S 258

A.D. 749. Cuthred, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 10 hides (familiae) at Clere (Highclere, Hants.). Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 33r-v (s. xii med.; Dunlop 1940, opp. p. 7)

Printed:

K, 1006; B, 179; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 19

Printed and Translated:

Dunlop 1940, pp. 7-8

Comments:

Galbraith 1920, p. 382 n. 2, authentic; Crawford 1922, pp. 75-6, on topography, with map facing p. 81; Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 133-7, on bounds; Dunlop 1940, pp. 8-15, on topography; Watkin 1956, pp. 212 and n. 53, 230 and n. 54; John 1960, p. 43, on prohibition; Finberg, ECW, no. 6, pp. 217-18, authentic; on term familiae; Forsberg 1970, pp. 73-4, on weardsetl; Hart 1970a, p. 27 (no. 59), spurious; Finberg 1972, p. 413, on use of familiae; Hart, ECNE, p. 382, diplomatic identical with that of S 259, and the bounds with those of S 565; Yorke 1982, p. 81, authentic; Edwards 1988, pp. 140-3, fabrication based on S 259 and 565

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    • Donum Cuthredi regis to Clearan. Regnante in æternum domino nostro omnipotente Deo . Ego Cuthredus rex de terra juris mei aliquantulam portionem juxta mensuram scilicet . x . familiarum . quam solicolæ Cleran . nominant æcclesiæ Dei . Petro Pauloque dicatæ civitate Wentana hereditarie perpetualiter impendo . ita ut nullus successorum meorum ipsius terræ portionem ab æcclesia Dei numquam præsumptuosus auferat . Et hæc acta sunt . Anno ab incarnatione domini . dcc.xlviiii . et ut firmius supradictæ donationis meæ munificentiæ roboretur testes idoneos et adstipulatores ad subscribendum confirmandumque prædictæ possessionis privilegium adscivimus . Quorum nomina et personæ infra notantur . Ærest of Hildan hlewe on hunig weg . 7lang weges on Bregeswi∂estan . of ˇam stane on sceapwæscan . 7lang sceapwæscan . on Aleburnan . 7lang Aleburnan on beueres broces heafod . ˇanon on coferan treow . of coferan treowe . on ˇa bradan ac . of ˇara bradan æc on stuteres hylle ni∂ewearde . ˇonon on weard setl . of weard setle on wi∂ig grafas . ˇæt on scipdel . of scipdelle . on cypmanna [del] . of cypmanna delle 7lang weges . ˇæt eft on Hildan hlew . Ego Cuthredus rex propriæ donationis meæ munificentiam signo crucis Christi confirmans roboravi . Ego Hunfri∂ Dei gratia episcopus canonice consentiens subscripsi . Signum manus Æthilheardi economi atque abbatis . Signum manus Cynibaldi abbatis . Signum manus Cynrices . nobiles prosapiæ . Signum manus Ædilfridi præfecti . His limitibus prædictum rus circum vallatur .