? A.D. 869 or 870 (Woodyates, Dorset). Æthelred, king of Wessex, to Ælfstan, ealdorman; grant of 5 hides at Cheselbourne, Dorset. English with bounds

Archive:

Shaftesbury

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 61, f. 20r-v (s. xv in.)

Printed:

K, 302 and vol. iii. 398; B, 526; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 6

Printed and Translated:

Robertson, Charters, no. 12 (pp. 22-5)

Comments:

Fägersten 1933, p. 173, on place-name; Grundy, Dorset, II, pp. 122-9, on bounds; Stenton 1955, p. 47 n. 1, cited; Robertson, Charters, pp. 281-3, may represent a separate grant from S 334; Finberg, ECW, no. 575, authentic; PN Dorset, i. 303, 310, ii. 271, iii. 202-8, 218; Meyer 1981, p. 354, cited; Forsberg 1984, p. 6, on detail of bounds; Keynes 1988, p. 185 n. 3, on formulation; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1123-34, esp. p. 1125; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 24-8, probably a translation of S 334; Wormald, English Law, p. 108 n. 376

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    • Regnante imperpetuum Domino nostro Iesu Christo. Rixiende ure dritte halende Crist. Ich Atheldred mid Godes giue Westsaxne king mid leue and eþeafunghe mine ðare seleste wiotene, ich forgiue and selle for me selfne minre saule to alesnesse minne ðam leueste and itreweste alderman Elfstane alchene idal landes in þare istowe þe is inemned be Chiselburne fif hide, him to habbene and to brukende on elche halue, þat is þanne þat it bie i.sien fre of al ikenelricre and alderdomelere þinghe an i.witradenne, an of elchene þinghe buten fierde and angieldes. And het it acheliche fre þurgwine habbe suelcman suo al se ich it habbe gief donne huelman be segen þat he þis giue, and sale ieche oð manifelde wille, i.ache him almigti God alle goode here for wolde and his igaste furch, agiue þa ache reste in ðam towarde liue. If þat ilimpe þat oniman þurch deules lore and for þeses middelerdes idle þinghe on onni idale ilitel oþer michel þis ibreke oþer iwanie, wite he hine fram alle leaffulle inne þese iworlde asceaden, and he des sel in domes deghe beforen Criste rich agieldende bute he it are her on worlde mid richte ibete. Ðis land is þisen imare, þus ute þinsald. Arest on landscar hlinc to Cheselburne, þannen anlang streames, þanen up of streame on anne linkes haued, þanen be suðe ceatwanberge on þanne hlinc, of þanne i.hlinche on anne castel at swindone uuewearde, of þe castele to burnstowe, þanen up anlang burnstowe, þanen on anne linkes heued, þanen to anne castele, of þo icastel on þere herepaþ westward, ep ðe herepað on þat hlinc reawe, þanen on anne crundel to burnstowe, on anne cinep, on ðan gerðe lande nordewarde, þanen wið anne crundeles, of þi crundele on des heges hirnen, þanen eft to herepað, of þe ereðe on Hendune beorch, on Deflisch, of dune anlang streames, up on streame on anne furch, on anne stancastel, of þi castele on blieq;mannes beorg, of þa iberge on land scare hlinc, and sex made eres be Frume wið Deuliscmad ierð to þise land. Ðises landes freols was iwriten in þare stowe þat is inemned at Wudegate beforen þese wetene þe here namen her beneþen amerkede standen. Aþeldred Rex. + Ealferð episcopus. + Heahmund episcopus, et ceteri. +
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    • Rubric: + Atheldredus rex huius carminis inscripcione dimisit et uendidit v. hidas ad Cheselburniam cum omnibus rite pertinentibus ut in subsequente scripto subnotatur. Regnante imperpetuum Domino nostro Iesu Christo. Rixiende ure dritte halende Crist. Ich Atheldred mid Godes giue Westsaxne king mid leue and eˇeafunghe mine ∂are seleste wiotene, ich forgiue and selle for me selfne minre saule to alesnesse minne ∂am leueste and itreweste alderman Elfstane alchene idal landes in ˇare istowe ˇe is inemned be Chiselburne fif hide, him to habbene and to brukende on elche halue, ˇat is ˇanne ˇat it bie isien fre of al ikenelricre and alderdomelere ˇinghe an iwitradenne, an of elchene ˇinghe buten fierde and angieldes. And het it acheliche fre ˇurg wine habbe suelcman suo al se ich it habbe gief donne huelman be segen ˇat he ˇis giue, and sale ieche o∂ manifelde wille, iache him almigti God alle goode hereforwolde and his igaste furch, agiue ˇa ache reste in ∂am towarde liue. If ˇat ilimpe ˇat oniman ˇurch deules lore and for ˇeses middelerdes idle ˇinghe on onni idale ilitel oˇer michel ˇis ibroke oˇer iwanie, wite he hine fram alle leaffulle inne ˇese iworlde asceaden, and he des sel in domes deghe beforen Criste rich agieldende bute he it are her on worlde mid richte ibete. ˘is land is ˇisen imare, ˇus ute ∂insald. Arest on landscar hlinc to Cheselburne, ˇannen anlang streames, ˇanen up of streame on anne linkes haued, ˇanen be su∂e ceatwanberge on ˇanne hlinc, of ˇanne ihlinche on anne castel at swindone uuewearde, of ˇe castele to burnstowe, ˇanen up anlang burnstowe, ˇanen on anne linkes heued, ˇanen to anne castele, of ˇo icastel on ˇere herepaˇ westward, ep ∂e herepa∂ on ˇat hlinc reawe, ˇanen on anne crundel to burnstowe, on anne cinep, on ∂an ger∂e lande nordewarde, ˇanen wi∂ anne crundeles, of ˇi crundele on des heges hirnen, ˇanen eft to herepa∂, of ˇe ere∂e on Hendune beorch, on Deflisch, of dune anlang streames, up on streame on anne furch, on anne stancastel, of ˇi castele on bliequemannes beorg, of ˇa iberge on land scare hlinc, and sex made eres be Frume wi∂ Deuliscmad ier∂ to ˇise land . ˘ises landes freols was iwriten in ˇare stowe ˇat is inemned at Wudegate beforen ˇese wetene ˇe here namen her beneˇen amerkede standen. Aˇeldred Rex. + Ealfer∂ episcopus. + Heahmund episcopus et ceteri. +