S 275

A.D. 826 (Southampton). Egbert, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 55 hides (mansae) at Downton and 45 at Ebbesborne, Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 14r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1036; B, 391

Comments:

Hill 1910, on bounds; Stenton 1918, p. 451, spurious (= Stenton 1970, p. 65); Grundy, Wilts., I, p. 149, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 84; Finberg, ECW, no. 199, spurious; Hart 1970a, p. 25 (no. 26), spurious; Edwards 1988, p. 148, 10th-century fabrication, cf. S 229; Wormald 1988a, p. 39 n. 106; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1111-12, spurious in received form but forger has used charters of mid 820s

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    • Restitutio regis Egberhti de Duntune . Regnante imperpetuum domino nostro Jhesu Christo summo et ineffabili rerum creatori omnium visibilium et invisibilium . cunctis patenter mortalibus patet quod cuncta quæ videntur finem habe[n]t et quæ non videntur æterna sunt . Quapropter ego . Ecgberht . alti throni annuente moderatoris imperio rex Occidentalium Saxonum quandam ruris partem . c . videlicet mansas duobus in locis diremptas . l . et . v . videlicet in Duntun . et . xl . v . in Eblesburnam . Cum pratis silvis pascuis omnibusque ad se rite pertinentibus . cum consensu meorum optimatum pro meorum expiatione piaculorum meique statu imperii æcclesiæ quæ Wintoniæ in honore sancti Petri apostolorum principis Paulique dedicata consistit . uti Cynewalh in exordio Christianæ religionis concesserat perpetualiter renovando restaurandoque ammodum liberis concedo . Sit autem prædictum rus omni terrenæ servitutis jugo liberum tribus exceptis rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisve constructione . Et in domini nostri nomine præcipio ut nemo meorum successorum regum episcoporum principumve hanc meam donationem præsumat violare . Quod si quisquam transgressus fuerit . sciat se in judicio domini coram Christo et omnibus sanctis ejus ratione redditurum . penasque in æternum passurum nisi hic digna satisfactione celeriter emendare curaverit . quod contra sanctos Dei apostolos audacter dereliquit ; ˘is synd ˇa land gemere to Duntune . Erest on crawan crundel . on were∂an hylle . on syrdinges lea . on ebles burnan to . afene on pysere . on ∂a fulan lace . on earnes beorh on dic et betret trowe . on ∂one herepa∂ . to headdan grafe . ˇonne on ˇone hagan to witan fyr∂e . on dyre broc . on welewe . on ˇa dic et hyceles wyr∂e . ˇonne ofer ∂one feld on hagan ut ˇurch brember wudu on ∂one stenenan stapol . 7 lang herepa∂es . to fobban wylle . anlang herepa∂es to ˇes hagan ende to fegerhylde forda . on ∂one hagan . on ceorles lewe . on crawan crundul . ˇonne on ∂a yferan gemere . on stretford . on hrofan hrige . ˇæt 7 lang herepa∂es . on ∂a grettan dic . swa to cealcan gemere . ˇæt to weodu beorh hylle . swa to ebles burnan . ˇæt on beordune . swa to hafuc hlince . swa on ∂one rugan beorh . ˇæt 7 lang herepa∂es . on ∂a land gemere to brutforda . of ∂em herepa∂e eft on stradford . Scripta est hæc donationis cartula . Anno dominicæ . incarnationis . d.ccc.xxvi . indictione . iiii . Anno Egbert . regis . xxiiii . ducatus sui anno . xiii . In loco qui appellatur . in Omtune istis testibus consentientibus quorum nomina infra scripta videntur esse . Ego Egbertus . rex . libertatem prefate terræ signo crucis Christi confirmo . Signum manus Withegni episcopi . Signum manus Burhardi ducis . Signum manus Wlfrardi ducis . Alhstan præfecti signum manus . Monnedes præfecti signum manus . Hunes præfecti signum manus . Herefridi episcopi . Wehhelmes præfecti .