S 1449

A.D. 964 x 975 (? 970 x 975). Record of adjustment of the boundaries between the monasteries in Winchester. English

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 8v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 594; B, 1163; Birch 1889, Appendix, D

Translated:

Birch 1889, pp. 131-2; Quirk 1962, p. 175

Printed and Translated:

Thorpe, pp. 231-3; Robertson, Charters, no. 49 (pp. 102-5); Rumble 2002, no. VII

Comments:

Robertson, Charters, pp. 348-9, reference to Abbess Eadgifu (of Nunnaminster) is perhaps an interpolation; Quirk 1962, p. 175; Finberg, ECW, no. 121, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 24 (no. 11), authentic, dates ? 970 x 975; Biddle and Hill 1971, p. 70 n. 5, on Winchester topography; HRH, pp. 223, 235, probably genuine, if Eadgifu is indeed Edgar's daughter then the charter must be dated c. 975; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 267, 275, 283, 315, 322, 323, on Winchester topography; Foot 2000, II. 231, 247-8, 249-50; Miller, New Minster, p. xxxvii, loss from New Minster archive; Rumble 2002, no. VII, charter important for relations between the three minsters of Winchester; discusses date

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    • Her is geswitulod on ∂ysum gewrite hu Eadgar cining mid rymette gedihligean het ˇa mynstra on Wintancestræ syˇˇan he hi ∂urh Godes gyfe to munuclife gedyde . 7 ˇet asmeagan het ˇæt nan ∂era mynstera ˇær binnan ˇurh ˇet rymet wid o∂rum sace næfde . ac gif o∂res mynstres ar 'on' o∂res mynstres rymette lege ˇæt ˇes mynstres ealdor ∂e to ˇam rymette fenge ofeode ˇæs o∂res mynstres are mid swilcum ˇingum swylce ∂am hirede ∂æ ˇa are ahte gecweme wære . for ∂y ∂onne Aˇelwold bisceop on ˇes cinges gewitnesse 7 ealles ˇæs hiredes his bisceopstoles gesealde twa gegrynd butan sv∂ geate into niwan mynstre ongen ∂es mynstres mylne ∂e stod on ∂am rymette ∂e se cing het gerymen into ealdan mynstre . 7 se abbod Æˇelgar mid ge∂eahte ures cynelafordes 7 ˇes bysceopes Aˇelwoldes 7 ealles ˇæs hiredes ˇa ylcan mylne ˇe se bisceop seolde 7 o∂re ˇæ hi ær ahtun binnan ˇære byrig to sibbe 7 to some gesealde into nunnan mynstre . 7 Eadgyfe abbedesse ˇæs cinges dohter betehte ongen ∂one weterscype ˇe he into niwan mynstre be ∂es cinges leafan geteah . 7 ær ∂es nunhiredes wes . 7 him se tige sume mylne adilgade . 7 he gesealde ˇam cinge hundtwelftig mancæs reades goldes to ∂ance beforan Ælfdry∂e ∂ære hlæfdian 7 beforan ˇam bisceopan A∂elwolde wi∂ ˇam lande ∂æ seo ea on yrn∂ . fram ∂am nor∂wealle to ˇæs mynstres su∂wealle an lencge . 7 twegræ metgyrda brad ∂er ˇæt wæter ærest infyl∂ . 7 ˇær ˇæt land unbradest is ˇer hit sceol beon eahtatyne fota brad . ∂yses ic geann Æˇelgare abbode . 7 ˇam hirede into niwan mynstre for his gecwemre gehyrsumnesse a on ecnesse . 7 ic halsige ælc ∂ara ∂e eftær me cynerices wealde ˇurh ∂a halgan ∂rynnesse ˇet hyra nan næ undo ˇet ic to ∂am haligum mynstrum binnan ˇære byrig gedon hebbe . Se ˇe ∂is ˇonne awendan wylle ∂e ic to sibbe 7 to gesehtnesse betweoh ˇam mynstre geradigod hæbbe od∂e ˇara ∂inga ˇe on ˇissan ˇrim cyrogafum ∂e on ∂issum ˇrym mynstrum to swytelungum gesette syndon . awende hine se eca drihten fram heofenan rice . 7 su his wunung æfter his for∂si∂e on helle wite mid ˇam ∂e symle on ælcre ungeˇwærnesse blissia∂ butan he hit ær his for∂si∂e gebete.