S 151

A.D. 796 (Chelsea, Middx). Ecgfrith, king of Mercia, to Willegoda, abbot, and St Albans Abbey; grant of 5 hides (manentes) at Pinnelesfeld (Pinesfield Farm in Rickmansworth, Herts.). Latin with English bounds

Archive:

St Albans

MSS:

1. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, 7965-73 (3723), f. 156v (s. xvii)
2. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, 7965-73 (3723), f. 170r (s. xvii)
3. London, British Library, Cotton Nero D. I, ff. 149-61, f. 149v (s. xiii; without bounds)
4. London, British Library, Cotton Nero D. I, ff. 149-61, f. 153r-v (s. xiii; without bounds)

Printed:

Watts, Additamenta, p. 239; Alford 1663, ii. 678-9; K, 172; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 224 (no. 7); Luard, Additamenta, pp. 8-10; B, 280

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 702, spurious; Brooke and Keir 1975, p. 367, doubtful authenticity; Gelling, ECTV, no. 164, spurious; Sawyer 1983, p. 292, on meeting-place; Yorke 1985, p. 24; Keynes 1993, pp. 264, 269, 272-3, on MSS 1 and 2; fabrication in part modelled on genuine charter of late 8th century; Kitson 1993, p. 647, on bounds; Cubitt 1995, pp. 275-6, spurious

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    • Pynnesfeld. + Ego Ecgfridus rex Merciorum anno dominice incarnacionis . dcc . xcvi . indiccione . iiii . primo autem anno regni nobis a Deo concessi . terram itaque quinque manensium in loco qui dicitur Pinnelesfeld cum antiquis terminis pro benediccione nostri regni abbati Willegoda nomine ad possidendum dabo . de illa nanque in nomine domini precipiam ut semper sit beato Albano et monasterio suo subjecta . Et terre ille a laboriosis operibus et ab omnibus tributis vel censuris . et ab omnibus refeccionibus regum . vel principum . seu omnium expedicionum . pro redempcione anime mee libertam fixam . immutabilem . concedere curabo . Et possessor illius terre non habeat potestatem hanc terram a beato Albano diribare . Qui augeat beato Albano et monachis suis benediccionis gratiam . Augeat illi Deus in celesti Hierusalem . pacem et vitam æternam . Conscriptus est autem hic in loco qui dicitur Celchyth in synodo publico . Hec sunt nomina testium . huius donacionis . + Ego Ecgfridus rex hanc meam donacionem cum signo crucis confirmare enrabo . + Ego Cænuulfus rex Merciorum concedo . + Ego Cynedryˇ regina conscripsi . + Ego Sigricus . dux . + Ego Æˇelheardus archiepiscopus . + Ego Unuuona episcopus . + Ego Weohthunus episcopus . + Ego Alhmundus episcopus . + Ego Beonna abbas . + Ego Fo[r]ˇredus abbas . + Ego Ælfhunus episcopus . + Ego Sighere filius Sig[heri] . + Ego Brorda dux . + Ego Esne dux . Ego Wigbertus + dux . Ego Cydda + dux . Ego Wicga + dux . Ego Wynbertus + dux . Ego Alhmundus + dux . Ego Heardbertus + dux . Ego Cuˇbertus + dux . Ego Brorda + dux . Ego Eobingus + dux .