S 362

A.D. 901. King Edward to Æthelwulf; grant of 10 hides (cassati) by the river Wylye (i.e. at Stockton, Wilts.), forfeited by Wulfhere and his wife for treason; with a note, in English, of the agreement of Æthelwulf and Deormod, granting this land to Deorswith. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 88r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1078; Thorpe, pp. 148-51; B, 595; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 67

Translated:

Whitelock, EHD, no. 100 (pp. 541-2)

Comments:

Jones 1870; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 197-200, bounds describe Stockton; Darlington 1955, pp. 7, 86; Stenton 1955, p. 52, probably authentic; Finberg, ECW, no. 221, authentic; Hart 1970a, pp. 21, 34 (no. 155), on rubric; authentic; Whitelock, EHD, pp. 372, 541, authentic, vernacular note could be a marriage agreement; Nelson 1986a, pp. 53, 59, on Wulfhere's defection; Nelson 1986c, p.50 n. 54; Wormald 1988, no. 27; Hart 1992, p. 573 n. 14, on estate history and identity of Deormod; Keynes 1992, p. 84 n. 126, cited; Reynolds 1992, pp. 218-19, cited (= 1994, pp. 330-1); Keynes 1993b, p. 314 n. 59, cited; Keynes 1994b, pp. 1143, 1145-6, may have been drafted by same agency as S 364; on vernacular note; Smyth 1995, p. 393; Keynes 1998, p. 31; Stewartby 1998, p. 152; Yorke 2001, pp. 34-5, on Wulfhere's treachery; Pratt, Alfred, pp. 33-4; Pratt, Alfred, p. 239, on forfeiture

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    • ˘is is ˇæra landboc to bi Wilig ˇæ Eadweard cing gebocade A∂elwulf bisceope on æce yrfe. In nomine altitonantis mundi satoris . Prouida namque iamdudum ac prevalens ecclesiarum censuit institutio obseruandumque succedentibus diffinitione cautissima decreuit . ut dationes piissimorum regum pro mutabili temporum uari[e]tate cartarum monumentis tradere . subque testimonio cyrographi concludere . quo minus ingruente caligosa obliuione origo ueritatis cassaretur . Idcirco presentibus absentibus posteris . cunctis huius descriptionis tenore declaratur . quia Eadweard Angul Saxonum Dei gratia annuente rex aliquam agelli partem proprii iuris donans in perpetuam possessionem iure hereditario . Æ∂elwlfo . concedo . proque eius amabili subiectione eo firmius ei corroboro prefate telluris magnitudinem . id est . x . cassatorum in loco qui dicitur Biwilig . cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus . id est Pratis . Pascuis . Siluis . aquis aquarumque decursibus . ut habeat et possideat feliciterque condonet cuicumque uoluerit . in omnibus cum libero mentis arbitrio ei equidem liberam in omnibus prefatam conscribimus terram . preter arcis munitionem . et pontis constructionem . et expeditionem . Ista uero prenominata tellus primitus fuit . prepeditus a quodam duce nomine Wulhere . et eius uxore quando ille uttrumque et suum dominum regem Ælfredum . et patriam ultra iusiurandum quam regi et suis omnibus optimatibus iurauerat sine licentia dereliquit . Tunc etiam cum omnium uiditio sapientium Geuisorum et Mercensium . potestatem et hereditatem dereliquit agrorum . nunc uero in calce huius singraphe legentibus et audientibus omnibus patet . quia omnibus illis antiquis libris si quis habeat sit proscriptum et nil ultra preualeant . in modico uel in magno. Hec uero prefata terra his terminibus circumcincta esse uidetur - Ærest on codan ford . ˇonne an dune andlang wilig on hyssa pol . ˇæt on ˇære gebyge . ˇæt be eastan cynelming ham ofer ˇa mæde on hafocwylle . ˇonne andlang mær fyr on greatan ˇorn ˇonne andlang weges on land score hlinc ˇo[n]ne andlang score hlinces on alercum . ˇonne ofer radune sweoran ofer nacum on trind lea . ˇæt swa on wilafes treow . ˇæt ofer ˇone he∂feld on dic geat . ∂et west andlang dic on wylle weg . ∂æt andlang wylle weges on widancum . ∂onne 7lang weges æft on oden ford . of odan forda on codan ford . Si quis autem huius nostre donationis cartulam augere uel amplificare uoluerit . augeat Deus bona sua in regione uiuorum . Si autem euenerit quod non optamus ut alicuius persone superuenerit . qui hoc infringere uel mutare uoluerit . sciat se esse epicarmai a consortio Dei . et sanctorum eius . nisi prius digna satisfactione deo et omnibus emendauerit . ˘is gewrit cy∂ Deormodes foresprece 7 Æ∂ulfes ymb . ˇæt land æt Wilig . ˇæt is ˇæt Aˇulf hit gesealde Deorswi∂e . on agene æht . to ateonne swa hire leofest wære æg∂er ge on hire lyfe ge æfter hyre lyfe . 7 ageaf hire ˇa bæc ∂y ilcan deg ∂e hi man him geaf . on dissa manna gewitnesse. Scripta est autem hec cartula . Anno dominice incarnationis . dcccci . Indictione uero . iiii . His testibus consentientibus sancteque crucis uexillum adponentibus quorum nomina infra carraxata esse uidentur . + Ego Eadweard Rex . + Ego Æ∂elweard filius regis . + Ego Ordgar Dux . + Ego Ordlaf . Dux . + Ego Sigulf Dux . + Ego Heahferd Dux . + Ego Ordgar Dux . + Ego Deormod Dux . + Ego Ælfstan Dux . + Ego Beorstan Dux . + Ego Æ∂elferd Dux . + Ego Ælfheah Dux . + Ego Ælfred Dux . + Ego Beorhtsige minister . + Ego Ocea minister . + Ego Wulfhere minister . + Ego Ælfhere minister . + Ego Ælfred minister . + Ego Ælfred minister . + Ego Buga minister . + Ego Cufa minister . + Ego Æ∂elstan minister . + Ego Wulfhun minister . + Ego Witulf minister . + Ego Ælfheah minister . + Ego Uffa minister . + Ego Wulfhere minister . + Ego Burhtric minister . + Ego Dudig minister . + Ego Beorsige minister . + Ego Wulfsige minister . + Ego Witbro∂ minister . + Ego Odda minister . + Ego Eardulf minister . + Ego Ælfstan minister .