S 270a

A.D. 801. Edbirtus (? Egbert), king of Wessex, to Eadgils, his minister; grant of 20 hides (mansiones) at Butleigh, Somerset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 153r (s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 169r (s. xiv)
3. Lost Glastonbury Liber Terrarum, no. 38 (see Abrams 1996, p. 32)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., ii. 843; K, 178 and vol. vi. 227, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 47 (no. 84, from MS 2; B, 300, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. 426 (no. 762), ex MS 1

Comments:

K, 178, suggests donor was Queen Eadburh; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., ii. p. cxlviii, suggests donor was King Egbert; Finberg, ECW, no. 401, authentic basis, accepts that donor was Egbert, king of Wessex, witnesses recur in S 268; Scott 1981, pp. 110, 201 n. 103; Edwards 1988, pp. 56-9, substantially genuine, donor was Queen Eadburh; Foot 1991, p. 174, on abbot Muca; Costen 1992, p. 43, on estate, dates bounds to s. x2; Abrams 1996, pp. 28, 32, 38, 61, 76-7, on MS sources, on estate history, donor most likely to have been King Egbert

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    • Carta Edberti regis de Buddecleigh. + Regnante imperpetuum domino nostro Jhesu Christo . et hæc temporalia terræ regna circumque voluerit dispensante . Ego Edbirtus rex eodem donante occidentalium Saxonum Eadgilso ministro meo ob ejus amabile obsequium et fidelem famulatum . terram viginti mansionum in loco qui dicitur Bodecanleighe . insolubili jure sibi suisque hæredibus . ab omni regali fisco liberam . præter expeditionem et muniminis atque pontis operationem . libenter impendo . hanc munificentiam largitatis anno dominicæ incarnationis .dccci. sic perstringens ut nemo successorum nostrorum sine ira Dei violare præsumat . Et hæc sunt testium nomina apiscibus literarum adjuncta . + Ego Cinebirt circumspector æcclesiarum Dei . + Ego Whitberd episcopus . + Ego Witfer minister . + Ego Lulla præfectus . + Ego Muca abbas . + Ego Whitbrord præfectus . Hæc sunt territoria . Erist on bregedeswere ˇanen on langen esher so on lancherpille . ˇanen on ucking Echer so on ˇe suellen to strete so to stanpille on langes ˇan weies on holenweie to coppanleighe so on ˇa Woldespaˇ . ˇanen on bodekaleie . so on driganleghe . ˇanen on Wriuwoldeswei of ˇan on Goldwei . so on cranhunterestone of ˇan on ˇa oldelake to hoctanyth on ˇe olde yo . ˇanen on selfith so on Welesith . of ˇer ythe on bregredeswere . Haunc cartulam reddidit Eadburth ad æcclesiam Glastingensem. + Ego Ecgberht rex hanc meam donationem signum crucis Christi inpressi . + Ego Cialnoth gratia Dei archiepiscopus hanc prædictam donationem cum signo sanctae crucis Christi roboravi 7 subscripsi. + Ego Beornmod episcopus consensi et subscripsi . + Ego Alhstan episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Coenred episcopus consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Osmod dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Uulfhard dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Eanuulf dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Bofa dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Drihtnoth abbas consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Freodoric abbas consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Heaberht diaconus consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Beornmod minister consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Heanoth minister consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Oshere minister consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Alhhere minister consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Lulla minister consensi 7 subscripsi .