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S 393
A.D. 905 for 931 x 934. King Athelstan to the see of Winchester; confirmation of 100 hides (mansae) at Downton, Wilts. Latin with English bounds
Archive:
Winchester, Old Minster
MSS:
1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, ff. 14v-15r (s. xii med.)
Printed:
K, 1108; B, 690; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 88
Comments:
Hill 1910, pp. 52-6, on bounds; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 149-50, on bounds; Darlington 1955, p. 84, possibly genuine; Finberg, ECW, no. 236, spurious, notes dating impossibilities; Hart 1970a, p. 25 (no. 27), spurious; Keynes 1980, p. 43 n. 75, spurious, witness-list identical with that in S 418
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- ˝is is ˇæra . c . hyda land boc ˇe Æˇelstan cyng edniwan gebocode into ˇam bisceopstole to ealdan mynstre to lofe ˇære halgan ˇrynnysse . 7 ˇam halgan apostolum Petre 7 Paule swa swa Cynewalc cing hit ær ˇydær in gæ bocode hæfde for his sawla 7 for ellæs his leodscypes gesund fullnessæ . Regnante universorum modulatore regnorum Christo Jhesu in secula seculorum . Quoniam regum bonorum et principium justorum qui justiciam et misericordiam in diebus suis custodientes Deo placuerunt ; et propterea feliciter regnaverunt ; et pacem omni populo suo multiplicaverunt . atque hostes devicerunt ; nec non et æcclesias Dei ditaverunt ; etcætera bonitatis opera impleverunt . regibus posterioribus et principibus 'eorum' sequenda sunt exempla ; ut etiam et ipsi feliciter regnare et populum in pace gubernare ; atque hostes expugnare . et quod felicius est post bonum finem cælestia regna mereantur intrare . Proinde ego . Ædelstanus . gratia Dei rex Anglorum cupiens hereditatem in regno Christi et Dei habere ; libertatem villæ quæ famoso nomine ab Anglis . Duntun . appellatur ; quæ ad sedem episcopalem . Wentane æcclesiæ pertinet ; in nomine sanctæ trinitatis Sanctæque Mariæ nec non et beatorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli pro redemptione animæ meæ . et pro salute omnium priorum regum et futurorum . et pro tocius populi Christiani . Seu viventis vel defuncti in gente Anglorum devotissime renovo ; atque in omnibus rebus magnis et modicis stabilio ; quemadmodum . Cynevvalh . Rex . quem sanctus Byrinus primus Saxonum episcopus baptizavit instituit et corroboravit . adjurans per omnipotentem majestatem Dei et gloriam et resurrectionem omnium sanctorum ejus ut nullus regum aut principum quibuslibet temporibus hanc nostram renovationem presumat violare ; aut mutare . seu minorare ; ne forte suppliciis sempiternis inferni sine fine dampnetur . Pretitulata vero telluris circuito his circumgyratur limitibus . ˘is synd ˇa land ge mero to Duntune erest of crawan crundul on were∂an hille on fyrdinges lea . on ebles burnan to afene . on wisere . on ∂a fulan lace . on earnes beorch . on dic . æt beoredes treowe . on ˇone hearepo∂ to healdangrafe . ˇonne on ˇone hagan to witan wyr∂e . on dyre broc . on welewe . on ˇa dic æt . hicheleswyr∂e . ˇonne ofer ˇone feld on hagan ut ˇurh brember wudu on ˇone stenenan stopul and lang herepa∂es to fobban wylle . andlang herepa∂es to ˇes hagan ende to feger hylde forda . on ˇone hagan on ceorles hlewe . on crawan crundul . ˇonne on ∂a yferan gemere . on ebles burnan . on stretford . on hrofan hric . andlang weges on ˇa dic to bymera cumbe . 7 ˇer ˇwyres ofer ˇreo crundelas . ofer ˇa stret . ˇwyres ofer ∂a dune to wudu beorh hylle ofer berigan cumb on eblesburnan . on stretford . on beordune . on ˇes hlinces ende . on ˇone smalan weg . ofer higcumb . on ˇan smalan wege . on ∂ene stan . on ˇæt he∂ westeweard . on ˇone beorch . to ˇam hric wege . ˇonne est and lang hricg weges . to bryt fordinga land sceare . ˇæt su∂ on stret ford . Igitur anno dominice incarnationis . d . cccc . v . regni vero gratis michi commissi . primo supra dicte villule libertas renovata fuit . c . videlicet mansarum quantitas . Episcopis . Abbatibus . Ducibus . Procuratoribus . et cunctis Anglorum principibus regia dapsilitate ovantibus . atque maledictionem æternam imponentibus . huic libertati violatoribus pacem quoque et vitam æternam obtantes huic ipsi libertati piis fautoribus . Cujus etiam inconcusse firmitatis auctoritas . his testibus roborata constat . quorum nomina stilus presens hoc ordine declarat . Ego Æthelstanus Rex Anglorum hanc libertatis renovationem cum signo sanctæ crucis corroboravi . Ego Wulfelmus . Dorobernensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Wulfstanus . Eboracensis æcclesiæ archiepiscopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Ælfwine episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Sighelm episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Ælfheah episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Eadulf episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Byrnstan episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Oda episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Cynefer∂ episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . ˝eodred episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Wulfhun episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Cenwald episcopus consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Ælfric abbas consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Eadwine abbas consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Æˇelno∂ abbas consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Byrhsige abbas consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Seaxhelm abbas consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Eadred abbas consensi et subscripsi . Ego . Osferd dux . Ego . Ælfwold dux . Ego . Ealdred dux . Ego . Vhtred dux . Ego . Escbryht dux . Ego . Ælfstan . dux . Ego . Vhtred . dux . Ego . Guˇrum dux . Ego . Odda minister consensi . Ego . Wulfhelm minister consensi . Ego . Buga minister consensi . Ego . Wulfgar minister consensi . Ego . Sigred minister consensi . Ego . Wulfsige minister consensi . Ego . Ælfheah minister consensi . Ego . Wulfno∂ minister consensi . Ego . Æˇelstan . minister consensi . Ego . Ælfred minister consensi . Ego . Æˇelstan minister consensi . Ego . Ælfno∂ minister consensi . Ego . Ælfric minister consensi . Ego . Wicgar minister consensi . Ego . Eadric minister consensi . Ego . Ælfwald . minister consensi .