S 309

A.D. 854 (Wilton, 22 April). Æthelwulf, king, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; restitution of 3 hides (mansae) at Headbourne Worthy, Hants., originally granted by King Cenwalh. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 90r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1055; B, 473; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 52

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, p. 216 and n. 2, doubtful, uses same formulas as S 242 (spurious), including immunity clause from Edgar's chancery; Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 127-30, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 17, spurious; Hart 1970a, p. 34 (no. 158), spurious; Biddle et al. 1976, p. 261, cited; Keynes 1994b, p. 1122 n. 1, spurious, dating clause and witness-list from a 'Second Decimation' charter; Faith 1997, p. 34, on place-name

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    • ˘is is ˇara . iii . hida boc æt Wor∂ige . Donum regis A∂ulf . Domino nostro Jhesu Christo in perpetuum regnante . Cui cuncta jure famulantur elementa mundi . Omnibus ut reor luce clarior mortalibus patet . quod digne gloria parvipendenda est mundi quia decidit ut flos feni . Quapropter ego A∂ulf rex largiflua summi tonantis annuente clementia regali fretus dignitate quandam ruris particulam tres scilicet mansas in loco qui ab incolis huius patriæ . æt Wor∂ige nuncupatur . cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus . pratis . silvis . pascuisque sicut prædecessor meus . Kynewalh . divino scilicet adtactus instinctu jam dudum concessit ecclesiæ . quæ Wentane in almæ trinitatis veræque unitatis honore nec non et apostolorum Petri Paulique consecrata consistit . pro meorum expiatione facinorum libens perpetualiter restituo . Hanc donationem cum omnium mei temporis consensu procerum tali curavi renovari assertione . ut nulla meorum persona successorum diabolicæ astu ; calliditatis insollescens eam unquam in aliud transferre presumat . Sit autem predictum rus omni terrene servitutis jugo solutum . tribus exceptis expeditione . pontis arcisve restauratione . Acta est autem huius terræ libertas . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dccc . et . liiii . Indictione . i . pascali sollempnitate nobili palatio in Wiltune . Qui autem hoc nostrum donum augere voluerit ; augeat dominus ejus prosperitatem . Qui minuere præsumpserit . per auctoritatem beati Petri . ejusque coapostoli Pauli anathema sit . nisi cum satisfactione suum reatum ante obitum emendaverit . ˝is synd ˇa land ge mæra to Wor∂ige ˇæt is of icenan and lang ˇæra dic . up to ˇære hylle . of ˇære hylle . and lang ˇære dic . eft sona up to heafod stoccan . of heafod stocca . and lang stræt to lusan ˇorne . of lusan ˇorne to deopan delle . up to kinges stane . from kincges stane . up to holan stane . of holan stane . up to fyrd geate . of fyrd geate . to wic herpa∂e . and lang wic herpæ∂es . æft to kynges stane . of kynges stane to ysan pyttan . of isan pyttan to twelf ækeran . of twelf ækeran . ut ford bufon scortan hlince . æt ˇæs furlanges ende . 7 swa for∂ to ˇære byrig . 7 swa into hydiburnan . Ego A∂elwulf rex . Ego Ealhstan episcopus . Ego Swithun episcopus . Ego Æˇelbald dux . Ego Osric dux . Ego Wulwfhere dux . Ego Æˇelbyrht dux . Ego Wullaf abbas . Ego Werfer∂ abbas . Ego Æˇelred filius regis . Ego Ælfred filius regis . Ego Æsne minister . Ego Kynewulf minister . Ego Kyneheah minister . Ego Æscheard minister . Ego Osmund minister .