S 249

A.D. 725. Ine, king of Wessex, to Froda, abbot, and the community at Muchelney; grant of 20 hides (manentes) at Ilminster, Somerset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Muchelney

MSS:

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

Printed:

Bates, Two Cartularies, no. 1 (pp. 35-6)

Translated:

Bates, Two Cartularies, no. 1 (pp. 35-6), bounds only

Comments:

Bates, Two Cartularies, pp. 36-7, suspicious, agrees mutatis mutandis with S 251; for proem see S 298; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 138-42, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 380, authentic; Cox 1976, p. 25, on place-name; Edwards 1988, pp. 204-6, fabrication based on S 251, probably produced in later 10th century

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    • Carta Yny regis de Yleminister. Siquidem salutaribus Christi instruamur eloquiis amicos nobis de mammona iniquitatis faciendos esse, qui nos in eterna recipiant tabernacula. Unde et ego Yny, rex Westsaxoni[e], una cum conjuge mea Ethelberga, porciunculam terre, que nobis divina dispensacione collata est, Dei servorum mancipare usibus decrevimus, quo nobis amplior in hereditate justorum porcio tribuatur, terram videlicet que appellatur Yleminister XX manencium Frody abbati et Christi familie que in Mycleneya omnipotenti Domino voluntarie devocionis obsequium impendit liberali munificentia collatam cum concientia ac consensu venerandi pontificis Fortheres, inconvulsa collacione donavimus possidendam, atque ut cercioribus documentis prefata concessio roboretur, propriis subscripcionis ipsius donacionis titulum firmamus presentium quorum testium infra subjectis annotacionibus jus testamenti plurimorum ratum stabileque curamus efficere indiciis. Si quis vero cujuslibet dignitatis vel potentie quovis deinceps tempore qualibet occasione hanc infringere tyrannica fretus presumpcione collacione temptaverit, sit a collegio catholice ecclesie separatus. Si quis vero pia preditus intencione hec probare ac defendere curaverit, amplificet Deus porcionem ejus in terra viventium. Scripta est hec cartula hujus donacionis anno ab incarnacione Domini DCCoXXVo. Et hec sunt territoria ù Erest on estewarde on Chelkwilles hevod. West ˇanene on catschaga, ˇanene bi wyrcrumme on langelinch, ˇanene on douelish, ˇanene bi wyrcrumme on carsford, of carsford on witewey, ˇanene bi wyrcrumme on stikelepaˇe, ˇanene on stonberninge, of stonberninge on dunnegete, ˇanene on dunnepool, ˇanene on dungraf, ˇanene on red ˇorn, ˇanene on slap, ˇanene on eˇynford, ˇanene on rith on rugelege, ˇanene on caducburne on strim, ˇanne on manneswyˇyg, ˇanene on dikedene ford on strim at eswelleschyt on yle, ˇanene on riht on landbrok on strim on chelkwilles hefod. Hii sunt testes quorum inferius nomina caraxantur et apicibus literarum ad majorem confirmacionem subscribuntur. + Ego Forthere episcopus consensi et subscripsi + Ego Weldhere prefectus + Ego Bruta prefectus + Ego Adelard frater regine prefectus + Ego Adelherd prefectus + Ego Vmming prefectus.