S 259

A.D. 749. Cuthred, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 7 hides (familiae), consisting of 5 hides (mansae) at Thruhham (now Park Farm, Beaulieu), 1 at Eppelhyrste (lost, near Brockenhurst) and 1 at Hwitanleage (Whitley, near Brockenhurst), Hants. Latin

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 113r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1007; B, 180; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 20

Comments:

John 1960, p. 43, on prohibition; Finberg, ECW, no. 6, pp. 217-18, authentic; on term familiae; Hart 1970a, p. 37 (no. 195), authentic; Finberg 1972, p. 413, on use of familiae; Yorke 1982, p. 81, authentic; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Edwards 1988, pp. 140-3, 163, apparently authentic

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    • Donum regis Cuthredi Wentanæ ecclesiæ de ˘ruhtham. Regnante in perpetuum omnipotente Deo . Ego Cuthredus rex de terra juris mei aliquantulum portionem juxta mensuram scilicet . vii . familiarum æcclesiæ Dei Petro et Paulo dicatæ civitate Wentana hereditarie perpetualiter impendo . v . videlicet mansas æt ˘ruhham . et l . æt Eppelhyrste . et . l . æt Hwitanleage . ita ut nullus successorum meorum ipsius terræ portionem ab æcclesia Dei nunquam præsu[m]ptuosus auferat . Et hæc acta sunt anno ab incarnatione domini . dcc.xlix . Et ut firmius supradictæ donationis meæ munificentia roboretur ; testes idoneos et adstipulatores ad subscribendum confirmandumque prædictæ pos'ses'sionis privilegium adscribimus . quorum nomina et personæ infra notantur . Ego Cuthredus rex propriæ donationis meæ munificentiam signo crucis Christi confirmans roboravi . Ego Hunfridus Dei gratia episcopus canonice consentiens subscripsi . Ego Cynibaldus abbas concessi .