S 273

A.D. 825 (Creodantreow, 19 Aug.; Southampton, 26 Dec.). Egbert, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (Winchester); grant of 5 hides (cassati) at (Martyr) Worthy, Hants. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 91v-92r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1033; B, 389; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 38

Comments:

Stevenson 1914, p. 703, dubious or spurious; Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 182-5, bounds are those of Martyr Worthy; Thorogood 1933, pp. 355-7; Finberg, ECW, no. 11, authentic basis; Hart 1970a, p. 34 (no. 161), authentic basis; Harrison 1973, p. 65, on dating clause; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 261; Whitelock, EHD, p. 185 n., 373 n., dating clause may be taken from genuine text; Sawyer 1983, p. 296, some authentic basis; Edwards 1988, pp. 146-8, 150-3, probably substantially genuine, but may have been reworked at Winchester; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1111-12, spurious in received from, but date and witness-list derived from charter of mid 820s, perhaps partly modelled on a charter of King Brihtric and partly on S 340; Smyth 1995, p. 253; Faith 1997, p. 34, on place-name

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    • ˇis is ˇara . v . hida boc æt Wor∂ie ˇe Egberht cing bocode Sancte Petre 7 Paule into ealdan mynstræ. + In nomine domini nostri et salvatoris Jhesu Christi . Ego Ecgberhtus regali fretus dignitate de terra quam precessores mei atque propinqui jure michi hereditario possidendam reliquerunt . aliquam portionem terræ monasterio sanctorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli pro remedio animæ meæ perpetualiter impendere largitus sum . in modum videlicet ut autumno . v . cassatorum in loco qui appellatur æt Wor∂ige . Hanc meam vero donationem hac conditione roborans confirmo . ut ipse locus habeat sub proprio dominio hanc terram cum montanis ac silvis pratisque et campis silvestreis adjunctis . apud antiquitatis statuta ad eam pertinentibus . Adhuc etiam et ego prefatus rex augere amplificarique elemosinam pro amore Dei fidelique servitio predicti monasterii terræ prefatæ . æt Wor∂ige . omnium sæcularium gravitudinum nec non et cunctorum in modico et in magno mund'i'alium servitutum libertatem concedo . excepto expeditione et pontis factione quod omni plebi commune est . Hic sunt termini terræ . Ærest ∂er sæ dic utt scæt æt ˇam bihtæ bætweog Igtunæ 7 Eastunæ . ∂onan ∂eowres ofer ˇanan bradan hærpa∂ ∂æ lige∂ to wor∂ig forda 7 to Alresforda . ∂æt on Igsætmearce 7 Eastuninga . ˇonnæ for∂ to Osmundæs garstunæs hyrnan . ∂onan for∂ o∂ bican gerstunes hyrnan . ∂onan feor∂e healf gir∂ be westan ˇam beorgan . ˇæ adolfen wæs . swa utt to stræte . ∂æt up to wassan dunæ ∂weores ofer ∂a dunæ . to deopan dæne . ∂æt ∂weores ofer ∂a dæne on bitan sled su∂ewear∂ 7 westewear∂ o∂ ∂æs ealdærmannæs mearcæ 7 land ˇæs ealdermannæs mearcæ o∂ ∂iccan ˇornæs to ∂am land gemære o∂ bisceopes mearcæ ∂æt ford and lang rode ford on Ycænan . Si quis hanc meam donationem augere et multiplicare voluerit ; augeat Deus bona illius hic et in futuro . Si vero quis hoc frangere vel mutare presumpserit . sciat se coram Christo et omnibus sanctis in die judicii rationem redditurum . nisi satisfactione ante emendaverit . Principium autem huius scedulæ scriptum est in hoste quando Ecgbertus rex Geuuissorum movet contra Brittones ubi dicitur Creodantreow . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dccc xxv . indictione . iii . xiiii . kl' Sept' . sub testimonio episcoporum ac procerum suorum quorum nomina in fronte huius cartulæ ascripta leguntur . Deinde istius agelluli privilegii singrapha caraxatum est in Omtune . vii . kl' Januar' . Ego Ecgberchtus hanc meam donationem signo almæ crucis Christi proprio manu confirmo . Signum manus Wighegni episcopi . Signum manus Ealhstani episcopi . Signum manus Monede præfecti . Signum manus Burheard præfecti . Signum manus Witheard præfecti .