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A.D. 871 x 899. Alfred, king of the English, to Chertsey Abbey; grant of 5 hides (mansae) at Thorpe, with Getinges (cf. Eaton Farm, Chobham), Hunewaldesham (cf. Hundulsham, lost, in Weybridge) and Woodham, Surrey. Latin with English bounds
Archive:
Chertsey
MSS:
1. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. XIII, ff. 35v-37r (s. xiii)
Printed:
K, 318 and vol. iii. 401-2; Corner 1858, pp. 95-6; B, 563
Comments:
Corner 1858; Stevenson 1904, p. 151 n. 2, spurious; Gelling, ECTV, no. 322, spurious, bounds are probably a Middle English version of an Old English text; Whitelock 1979, p. 92 n. 5, forgery; Dumville 1992, p. 52, formulas more appropriate to 940s and 950s; Smyth 1995, p. 373
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- [R]egnante eternaliter Rege omnium seculorum domino 7 salvatore nostro Jhesu Christo . Orbita labentis seculi cotidiano deficit occasu . Hoc quoque indicio fideles quique oppido commonentur quo bonorum operum exempla perfecte sectantes in patrum benivolencie proficiendo successu temporalium vicissitudine bonorum perpetua 7 incommutabilia regni celorum mereantur adipisci gaudia . Qua propter ego Ælfredus favente omnipotentis Dei clemencia Rex Anglorum ceterarumque provinciarum in circuitu persistencium rector ac gubernator gencium quandam partem telluris in qua Monasterium quod sub nomine sancte trinitatis 7 beati Petri apostolorum principis constat honore dedicatum esse atque fundatum 7 constructum scilicet locum qui famoso onomate apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteseg id est Cirotis insula 7 . v . mansas apud Thorp cum omnibis appendiciis illuc rite pertinentibus . scilicet Getinges . Huneuualdesham 7 Wudeham ad sustentacionem illius Monasterii 7 omnium illuc unanimiter Deo serviencium libenti animo concedo 7 confirmo ut illic ibi degentes pro meis non desistant intervenire peccaminibus atque offensionibus meis innumeris . Sit autem supradicta tellus ut taxavimus cum universis que rite ad se pertinent videlicet campis . silvis . pratis . pascuis . stagnis 7 rivulis . libera 7 inconcussa 7 ab omni servitutis jugo stabilis firma 7 exinanita . Si quis autem diabolica illectus cupiditate huius mei decreti diffinicionem 7 confirmacionem irritam fecerit sciat se in tremendo judicio racionem redditurum 7 ultricibus averni flammis cum antichristo 7 ejus fantoribus semper arsurum ibique eternaliter mansurum nisi in hac vita satis digne penituerit . Hiis igitur limitibus tellus prefata giratur . [˘]is is ˇe landimere to Certeseye and to ˇorpe . ˇat is arest on Wai'e'muˇe up endlonge Waie to Waibrugge to midstreme Of Waibrugge suˇuuard to boggesley of boggeslye bi midestreme to Wudeham . Of Wodeham suˇriste into Haleuuik bi midestreme and so forˇ bi tuuene ˇe londe of Haleuuik and ˇe londe of Wyntredeshulle Westrigte and so forˇ Westrigte in fule brok ˇe geˇ bi twene fetingelye and ˇe 'forthe' vergthe and so forˇrigte to ˇe horestone and fram ˇe horestone in to ˇe derneforde . And so forˇ west rigte endlonge streme in to ˇe more aet estuuodesende And so up be tuuene estuuode and otershaghe on ˇe horeˇorne . Of ˇe horeˇorne to eccan treiuue . Of eccan treouue to ˇe ˇrem burghen . Of ˇe ˇrem burghen in to ˇe shigtren . Of ˇe shigtren in to Merchebroke . Of Merchebroke on exlaepesburne . Of exleapesburne to ˇene hore mapeldure . Of ˇe hore mapeldure to ˇe ˇrem treouuen Of ˇe ˇrem treouuen endlange depebrok rigt to wealegate . Of waelegate on Shyrepol . Of Shyrepol rigt to fulebrok . Of fulebrok to ˇe blake witghe . Of ˇe wiˇeghe forˇrigte to wealeshuˇe . andlange temese an oˇerehalue Mixtenham in ˇere ac be tuuene burgheyge and Mixtenham enlonge ˇe waetere rigt to neatel eyghe . Of ˇen eyghe endlonge temese abute oxelake and so forˇ endlange temese to bores burghe and so forˇ endlange temese rigt to hamen eyge . And sua forˇ endlange streme rigt be norˇen hameneyghe . And sua for endlange temese be haelue streme eft on Wayemuˇe .