S 387

A.D. 670 for 924 x 939. King Athelstan to the minster of SS Mary and Peter, Exeter; grant of 1 hide (mansa) at Monkton (lost) in Wyke in Shobrooke and Thorverton, Devon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Exeter

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. Ch. 19516 (s. xi; BM Facs., iii. 7)

Printed:

Collier, Trevelyan Papers, i. 1; B, 726; Earle, pp. 329-30; Hooke 1994, p. 142, bounds only

Comments:

BM Facs., iv, p. 7, possibly 11th century; PN Devon, ii, p. xiii; Finberg, ECDC, no. 24, pp. 4-5, an 11th-century reconstruction of an original lost in 1003; discusses bounds; Robertson, Charters, p. 307, suspicious; Chaplais 1966, pp. 5-9 (no. 2), spurious, written in mid 11th century in same hand as S 386, 389 MS 1 and 433 MS 3 (= 1981 XV, pp. 5-9); Blake 1974, pp. 51-2, perhaps forged in time of Bishop Leofric; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Loyn 1980, pp. 296-7; Hooke 1990a, pp. 200-2, on bounds; Hooke 1994, pp. 141-4, on bounds

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    • Endorsements: (1) in hands contemporary with charter: 'Munecatunes boc', 'to Muneca tune' (2) in a hand of s. xiii in: Regis Ædelstani de Munecatun. (3) in hands of s. xvi in: 'Carta Adelstani Regis . super manso quod olim vocabatur Moneketone . modo tamen Exchestre pro fundacione Ecclesia .', 'Carta Adthelstani Regis concessa Beato Petro de manso quod antiquitus vocabatur Moneketone 'ad monasterium' quod nunc nuncupatur Exechestre . (ad fundandum monasterium) et divise mansi sunt hee . primo de scokebroc forde . sursum per rivum etc. ut infra patet.', 'Devon .' + Anno ab incarnatione dominicæ dclxx . indictione xi . Ego Æ∂elstan rex Anglorum dabo pro eterna retributione et pro expiatione animæ meæ unam mansam ubi incolæ vocitant Muneca tun . Deo et sanctæ Mariæ nec non et sancto Petro principi apostolorum ad monasterium quod ab incolis nominatur Exan ceaster . ut habeat quamdiu fides catholica in gente Anglorum maneat precipimus quoque et obsecramus in Dei omnipotentis nomine et in sanctæ trinitatis honore . ut nullus homo in aliquo tempore . umquam hanc nostram donationem infringere ausus sit . set stabilis sit coram Deo et hominibus usque in sæculum . Si quis autem hoc in aliquo frangere vel minuere temptaverit . sciat se in æterna dampnatione puniri . nisi hic celeriter emendet . Huius agri termini hæc sunt . ærest of sceoca broces forda upp on stream oˇ ∂ær seo dic onfeh∂ . swa andlang ˇære dic of ˇære dice hyrnan . swa adun on ˇone cumb on ˇa lace . adun on ˇa lace on ceacga broc . adun on ceacga broc on ˇære dice ende . swa east on ˇa dic of ˇære dice hyrnan . swa su∂ on ˇa dic on ˇone ˇeod herpa∂ west on herpa∂ eft to sceoca broces forda . + Ego Æˇelstan rex Anglorum hanc meam donationem cum sigillo sanctæ crucis impressi . + Ego Eadmund indolis clito . consensi . + Ego Wulfhelm archiepiscopus dictavi . + Ego Ælfheah episcopus adquievi . + Ego Æˇelgar episcopus . notavi . + Ego Brihtelm episcopus . favi . + Ego Wynsige episcopus . conclusi . + Wulfgar dux . + Ælfhere dux . + Æ∂elstan dux . + Odda minister . + Wulfhelm minister . + Ælfheah minister . + Æ∂fer∂ minister . + Wihtgar minister .