S 148

A.D. 796 (Bath, Somerset). Ecgfrith, king of Mercia, to Æthelmund, his princeps; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Huntena tun. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. I, pt 2, ff. 181-84v, f. 181v (s. xi)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, f. 52r (s. xi 1)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 108-9; K, 170, ex MS 1; K, 171, ex MS 2; B, 277, ex MS 1; B, 278, ex MS 2; Earle, pp. 64-5; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 1, nos 90-1

Comments:

Finberg, ECWM, no. 51, authentic, suggests Huntena tun lay in Gloucs. near Huntingford in Tortworth, MS 1 a poor copy of MS 2, cf. p. 37 (S 63); Sims-Williams 1975, p. 9, on reference to Bath; Abels 1988, pp. 215-16 n. 70; Sims-Williams 1990, pp. 38-9, on beneficiary; Whybra 1990, p. 44; Keynes 1994c, pp. 7-8 n. 30, 21 n. 96, 47; Keynes 1998, p. 3

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    • Hvntena tvn. + Sæculi namque labentis tempora . sicut umbræ fugientes sic velociter tranant . variæque eventuum status in cogitationes hominum conscendunt . Qua pro[p]ter ego Ecgfridus rex Merciorum concedo meo fideli principi . iii . cassatos æt Huntena tun Æˇelmundo liberaliter ad possidendum . pro ereptione peccaminum meorum . sicut antea Uhtred et Aldred Beornardo concesserunt . Et hoc gestum est in celebri vico qui Saxonice vocatur æt Ba∂um . his testibus consentientibus . + Ego Ecgfridus rex hanc meam donationem confirmavi . + Ego Brihtricus rex . + Ego A∂elhardus archiepiscopus . + Ego Hea∂ored episcopus . + Ego Eadulf electus . + Ego For∂red abbas . + Ego Brorda princeps . + Ego Æˇelmund . + Ego Eadgar . Marginal Note: Hvntena tvn. Marginal Note in a Later Hand: H?tona + In nomine domini nostri . Ego Ecgfridus Deo donante rex Merciorum . Æ∂elmundo . meo fideli principe hanc prænominatam terram tres cassatos id est Huntena tun . etiam liberaliter illi omni rei et firmiter ad habendum concedo . Pro ereptione peccaminum meorum et salute animæ meæ . Ac sicut antea Aldred et Uhtred subreguli Huuicciorum Beorhearde concesserunt . Sic iterum plene conscribimus illi cum omnibus utilitatibus quæ ad illius agri cultura rite pertinet . Et hoc gestum est in celebre monasterio quod Saxonice nominatur æt Ba∂un . Et hii testes adfuissent . quorum hic nomina et signa tenentur . + Ego Ecgfri∂us rex Merciorum hanc meam elemosinam signo crucis Christi confirmabo . + Ego Berhtric rex Occidentalium Saxonum signo crucis Christi munio . + Ego Æ∂elheard archiepiscopus consigno et subscribo . + Ego Hea∂ored episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Eaduulf electus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego For∂red abbas consensi . + Brorda . + Æ∂elmund . + Eadgar .