S 244

A.D. 702. Ine, king of the Saxons, to Beganus (? Beaga); grant of one hide (mansa) Athom (possibly Ham, near Muchelney, Somerset) and a fishery on the river Parret. Latin with bounds in Latin and English

Archive:

Muchelney

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 56488, f. 63r (s. xiii 2)

Printed:

Bates, Two Cartularies, no. 106 (pp. 95-6)

Translated:

Bates, Two Cartularies, no. 106 (pp. 95-6), bounds only

Comments:

Bates, Two Cartularies, p. 96, suspicious; Finberg, ECW, no. 367, authentic, bounds too brief for secure identification but probably refer to Ham near Muchelney; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 201-3, probably authentic, although ill-copied and corrupt in places

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    • Ahtbegonis possessio. Libertas. In nomine Jhesu Christi Salvatoris nostri. Quamvis enim sermones fidelium personarum ad noticiam alicujus donacionis in curriculo presentis temporis sufficiant ea tamen que pro amore omnipotentis Dei aut data vel facta sunt in aliqua donacione debemus indiciis literarum cum ydoniis testibus roborare. Nam ego Yny Saxanorum regnum Domino adjuvante aliquam terre in loco qui dicitur Athom unam mansam fratri Begano cum parte fluminis Pedrit ad piscandum et ad eum jure sect' pertinet, pro remedio anime mee dedi hanc enim donacionem quam libenter contuli ei habeat ipse in dominico potestates proprie et nullus contra venire tirannica potestate fretus audeat. Si quis vero voluerit hanc donacionem frangere aut irritam facere, sciat se racionem in tremendo judicio redditurum Domino Deo vivo et vero. Hec vero munificencia scripta est anno septingenteseimo secundo incarnacionis Jhesu Christi Domini nostri xva indicione. Hec sunt hujus agelli teritoria. In oriente the Rede leygh et deinde on Lanschareweye nytherwardon deinde on an diche in a meroe.