S 383

King Edward to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 10 hides (manentes) at Highclere, Hants. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 33v-34r (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1095; B, 628; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 77

Comments:

Stevenson 1904, p. 322 n. 6, very suspicious; Crawford 1922, p. 76, on bounds; Grundy, Hants., III, pp. 133-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 46, spurious, bounds identical with those of S 258 and 565; John 1965, p. 415; Hart 1970a, p. 27 (no. 60), spurious; Keynes 1994b, p. 1145, suspicious

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    • Rubric: Confirmatio regis Edwardi . x . hidarum de Clera ad uetus monasterium . Clamante divine auctoritatis agiographo 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 Eadweard diuina indulgente clementia Angul Saxonum rex . rogatus fui a meo dilecto episcopo . Fri∂estano . tempore quo diocesim Wentane ecclesie in duas divisi parrochias . territoria ecclesie Dei cui deseruiebat pertinentia nouis litterarum apicibus renouare . et ueterum librorum monimenta recenti recuperata auctoritate restaurare . Idcirco uotis eius libenter obtemperans . renouare studui territorium illius telluris . que noto . Cleran . appellatur uocabulo quantitate constans . x . manentium . Reuerende Trinitati beatoque Petro 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 restauratione . 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 deliquid decretum . His limitibus hoc rus circumdatur . Ærest on hildan hlewe . on hunig weg . 7lang weges on bregeswi∂estan . of ˇan stane on sceap wescan . 7lang sceapwæscan . on aleburnan . 7lang aleburnan . on beueres broces heafod . swa on coferan treow . ˇanon on ˇa bradan ac . ∂æt on stuteres hylle ni∂ewearde . swa on weard feld . ˇanon on wi∂ig grafas . ∂et on scir del . swa on cypmanna delle . 7lang weges eft on hildan hlæw . Ego Eadwardus . 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 frater regis . Ego Æˇelstan filius regis . Ego Ælfweard filius regis . Ego Osfer∂ dux . Ego Ordlaf dux . Ego Beorhtulf dux . Ego Ordgar dux . Ego Heahfer∂ dux . Ego Werulf presbyter . Ego Adelstan presbyter . Ego Beornstan presbyter . Ego Ealhstan presbyter . Ego Deormo∂ minister . Ego Wihtbror∂ minister . Ego Odda minister . Ego Ælfwold minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Wlfheard minister . Ego A∂ulf minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Wlfhelm minister . Ego Æˇelfer∂ minister . Ego Ælfstan minister . Ego Wulfhun minister . Ego A∂ulf minister . Ego Wullaf minister . Ego Buga minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Æˇelno∂ minister .