A.D. 685 x 689. Cædwalla, king of Wessex, to Abingdon Abbey; part of a grant of land at Cumnor, Berks., at Geatescun and woodland called Ædeleahing. Latin

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Abingdon

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C. IX, ff. 105-203, f. 105r (s. xii 2)

Printed:

Stevenson, Chron. Abingdon, i. 8 n; B, 844

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    • Ærest on Eoccenforda, up 7lang Eoccenes to abbedes dic, þet to cealdan wulle, 7 to mearcforda, 7lang broces oð þene grenen weig, 7lang weges to broce, 7 to wuduforda, 7 adune be broce oð pyppel riðiges ut scyte, 7 þurhð dene mor a be riðige to guman grafe, 7 to pyppel bricge, 7 on þene sic æt þære fulan æc, 7 to hæglea on þæne bradan mere, 7 a be wyrtwalan to Bromcumbes heafod, 7 on gerihtum to Abbendune to þere port strete, 7 andlang stret on hiwege, 7 to ecgunes wyrðe, þenne on Bacganleah, 7 on scæceling æcer, 7 ut on stanford, 7 to mæg þeforda, 7lang lace ut on Temese, 7 on forð mid streame wið ufan micclanige on Cearewyllan, eft wið neoðan Berige on Temese, 7 þer up be streame, 7 on bacgan broc, 7 on heafoces oran, 7 on holan dene, 7 on tidewaldes wille, 7lang broces ut on Temese, 7 forð mid streame oð geafling lace, 7lang lace eft ut on Temese, 7 up be streame on Occenes gerstun dic, 7et a be dic on Eoccen, 7 þer up eft on Eoccenforda. Æðeleahing wudu, Colman ora 7 Geatescumb, hyren in to ðys twentigum hidum, þa ic sylf studum gerad, studum gereow 7 rumoðlice gescarode me sylfum 7 minum foregengum 7 eftyrgengum to ecum rymete, for Gode 7 for worulde. Gyf hwa þurh deofles lare genyrwe 7 ic Gode 7 s&cmacron;a Marian meaglum mode on ece yrfe geseald hæbbe, Drihten his andweald genyðrige her 7 on ecnesse, nymþe he mid fulre dædbote geinnige 7 he on urum Drihtne gereafoð. Silua que uocatur Ædeleahing et alia Colmonora et Greatescum pertinent his .xx. hidis, quos ego ipse modo partim equitando, modo partim nauigando large mensus sum, tum mihi, tum omnibus meis successoribus, pro Deo et pro seculo. Ceterum quisquis demonis instinctu de his diminuerit que ego Deo et sancte Marie deuota mente in perpetuum largitus sum, Christus illius potentiam diminuat hic et in euum, nisi cum perfecta emendatione adimpleat et restituat ea que a Deo abstulit.