S 340

A.D. 868 (Dorchester, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Hunsige, his minister; 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. 90v-91r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1061; B, 520; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 56

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, pp. 229 n. 4, 299 n.4, suspicious; Stevenson 1904, pp. 229 n. 4, 299 n.4, suspicious; Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 182-5, on bounds; Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 182-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 21, authentic, bounds identical with those of S 273; Finberg, ECW, no. 21, authentic, bounds identical with those of S 273; Hart 1970a, pp. 21, 34 (no. 159), on rubric; authentic; Hart 1970a, pp. 21, 34 (no. 159), on rubric, authentic; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 235 n. 28, cited; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 235 n. 28, cited; Nelson 1986a, p. 55 n. 48; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; Nelson 1991, p. 55 n. 46, witness-list seems reliable; Nelson 1991, p. 59, on Osweald 'filius regis'; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1123-34, esp. pp. 1124, 1130, authentic, perhaps drafted by royal scribe; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1123-34, esp. pp. 1124, 1130, authentic, perhaps drafted by royal scribe; Faith 1997, p. 34, on place-name; Faith 1997, p. 34, on place-name; Keynes 1998, p. 10 n. 38, on witness-list; Pratt, Alfred, p. 52, on attestations

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    • ˘is seond ∂æs landes boc ˇæ Æ∂elred cing Hunsige his ∂egne saldæ æt Wor∂ie. In nomine domini nostri Jhesu Christi . Omnia que in hoc mundo . ad solacium mortalis vitæ data sunt . temporalia sunt . et ea vero . quæ in regno celestis vitæ sanctis promissa sunt . sine fine permanebunt . Ideo caducis et vanis rebus æterna . et jugiter permansura gaudia . celestis patriæ magnopere mercanda sunt . Quapropter ego Æ∂elred . gratia Dei occidentalium Saxonum Rex pro remedio animæ meæ aliquam partem terræ juris mei meo ministro Hunsige . imperpetuam hereditatem libenter largitus sum . Id est . v . cassatos in loco qui appellatur . æt Wor∂ige . hoc est ut habeat atque possideat prefatam terram cum omnibus utilitatibus ad eam pertinentibus . campis . pratis . pascuis . silvis . quam diu omnipotens Deus voluerit . ut hic in ista vita demoratus fuerit . Et post finem vitæ illius heredi cuicumque placuerit ; liberum habeat . donandi . vel concedendi potestatem terra hæc predicta secura et immunis permaneat . ab omni regali servitio et omnium secularium rerum nisi expeditione . et pontis factione . et arcis munitione . Hic sunt termini terræ . Ærest ∂es se dic ut . sæt . æt ˇam byhte betuonh . igtune . 7 eastune . ˇonon ∂ueres ofer dune bra∂an herpa∂ ∂er ged to wor∂i forda 7 to alresforda ∂onon on ig setna mearce . 7 eastuninga . ∂æt ford to osmundæs gærstunes hyrnan . ˝onon ford on bycan gærstunes hyrnan . ∂onon for∂e half ger∂ bæ wæstan ˇam beorga . ∂æ adolfen wæs . ˇonan ut to stræte . ∂onon up to wassan dune ∂ueres ofer ˇa dune to deopan dæne . ∂æt ∂ueres ofer ˇa dæne on bitan sle∂ su∂æ ward . 7 westæ wer∂ o∂ ∂æs aldær mannæs mearce . And lang ˇæs aldærmannes mearce o∂ ∂iccan ˇornes to ˇam land ge mære o∂ bisceopes mearce . ∂æt for∂ and lang rode for∂ on icenan . 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 ante satisfactione emendaverit . Scripta est hæc donationis cartula . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dccclx . viii . in loco qui appellatur . æt Dornwara ceastræ . Istis testibus consentientibus . quorum nomina infra scripta videntur esse . Ego Æ∂elred Rex . Ego Alhfer∂ episcopus . Ego Heahmun∂ episcopus . Ego Ælfred filius Regis . Ego Oswald filius Regis . Ego Wulf∂ryd Regina . Ego Wulfhere Dux . Ego Eadwulf Dux . Ego Wigstan Dux . Ego Mucel Dux . Ego Ælfstan Dux . Ego Ægbreht minister . Ego Beorhtmund minister . Ego Milred minister . Ego Æ∂elstan minister . Ego Mucel minister . Ego Kynelaf minister . Ego Æ∂elheah minister . Ego For∂red minister . Ego Beorhtno∂ minister . Ego Goda minister . Ego Æ∂elre∂ minister . Ego Torhtred minister . Ego Mannel minister .