S 388

A.D. 670 for 924 x 939. King Athelstan to St Petroc's minster; grant of 1 hide (cassatus) at Newton St Petroc, Devon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Exeter

MSS:

1. Exeter, D.C., 2518 (s. xi; OS Facs., ii, Exeter 3)
2. London, British Library, Lansdowne 966, f. 70r-v (s. xvii; lacks bounds)

Printed:

Davidson 1883, pp. 268-9; B, 725; Earle, pp. 325-6; Hooke 1994, pp. 145-6, bounds only

Comments:

Davidson 1883, p. 268, substitute for original; PN Devon, p. 101 n. 1; Rose-Troup 1933, pp. 124-5, on bounds; Finberg, ECDC, no. 25, 11th-century reconstruction, a blunder because this gift really dates from Eadred's reign; Chaplais 1966, p. 12 (no. 11), spurious, probably written in third quarter of 11th century, mutatis mutandis a replica of S 433, supposed confirmation by Eadred unlikely to be authentic (= 1981 XV, p. 12); Blake 1974, pp. 51-2, probably forged in time of Bishop Leofric; Padel 1978, p. 26 n. 23, probably spurious; Dumville 1979, p. 8, on terminology; Hooke 1994, pp. 144-7, on bounds

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    • Endorsements in various hands: Ethelstan de Niwantun dato sancto Petroco Carta Ædelstani Regis de terris in Cornubia + Anno dominicæ incarnationis dclxx . Indictione . xi . Ego Æ∂elstan rex totius Bryttanniæ insulæ dabo pro æterna retributione et pro expiatione animæ meæ unum cassatum in loco ubi ab incolis vocitatur æt Nywantune Deo et sancto confessori Petroco . ad monasterium ejusdem sancti . ut habeat quamdiu fides catholica in gente Anglorum permaneat . Precipimus et obsecramus in Dei omnipotentis nomine et in sanctæ trinitatis honore . ut nullus hominum in aliquo tempore umquam ausus fuerit hanc nostram donationem minuere aut frangere in aliquo . sed semper stabilis et inconcussa permaneat . tam Deo quam hominibus usque in æternum tempus . Si quis autem hoc munus in aliquo . frangere vel minuere temptaverit . sciat se coram Deo et sanctis ejus rationem redditurum . nisi hic prius celeriter emendet coram idoneis testibus . Huius agelluli termini hi sunt . ˝is sind ˇa landgemæro to nywantune . Ærest on wuduford . ˇonne upp on stream o∂ ˇone lyttlan broc . ˇonne andlang broces o∂ hreodmores heafod . ˇonne on gerihte su∂ ofer dune to loddan broces æwylman . ˇonne adune on loddan broces stream o∂ toric . ˇonne upp on toric stream eft to wuduforda . + Ego Æ∂elstan rex Anglorum hanc nostram donationem signo crucis impressi . + Ego Eadmund indolis clito consilium dedi . + Ego Wulfhelm archiepiscopus consolidavi . + Ego ˝eodred episcopus subscripsi . + Ego Ælfheah episcopus adquievi . + Ego Brihthelm episcopus consensi . + Ego Eadhelm episcopus favi . + Ego Æˇelgar episcopus conclusi . + Æ∂elstan dux . + Ælfhere dux . + Eadmund dux . + E∂elsie dux . + Odda minister . + Wihtmund minister . + Æ∂elmod minister . + Deormod minister . + Wulfgar minister . + Osulf minister .