S 325

[A.D. 854.] Æthelwulf, king, to (Winchester Cathedral); confirmation of the beneficial hidation of Chilcomb, Hants. English

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 117v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1057; B, 493; Earle, pp. 349-50

Printed and Translated:

Thorpe, pp. 115-17; HS, pp. 646-8

Comments:

HS, pp. 646-8, spurious; Plummer 1892; 1899, ii, p. 79, spurious; Stevenson 1904, p. 246, spurious; Harmer, Writs, p. 374 and nn. 1 & 2, authenticity frequently questioned; Robertson, Charters, p. 325, spurious; Finberg, ECW, no. 19, spurious; John 1965, p. 410 n. 3, later forgery; Chaplais 1966, p. 171, spurious (= 1973, p. 55); Hart 1970a, p. 38 (no. 214), spurious; Biddle et al. 1976, pp. 256-7, on Chilcomb; Wormald 1988a, p. 39 n. 106; Keynes 1994b, p. 1122 n. 1, spurious

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    • [O]n ˇæs naman ˇe on eces lifes bec on heofonan ˇa awrit ˇe her on life wel ge cwemaˇ ; [I]c A∂vlf kyningc on ∂ysum ge write ge swutelie be Ciltacumbes fr[e]ulse ∂one ˇe Kynegyls kyningc ˇe ærest kyninga cristen gewearˇ on west Sexan his fulluht fæder Sancte Bir[in]e biscope ge uˇe 7 siˇˇan ælc ˇæra kyninga ˇe æfter o∂ran on west Sexan wæron gefri∂odon 7 gefyr∂redon ˇeah ˇe he ær on gewrite ne stode o∂ hit to me com ˇe nu se nygoˇa kyningc eom . Eac ic her ge swutelie ˇæt ic ˇisne freols æt foran sancte Petre on Rome 7 ˇam halgan papan Leone swa ge fæstnode swa swa me 7 eallan ∂eod scype ge wearˇ on Englalande ær ic to Rome fore . ˇæt wæs ˇæt mon ælles ∂ises freolses are æfre for ane hide werian scolde . for ˇam ˇe Godes ar æfre freogre beon sceal ˇonne ænig woruld ar . 7 min sune eac Ælfred ˇe mid me for 7 ˇær to kyninge gehalgod wæs ˇan papan on hand ge sealde ˇæt he ∂isne freols æfre ge fyrˇrian wolde . 7 his bearn gif him God ænigra ge uˇe to ˇam ylcan sprittan wolde . Ic eac beforan ˇam ylcan papan ealle ˇa land are ˇe ic on Angla ˇeode heafde Gode into halgan stowon for me 7 for ealle ˇeode geteo∂ode . 7 on Rome be ˇes papan fyrˇrunge 7 leaue mynster ge worhte . Gode to loue 7 sancta Marian his halgan meder to wyrˇmynte . 7 ˇær Englisce scole ge sette ˇe æfre nihtes 7 dæges for ure ˇeode Gode ˇywian scolde . 7 ˇa ˇa ic on eard com . ic on cy∂∂e ealle folce hwæt ic on Rome ge don hæfde . ˇa ˇancodon hy ˇyses Gode 7 me swyˇe georne 7 heom eall ˇis swyˇe wel licode . 7 cwædon ˇat heora ˇances ˇis on ecnesse stande . Nu halsie ic ˇurh ˇa halgan ˇrimnisse 7 sanctus Petrus 7 ealne ˇane haligdom ˇe ic on Rome for me 7 for ealne ˇeodscype ge sohte . ˇet næfre ne kyningc . ne æˇelingc . ne biscop ne ealdorman . ne ˇegen . ne gerefa hine si'l'fne swa earme for wyrce ˇæt he ˇisne freols ge lyttlie ˇe he swylcre ge wittnesse ge festnod is . buton tweonan se ˇe hit de∂ . he abilhd Gode 7 sancte Petre 7 eallæn ˇam halgan ˇe on Romes cyrcean restaˇ . 7 him seluan ece helle wite unge sæliglice getilaˇ . Eac se halga forsædæ papa Leo Godes curs 7 sancte Petres 7 ealra halgena 7 his on ˇæne ge sette ˇe ˇis æfre undo . 7 eac eall ˇes ˇeodscype ge on ge hadodan ge on læwedan ˇæt ylce dyde . ˇa ic on gean com 7 him ˇis cyˇde .