S 347

A.D. 891 (2 Aug.). Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, to Berhtwulf, his faithful comes; grant of 12 hides (manentes) at Plush in Buckland Newton, Dorset, and 2 (? for 5) at Raddington, Somerset, in exchange for land at Sutton Poyntz, Dorset. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 199r (s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 228r-v (s. xiv)

Printed:

K, 319 and vol. vi. 227-8, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 57-8 (no. 123), ex MS 2; B, 564, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 624-5 (no. 1165), ex MS 1

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, p. 155 n. 3, spurious; Grundy, Dorset, I, pp. 263-8, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 421, authentic; John 1966, p. 45, on royal style; PN Dorset, i. 233, 237, 238, iii. 247-8, 254-5; Whitelock 1979, pp. 85-6, abbreviated, may be authentic although either the incarnation year or the indiction is wrong, discusses beneficiary; Keynes and Lapidge 1983, p. 227 n. 1, on royal style; Dumville 1992, pp. 45-6, cited; Keynes 1994b, p. 1136, contemporary formulation, cf. S 348; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 36, 39, 64-5, 219, on MS sources; on estates; Pratt, Alfred, pp. 101, 192, 334

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    • Plyssche . Carta Aelfredi regis facta Bertulpho comiti de Plusshe . Ego Aelfredus gratia Dei Anglorum Saxonum rex meo fideli comite deprecanti Berthulpho nomine aliquantulum terrae pro commutatione alterius terrae dedi atque perpetualiter concessi ab omnibus saecularibus negotiis liberam praeter expeditionem et pontis arcisve instructionem . est autem ipsa terra quantitate septem decim manentium in duobus locis constituta in loco qui dicitur . Plyssche . duodecim manentium . et in loco qui dicitur Radingtone . ii . manentium . Recepi itaque a praefato comite pro istis terris terram eadem quantitatis quem ruricoli Suttone appellant juxta litus maris in paga qui dicitur Dorset et est ipsa terra aequaliter ut superius memorate liberata . Istis autem circumdatus est terminibus locus qui dicitur Plyssche . Erest on Ruanberghe ˇanne on stanwey . ˇanne on stanbrok . ˇanne on radenwey . ˇanne on lillanwelle . ˇanne op on hagen . ˇanne on an hul to hamme . ˇanen on an welle up on brugh doune on warrode ˇanen on windberghes . ˇanen endlang herepathes on ˇar weilete . ˇanen on widdisgate . ˇanen over thorncombe on anne crundil . ˇanen in on ˇe weilete . ˇanen west over Plisshe on an Sticholnelniche . ˇanen on an White Wey . ˇanen on schilleburghe . ˇanen on ellene crundil . ˇanon on cliveleghe . ˇanen over whetecombe on alden doune op bi wirtrone on an ruwe dich . ˇannen adoun over yfre ˇanen out on bromhulle of bromhulle eft on Ruanberghe . Acta est haec scriptio huius cartulae . anno dominicae incarnationis . dccc.x.ci. indictione .vii. die . vero .iii. nonas Augusti . Istis consentientibus testibus quorum nomina subtus notantur . + Aluredus rex subscripsi . + Berthulphus dux consensi . Cum multis aliis .