S 401

A.D. 929. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Worcester; grant of land at Aust, Gloucs., for a fishery. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 1-118, ff. 53r-54r (s. xi 1)
2. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, f. 194r-v (s. xi 2)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 111-13, 434-6; K, 347 and vol. iii. 405-6; B, 665; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 57

Comments:

Robinson 1919, p. 30, spurious; Grundy, Gloucs., pp. 37-40, on bounds; Robinson 1938, pp. 184-90, spurious; PN Gloucs., iii. 17, 127, 129-30, 139; Finberg, ECWM, no. 91, spurious; Hart 1972, p. 127, cited; Hart, ECNE, p. 381, reference to St Mary's an anachronism; Keynes 1980, p. 75 n. 150, spurious; Whybra 1990, p. 44; Dumville 1992, p. 168 n. 182, forged; Hart 1992, pp. 435-6, spurious; Abrams 1996, pp. 50-1, on estate history

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    • Austan . + Variante jam temporum statu et præsentis erumnæ termino propemodum adpropinquante plurima nos quæ olim ævangelicum paradigma prædixit præsentialiter impleta fore cognoscimus . Promens iter cætera ita prænuntiavit . 'Surget gens contra gentem et regnum adversus regnum' 1 . quod præsentialiter impletum nos ut ita dicam esse in nobis experti sumus . Quæ cum ita se res habeat necessarium cuique fidelium fore videtur quo in futuro sibi persistentem prævideat mansionem . Unde ego Æˇelstanus regnum totius Albionis Deo auctore dispensans compunctus quandam terræ particulam in loco qui ab indigenis æt Austan nuncupatur vocabulo . ad aecclesiam beatæ Dei genetricis Mariæ quæ est in Wigorna civitate sita ad piscium videlicet utilitatem capiendorum animo concedo benivolo . Constabat enim jam ante prædictum rus pertinens ad eandem basilicam sed ut firmior esset stabilitas ejus. rogante me episcopo ejusdem æclesiæ Coenwaldo scilicet vocabulo testibus probabilibus consentientibus haec caraxata cartula constat . Benevolentibus autem et augentibus meam donationem et libertatem . augeatur vita illorum hic et imperpetuum . qui vero minuere temptaverint tradentur in manus gladii et cum Juda proditore inperpetuum damnentur . Nisi hic satisfactione poenituerint digna . His terminis circumcincta prædicta terra esse videtur . ˝is sindon ˇa land gemæro to austan . Ærest of sæfern 7 swa for∂ be tatan grafes wurt wale . 7 ˇonne swa for∂ ˇæt hit stica∂ on miclan cumb . 7 of miclan cumbe ˇæt hit stica∂ on litlan cumb . 7 of litlan cumbe ˇæt on irfurlanges dic . 7 of irfurlanges dic ˇæt on mær dic . 7 of mær dic . ˇæt on ealdan dic 7 of ealdan dic . ˇæt on bradan bricge . 7 of bradan bricge ˇæt on holan pyl . 7 of holan pylle on wincan hammes dic . 7 of wincan hammes dic innan miclan pyl . 7 of miclan pylle ˇæt æft on sæferne . Scripta est haec cartula anno dominicæ incarnationis . dcccc . xxviiii . ac sexto regni Æˇelstani regis Christo Jhesu gubernante renovando in melius cum senatorum signaculo confirmavit . + Æˇelstan rex sceptris fretus regalibus hanc cartam signavit cum manibus . + Wulfhelm archiepiscopus cum ceteris præsulibus . + Ælwino . ˝eodredo . Fry∂estano . Sigehelmo . Wynsigio . Beornheho . Eadgaro . Ælfhæho . Odano . consignavit . + Osfer∂ comes cum ducibus ac ceteris optimatibus Ælfwaldo . Wulfsigio . Gu∂rumo . Urmo . Æˇelstano . Oddano . Wulfhelmo . Wulfgaro . Eadrico . Ælfhægo . Sigeredo . Ælfwaldo . Burhredo . Eadmundo . Ælferio . Ælfrico . Hunlafo . consignavit . Rodeward quoque archipræsul cum Eboracensis suffraganeis . Æscber'h'to . Wigredo . Earnulfo . Columbano . consignavit .