S 406

A.D. 930. King Athelstan to Worcester minster; grant of land at Clifton-upon-Teme, Worcs. Latin

Archive:

Worcester

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. XIII, ff. 119-200, f. 196r-v (s. xi 2)

Printed:

Hearne, Heming, pp. 441-2; K, 349; B, 700

Comments:

Plummer 1892; 1899, ii, p. 138, spurious; Robinson 1919, p. 32, spurious; Drögereit 1935, p. 421, spurious; Drögereit 1952, pp. 60-1, spurious; Stengel 1960, pp. 56, 62, spurious; John 1966, p. 53, later forgery; Finberg, ECWM, no. 275, spurious; O'Donovan 1972, p. 41, indiction and epact for 934, witness-list consistent with 930; Hooke 1990, p. 143, cited; Dumville 1992, p. 168 n. 182, forged; Williams 1997b, p. 390, forged in 1090s

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    • De Cliftune ultra Tamedam . Px Agio altitonante vetustoque dierum et rege regum cosmi climata almifico sceptro regente . Ego Athelstanus ipsius munificentia basileus Anglorum simul et imperator regum et nationum infra fines Brittanniæ commorantium . quandam telluris partem quæ ab incolis Cliftun nominatur . Deo et sanctæ Dei genitrici Mariæ . sanctoque Petri apostolorum principi pro remedio animæ meæ condono ad usas servorum Dei . qui in sancto monasterio ipsius principibus apostolorum in Uuigorna civitate Deo serviunt . quo Dei omnipotentis misericordia . sanctorumque ipsorum quorum honori locus ille sacratus constat suffragio . tropheum ex Anolafo rege Norannorum . qui me vita et regno privare disponit possim armis superando adipisci . Sit autem prædicta terra libera ab omnibus causis notis et ignotis excepta expeditione . et pontis arcisque constructione . Facta est autem hæc donatio anno dominicæ incarnationis . dcccc . xxx . regni vero michi commissi . vi . Indictione . vii . epacta . iii . His testibus consentientibus quorum onomata infra karaxata cum agie crucis taumata sunt . + Ego Æˇelstanus singularis privilegii ierarc'h'ia præditus rex huius acumen indiculi cum signo sanctæ crucis corroboravi et subscripsi . + Ego Wulfhelmus Dorobernensis arciepiscopus consensi . + Ego Rodewold . arciepiscopus . + Ego Tidhelmus . episcopus . + Ceonewoldus . episcopus . + Ego ˘eodredus . episcopus . + Ego Osulf . dux . + Ego Healden dux . + Ego Odda minister . + Ego Eadna∂ minister .