King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 60 hides (manentes) at Farnham, Surrey, and 10 at Bentley, Hants. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 58r-59r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1093; B, 627

Comments:

PN Surrey, pp. 165-6, bounds are those of the hundred of Farnham; Forsberg 1950, pp. 203-4, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 45, spurious; John 1965, p. 415; Hart 1970a, p. 30 (no. 99), spurious; O'Donovan 1973, p. 105, on error in witness-list; Gelling, ECTV, no. 324, spurious; Dumville 1992, p. 43 n. 62, on Farnham; Keynes 1994b, p. 1145, suspicious

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    • Donum Edwardi regis to Fernham. Clamante divine auctoritatis agyographo . commonemur ut terrena presentis seculi . lucra dantes celestia eterne beatitudinis emolumenta iugi indefessoque adquiramus labore . Ideoque incertum futuri temporis statum mutabilitatemque certis dinoscens indiciis . totis uiribus prout posse dederit qui cuncta creauit subnixe delibero . ut redemptoris nostri possessionem ecclesiis iure delegatam in priorem sancte religionis statum certis roborata . litterulis medullitus consolidarem . Quapropter ego Eadward diuina indulgente clementia Angul Saxonum rex . rogatus fui a meo dilecto . Fri∂estano . territoria ecclesie Dei cui deseruiebat pertinentia nouis litterarum apicibus renouare studui territorium illius telluris . que noto Fernham appellatur uocabulo quantitate . lxx . constans manentium . lx . casssatos æt Fernham in Suthrian . et . x . æt Beonæt in Hamtunscire . reuerende trinitati . beatoque apostolorum principi . eiusque coapostolo Paulo . uti antecessores nostri priscis dederant temporibus renouando iterum deuotus . eterna largior hereditate . Sit igitur prefatum rus . cuius ego cum optimatum meorum consilio libertatem fideliter renouaui . eterna iocunditate gloriosum . cum omnibus sibi rite pertinentibus . pratis uidelicet . pascuis . siluis . expeditionis laborem pontis arcisue restaurationem . tantummodo persoluat . alias iocundetur eterna libertate . Si quis autem diaboli pellectus instinctu hanc perpetuam nostre renouationis libertatem uiolare uel minuere audax presumpserit . a sancta corporis et sanguinis domini nostri Iesu Christi communione . et sancta Dei ecclesia ac sanctorum omnium contubernio segregatus eterna inferni miseria dampnatus intereat . Si non satisfactione congrua humiliter correctus emendauerit . quod contra nostrum tumidus deliquit decretum . His limitibus hoc rus circumdatur . Ærest æt . vii . dican to ottan forda . swa to sumæres forda . ˇonan to ocan lea . ˇæt to wudan more . swa to crudan sceate . ˇonan innon hegcumbe . ∂æt on ge rihtne to wulf horan . swa to fin leage . ∂et west 7lang burnan su∂ seaxna ge mære 7 bisceopes . 7 upp 7lang leage to witfaldes geate . swa to wulfredes beame . ∂æt to brydelades forda . swa to bæran forda . ˇonan to doccena forda . ∂æt to bindwaldes stigele . swa to dic geate . ˇonan to weo leage . ∂æt to col ri∂e . swa to weter geate . ˇonan to hig geate . ∂æt utt on ˇone hæ∂fel∂ . swa to æcges dæne . ˇonne to gloran ige . ∂æt on hlos wuda midde weardne . swa æft to . vii . dican . Ego Eadward . Rex hanc restaurationem a me renouatam signum sancte crucis propria manu scribendo firmaui . Ego Plegmund . Archiepiscopus mellifluam donationem prefati regis subscribsi cum signaculo sancte crucis . Ego Fri∂estan . Episcopus cum consilio eiusdem regis hoc roboraui atque conexi cum triumpho regis eterni . Ego Wulfsige episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Wighelm episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Ceolmund episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Æˇelweard episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Æˇelstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Ælfweard episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego Offerd Dux . Ego Ordlaf Dux . Ego Beorhtulf Dux . Ego Ordgar Dux . Ego Heahfer∂ Dux . Ego Werulf presbyter . Ego Æˇelstan presbyter . Ego Beorhnstan presbyter . Ego Ealhstan presbyter . Ego Deormod minister . Ego Withbrod minister . Ego Odda minister . Ego Ælfwold minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Wulfheard minister . Ego Aˇulf minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Wulfhelm minister . Ego Æ∂elfer∂ minister . Ego Ælfstan minister . Ego Ælfre∂ minister . Ego Wulfhere minister . Ego Ælfstan minister . Ego Wulfhun minister . Ego Aˇulf minister . Ego Wullaf minister . Ego Buga minister .