S 426

A.D. 934 (Buckingham, 13 Sept.). King Athelstan to Æthelhelm, his faithful minister; grant of 15 hides (cassatae) at Kingtone (? Kington St Michael, Wilts.). Latin

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, f. 203r (s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 235r-v (s. xiv)

Printed:

K, 365, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 59-60 (no. 130), ex MS 2; B, 704, ex MS 2; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 650 (no. 1203), ex MS 1

Comments:

Jackson 1858, pp. 36-7; Darlington 1955, p. 96; Finberg, ECW, no. 238, authentic; Bullough 1972, p. 472 n. 39, on Latin vocabulary; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 78, on formulation; Sawyer 1983, p. 291, on meeting-place; Keynes 1988, p. 186 n. 4, product of 'Æthelstan A'; Abrams 1996, pp. 30, 35, 39, 149-51, 167, on MS sources, on estate, on beneficiary; Wormald, English Law, p. 440 n. 80, shortened witness-list

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    • + Fortuna fallentis sæculi procax non lacteo inmarciscibilium liliorum candore amabilis . sed fellita hejulandæ corruptionis amaritudine odibilis foetentis filios valle in lacrimarum carnis . rictibus debacchando venenosis mordaciter dilacerat