A.D. 854. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 20 hides (mansae) at Wanborough (i.e Little Hinton), Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. Winchester, DC., Library Showcase (s. xv 1; OS Facs., ii, Winchester 1)
2. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 85v-86r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1053; HS, p. 643, without bounds; B, 477; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 51; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 501-2

Comments:

HS, pp. 638, 643, doubtful; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 172-80; Zachrisson 1935, no. 23; Darlington 1955, p. 85, spurious; Thomson 1959, bounds are of Little Hinton, Wilts.; Finberg, ECW, no. 206, spurious, based on S 313; Hart 1970a, p. 33 (no. 149), spurious; BA Facs., p. 8, probably forged at the same time as S 313; Keynes 1994b, p. 1122 n. 1, spurious form of 'Second Decimation charter'

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    • Rubric: ˇis is ˇære twentig hida land boc to Wenbeorgen ˇæ A∂ulf cing ge bocade Swithune bisceope on æce yrfe . + Regnante imperpetuum domino nostro Jesu Christo omnium visibilium et invisibilium summo et ineffabili creatore cunctis patet mortalibus quod cuncta que videntur finem habent et que non videntur eterna sunt . Quapropter ego A∂ulf celsithrono favente clemencia rex occidentalium Saxonum quandam ruris partem scilicet .xx. mansas æt Wenbeorgen cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus cum consensu optimatum meorum quando decimam partem terrarum per omne regnum meum sanctis ecclesiis dare decrevi ; Dedi etiam ecclesie Wintoniensi que in honore apostolorum Petri et Pauli dedicata est ; eandemque terram prefate ecclesie eternaliter habendam concessi . Sit autem predictum rus ab omni terrene servitutis jugo liberum . tribus exceptis . rata expeditione . pontis arcisve constructione . Et hoc in nomine domini nostri Jesu Christi precipio ut nemo successorum meorum regum sive episcoporum sine principum hanc meam donationem violare aut a servis Dei inibi famulantibus auferre presumat . Quod si quisquam hec transgressus fuerit sciat se eterne maledictioni subiciendum et eternas inferni penas sine fine passurum nisi digna satisfactione celeriter emendaverit quod contra sanctos Dei apostolos audacter deliquit . Hiis metis eadem . xx . manse circumgirantur . ˘is synd ˇara twentig hida land ge mere æt Wenbeorgan of smitan on ˇone stan of ˇam stanæ on ˇone ealdan an of ˇan eadenne innan lentan of læntan on gean ˇone stream on ˇone greatan ˇorne stent bæ lentan sta∂e of ˇan ˇornæ on ˇa weter furh innan smalan broc . of smalan broce on ˇan stenihte hlinc . of ˇam stenihte hlince . on glottos wylle . of glottes wylle . on wylles heafod on wylles heafodde on Wulfheres cumbe of Wulfheres cumbe on Wulfheres clif of Wulfheres clife on ˇa furh of ˇære furh on Winfles beorg of ˇam beorge on ˇonne holan stan of ˇam holan stane on ˇone haran stan . of ˇam haran stane on ˇa holan wannan of ˇære holan wannan on ˇone rugan hlinc . of ˇam rugan hlincæ on ˇone durnen crundel of ∂am durnen crundelle on ˇone ˇorn of ˇam ˇorne on ˇone stan . of ham stanæ on ˇa d?c . To ∂ere dic ende of ˇære dic ende on ˇone wogan hlinc . of ∂am wogan hlince on ˇa catt hola . of ˇan catt holan on Wenbeorhge of ˇan beorge on ˇone mycelan cumbe . of mycelan cumbe on smalan combe of smalan cumbe on ˇone ealdan treow stede of ˇam ealdan treow stede on ˇa wogan apoldran of ˇere wogan apoldran on folces dic . of folces dic . on Ealcheres dic of Ealcheres dic . on ˇa apoldran . of ˇære apoldran innan smitan . Srcipta est autem hec cartula Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jesu Christi dcccliiii . Indictione secunda His testibus consentientibus quorum nomina scripta adesse videntur - + Ego A∂elwulf Rex . + Ego Alhstan Episcopus . + Ego Swithun Episcopus . + Ego Æthelbald dux . + Ego Eanwulf dux . + Ego Æˇelberht dux . + Ego Wullaf abbas . + Ego Werferd abbas . + Ego Æthered filius regis . + Ego Osric dux . + Ego Wulfhere dux . + Ego Bullede dux . + Ego Ælfred filius regis . + Ego Esne minister . + Ego Cynewulf minister . + Ego Cyneheah minister . + Ego Alhstan minister . + Ego Aldred minister .