Godwine decanus 7 maniga oˇre mid him. ˝a aras Boia ˇæ ealda munuk 7 sæt a cneowan ætforan sancte Aˇelwolde 7 bed hine ˇæt he scolde settan gode lagan betwyx ˇan twam mynstran on muneca dagan, ealswa Friˇestan biscop hæfde geset a preosta dagan. ˇæt wæs ˇæt ˇa tweien hiredas weran eall to anan on eallan godcunnesse, 7 ˇæt wæs gif ænig preost for∂ferde on aˇere steda hi scolde ealle togædere kuman 7 ˇæt lic bebirian 7 eallne ˇeowdom don ˇe to Gode belumpe, 7 a cirichalgamdeig ˇe biˇ binnan ealdan mynstre scoldan kuman ˇa preostas of niwan mynstre to ealdan mynstre, 7 ˇær beon to efensanga 7 to uhtsange 7 to mæssan 7 to gereorde, 7 ˇa preostas of ealdan mynstre sceoldan kuman to niwan mynstre æt sancte Iudoces mæssedæge eall on ˇa ylce wisan. 7 gif ænigan preoste mistimode on aˇran mynstre ne fore he nahwider ac gesohte he his neahgeburas 7 hi him ˇingadan. ˝a ˇis gehyrde sancte Aˇelwold, ˇa hæ rede ˇæt hit swa wære nu on his timan 7 on ˇara muneka, 7 cwæˇ Godes curs eallan ˇan ˇe æfre ˇis undidan. 7 geaf to tacne ˇæt hit staˇelfæst beon sceolde twa brune mæssehakelan ane into ealde mynstre 7 o∂re into niwan mynstre.