S 345

A.D. 882 (Epsom, Surrey). Alfred, king of the Saxons, to Athelstan, his minister; grant of 15 hides (cassati) at Cyricestun (? Somerset), in return for 30 mancuses and 2 hides at Stoce (? Stoke St Mary, Somerset). Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 64v-65r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1065; B, 550; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 58

Comments:

Plummer 1892; 1899, ii, pp. 96, 111, authentic; Stevenson 1904, p. 330 n. 6, dubious; PN Worcs., p. 107; Drögereit 1935, p. 373 n. 1, suspicious; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 142-9, associates bounds with Norton Fitzwarren and Hill Farrance, Somerset; Finberg, ECW, no. 420, authentic, Cyrices tun is Creech; Whitelock 1966, p. 101, on internal reference to otherwise unknown campaign; Hart 1970, p. 31 (no. 112), authentic; Whitelock 1979, pp. 78, 92 n. 7, authenticity uncertain; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 227 n. 1, cited; Fleming 1985, p. 252, cited; Costen 1991, p. 43, possible reference to open-field agriculture in bounds; Dumville 1992, p. 41 n. 56, cited; Keynes 1994b, p. 1135, authentic basis, probably rewritten by a forger; Abrams 1996, pp. 100-1 n. 144, on Cyricestun; Keynes 1998, pp. 22-3, on reference to the 'expeditione'; Keynes 1998, p. 26 n. 114, on royal style; Pratt, Alfred, pp. 36 nn. 51 and 53, 52 n. 57, on attestation; Pratt, Alfred, p. 173, on reservation clause; Pratt, Alfred, p. 334 n. 234

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    • To Cyrices tun . In nomine altissimi genitoris qui cuncta simul subter axe et supra gubernat . quique omnia suo disponit nutu ; Celum pugillo continens . terram palma metens . omnibusque ut voluerit finem imponet . Qua propter ego Ælfred gratia Dei Saxonum rex . sedulo in mente ne cogitans quod multis sepissime evenit vicibus ut 'bene' tractata atque a senioribus disposita . per anfractus oblivionis seu incuriæ a posterioribus depravata sine respectu rectitudinis esse cernuntur . nisi prius fixioribus certioribusque scedarum apicibus in propatulo adstipulate fore demulgantur . Vnde ego dabo cuidam fideli meo ministro . Æ∂elstano . terram cassatorum in loco qui a ruricolis . Cyrices tun . appellatur pro ejus amabili peccunia . id est . xxx . mancusis et duobus mans' in loco qui Æs Stoce nominatur . Vt habeat et possideat quam diu vivat . et post se cuicumque voluerit ceu corroboravimus perhenniter heredi derelinquat . ceu supradiximus in æternam hereditatem . Sit autem predictum rus liber ab omni mundiali obstaculo cum omnibus ad se recte pertinentibus . id est campis . pascuis . pratis . fiscuariis . silvis . aquis . aquarumque decursibus . Æt cyriceswudu . sex æb'deæ quia pertinet ad welletun . Excepto istis tribus expeditione pontis arcisve constructione . termina autem item in sequentibus subscribimus . Si quis vero hanc meam donationem augere voluerit ; augeat illi Deus scriptionem nominum in albo sanctorum . quisquis vero infringere atque motare temptaverit . noscat de se illud Daviticum esse completum . ut deleatur de libris viventium . et cum justis non scribatur . Scripta est autem hæc singrafa . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dccclxxxii . Indictione vero . xv . in expeditione . in loco qui Hebbeshamm appellatur . His testibus consentientibus quorum nomina infra caraxata esse videntur . ˝is synt ∂ara fiftene hida land ge mæro æt Cyricestune . Ærest fram bradan forda . upp on stream of tude ford . ˇonne upp on stream on helfæres ge mære . on wi∂ig sled ; ˇanon nor∂ on wi∂ig slæd ; ˇanon nor∂ on an mor sled . nor∂ to ie ; ˇonne nor∂ upp of ˇære ie ; upp on ˇone ibihttan alr . of ˇam ibihtan alre on scortan dic . ˇonne of scortan dic on llullan sle∂ . ˇonne of llullan slæde . on ˇa ealdan burg . to herepo∂e . ∂anon of ˇam herepo∂e . to fælet hamme . 7 be westan fylet hamme . nigon æceras . ∂anon on fylet hamme nio∂oweardum on stream . ˇonne on dune on ælfredes gemæro on stream . ˇonne of dune on mylen burnan . on ælfnodes ge mæro on cunecan for∂ . ˇonne of cunecan forda of dune on stream on næglesburnan . ˇonne of dune on mylenburnan on orcerd ford . ∂onne of dune on stream on tan . ˇonne upp on tan on horsford . on alr ford . ˇonne upp of alr forda on mylenburnan upp on beamford . ˇonne up on stream . on bradan ford . Ego Ælfred gratia Dei Saxonum rex propriæ donationi signum crucis confirmavi . Ego Æˇered archiepiscopus manum adpono . Ego Denewulf episcopus huic donationi consentiens subscribo . Ego Æˇelnod Dux . Ego Wlfred Dux . Ego Orddulf Dux . Ego Bucca Dux . Ego Æ∂elwald Dux . Ego Wullaf Dux . Ego Garulf Dux . Ego Byrhtnod Dux . Ego Osric minister . Ego Eggwulf minister . Ego Æ∂elm minister . Ego Witbrord minister . Ego Deormod minister . Ego Acca minister . Ego Ælfhere minister . Ego Wullaf minister . Ego Babba minister . Ego Ealdwulf minister . Ego Æˇelstan minister Ego Tata minister . Ego Burlaf minister . Ego Æffa minister .