S 255

A.D. 739 (10 April). Æthelheard, king, to Forthhere, bishop; grant of 20 hides (cassati) at Crediton, Devon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Exeter (ex Crediton)

MSS:

1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2 (S.C. 31346), no. I (s. xi 2; BA Facs., 29; Hooke 1994, pl. V, opp., p. 87))

Printed:

B, 1331; Napier and Stevenson, pp. 1-3

Translated:

Crediton 1913, pp. 185-7; Whitelock, EHD, no. 69 (pp. 495-6), bounds omitted

Comments:

Napier and Stevenson, pp. 37-64, authentic, discussion of bounds, see also S 1546b; Crediton 1913, pp. 181-8, on bounds; Stevenson 1914, p. 703, authentic; PN Devon, p. 402 n; Rose-Troup 1942, pp. 243-8, on bounds; Finberg 1953, pp. 8 (no. 2), 20-7, on bounds (also in Finberg 1964, pp. 116-24); Bishop 1955, p. 195, MS an apograph; Chaplais 1966, p. 10 (no. 8), written c. 1069 in same hand as S 433 MS 2, and Exeter, D. & C., MS 2528, dubious authenticity (= 1981, XV, p. 10); Finberg 1969, pp. 61-5, improved copy of genuine charter (= Finberg 1968); Brooks 1971, pp. 75-6, vernacular bounds probably later interpolation but Latin text has no obvious anachronisms, discusses immunity; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 495-6, suspicious features but may have authentic basis; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Abels 1988, p. 229 n. 69; Edwards 1988, pp. 255-8, basically authentic, but interpolated and rewritten in 11th century, hidation altered; O'Donovan, Sherborne, pp. liv, 2, text and witness-list authentic, bounds added; BA Facs., p. 9, basically authentic charter of Æthelheard combined with independent bounds of Creedy-land

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    • Endorsements from various times: (1) B . boc . xx . hyda to Crydian . Æ∂elardi Regis . de . xx . hidis de Cridia . (2) vel Criditonia . + In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi salvatoris . 'Omnia quæ videntur' secundum apostolum 'temporalia sunt . et quæ non videntur æterna sunt' . Idcirco terrenis ac caducis rebus perpetua et mansura Deo patrocinium prestante mercanda sunt . Quamobrem ego Aethelardus rex aliquam terram ad construendum monasterium id est . xx . cassatos in loco ubi dicitur Cridie pontifici nostro Forthhero perpetualiter impendere curavi cum commoditatibus cunctis in ea consistentibus . hanque donationem coram idoneis testibus corroboravi . ut nemo sine periculo animæ suæ infringere valeat . quod coram tam egregiis consiliariis peractum est . Territoria autem hæc sunt . Ærest of cridian brycge on herpa∂ . andlanges herpa∂es on sulhford to exan . ˇonne andlang eaxan o∂ focgan ige∂as . of focgan ige∂um on landsceare hricg . of landsceare hricge on luhan treow . of luhan treowe on hagan get . of hagan gate on doddan hrycg . of doddan hrycge on grendeles pyt . of grendeles pytte on ifigbearo . of ifigbeara on hrucgan cumbes ford . of hrucgan cumbes forda on fearnburh . of fearnbyrig on earnes hricg . of earnes hrycge on wealdan cumbes ford . of wealdan cumbe on tettan burnan . of tettan burnan up on stream o∂ lyllan broc . of lyllan broce on middel hrycg . of middel hrycge on herepa∂ ford . of herepa∂ forda on cyrtlangeat . of cyrtlan gate on suran apuldre . of suran apuldran on grenan weg . of grenan wege on wulfpyt . of wulfpytte on stream o∂ ˇa laca tolycgaˇ . ˇonne up on hrycg myddeweardne andlang hrycges o∂ ˇone pa∂ . of ˇam pa∂e sceaftrihte on alr su∂ ofer on hlypan . of hlypan on byrccumbes heafod . of byrccumbes heafode on hanan forda ˇanon on bradan æsc . of bradan æsce on foxcumbes heafod . ˇanon on stanford on eowan . of stanforda on arlscagan . of alrscagan on eor∂ geberst . ˇanon on grenan dune . of grenandune on herepa∂ on puttan stapul . ˇanon on beornwunne treow . ˇanon on bucgan ford . of bucgan forda on brunwoldes treow . ˇanon on æsccumb ˇone on wonbroc . 7 langes streames on teng upon stream on teng o∂ pa∂ford . ˇanon on francancumb . of francumbe on drosncumbes heafod . ˇanon on deormere . of deormere on langan stan . ˇanon on hurrancumbes heafod . of hurrancumbes heafde on riscford on nimed . ˇanon on healre dunæ . of healre dune on wærnan festen . ˇanon on cyddanford . of cyddanforda on cæfcan græfan . ˇanon on caines æcer . of caines æcere on wulfcumbes heafod . ˇanon on stanbeorg . of stanbeorge on cærswille . of cærswille on di∂ford . ˇanon on dices get . of dices gate on unnan beorh . ˇanon on swincumb . of swincumbe on egesan treow . On nymed o∂ doflisc up o∂ wi∂igslæd . of wyˇigslade on eahta æc . ˇanon on hafoccumb . of hafoccumbe on haganget . ˇanon ut on hlypan . ˇanon on beonnan ford on crydian . ˇonne on stream o∂ hafoccumb . ˇonne on hagan get . ˇonne on ∂one ealdan herepa∂ o∂ ˇa eastran crydian . ˇonne andlang streames to cridian brycge . Huic autem terræ hanc libertatem augebo et firmiter constituo . ut omnium causarum fiscalium . et rerum regalium ac secularium operum sit inmunis . sempiternaliterque secura . nisi tantum expeditionalium rerum . Qui augeat augeantur bona illius . et qui minuat seu transmutet . conuertatur gaudium illius in luctum . pænasque infernales perpetualiter luat . Acta est autem hæc donatio anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi dccxxxviiii . Indictione vii . die . iiii . Iduum Aprilium :--- + Signum manus A∂ilhardi regis . + Signum manus Cuthredi . + Signum manus Frythogythæ . + Ego Danihel episcopus canonice subscripsi . + Ego Forthhere episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Signum manus Herefrythi prefecti . + Signum manus Duddi abbatis . + Signum manus Ecgfrithi prefecti . + Signum manus Puttoc prefecti .