S 438

A.D. 937. King Athelstan to the church of St Mary, Wilton; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Burcombe, Wilts. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Wilton

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Harley 436, ff. 59r-62v (s. xiii)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., ii. 858-9; Hoare, Reg. Wilton, pp. 32-3; K, 1115; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 321 (no. 4); B, 714; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 92

Comments:

Reynolds 2002, pp. 176, 191, on burial feature in bounds; Hamper 1829; Grundy, Wilts., I, pp. 234-6, bounds describe part of the lands of Burcombe Without lying south of the Nadder; Darlington 1955, pp. 30, 92; Finberg, ECW, no. 241, authentic; Hart 1970a, p. 21, on rubric; Keynes 1980, p. 24 n. 33, 44 n. 80, on rubric; on formulation; Meyer 1981, pp. 351-2, cited; Gretsch, Intellectual Foundations, p. 335, on prayer clause; Foot 2000, II. 211-12, 226

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    • ˝is his Brydancumbes land boc ˇe Æˇelstan cing ge bocode ˇam hiwum at Wiltune for hine 7 for Eadflede his swistor on eche yrfe . Regnante Theo in eona eo[n]um . Neminem quippe in mortali solo quamvis universam cosmi seriem quisque solerti mentis acumine perlustret expertem reperiret debite mortis extitisse . Illamque juste severitatis sententiam protoplasti prevaricationis noxam delatam evasisse ut dicitur . 'Terra es et in terram ibis pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris' 1 . Set tamen divina clementia in erarchali potentia nobis jacentibus in infimis ad antrapon salutem concessit duo inesse quibus tantum humanarum constat effectus actuum Voluntas scilicet atque potestas . Idcirco ille divitie cum mentis intentione diligende sunt que numquam decipiunt habentem . Nec in ipsa morte amittuntur . sed plus habundant dum cernitur quod amatur . Quapropter ego Æ∂elstanus . nodante Dei gratia basileos Anglorum et et eque totius Britannie orbis curagulus perpetuali libertate tribuendo condono venerabili collegio Christicolarum in illo celebri loco qui dicitur . Wiltun . ad ecclesiam sancte Marie matris domini in sempiterna hereditate . vi . mansas hilariter impenderem . Ubi ruricoli antiquo usu nomen inposuerunt et apellativo relatione nuncupaverunt . Brydancumb . juxta dirivativis aquarum cursibus . Æt noddre . ut illa prefata congregatio predictam terram habeat ac possideat cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus campis pratis pascuis dirivatisque cursibus aquarum ceu supra diximus in eternam hereditatem . Hoc autem fructuosum eulogige munusculum in sempiterno graphio cum signaculo sancte crucis maneat . pro redemptione piaculorum meorum necnon et germanitatis mee . Eadflede . eatenus ut vestra veneranda monastice classis caterva medullata orationum holocaustamata concorditer nostri memoriam summo tonanti commendare non pigeat . Sit autem predictam rus ab omni mundiali censu et regali coactione liber . exceptis istis tribus expeditione arcis pontisve . In cunctis vero successoribus hoc jus donationis augendo amplificando satagerint augeat amplificetque cunctiparens genitor in hoc presenti vitam illorum et inter celibes beati felicesque sine fine in eterne doxa letentur . Si quis autem quod non optamus hanc nostram donationem infringere temptaverit . perpessus sit gelidis glatiarum flatibus et malignorum spirituum . Terribiles tormentorum crutiatus evasisse non quiescat . nisi prius inriguis penitentie gemitibus et pura emendatione emendaverit . Istis terminibus predicta terra circumgyrata esse videtur . ˝is syndon ˇa land gemæro æt Brydancumbe . Of noddre staˇe up ofer east cumb swa se stan hrycg scyt ut to ˇan . hæˇanne byrgelse . ˇonne west 7lang hricges swa se herepoˇ sceat to ˇam beorge to scorte hryˇrum . ˇonne forˇ be yfre oˇ hringwoldes treow . ˇonne 7lang herpoˇes in on beorge . for∂ ˇonne 7lang streames oˇ oxnaford . ˇonne ˇær ofer on ane lake . ˇonne 7lang lake eft in on noddre . Acta est hec prefata donatio . Anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . dcccc xxxvii . Indictione . x . Ego Æˇelstanus rex totius Bryttannie prefatam donationem cum sigillo sancte crucis confirmavi . Ego Wulfhelm Dorobo[r]nensis ecclesie archiepiscopus ejusdem regis donationem cum tropheo agye crucis consignavi . Ego Ælfheah Wintoniensis ecclesie episcopus triumphalem tropheum agye crucis inpressi . Ego ˝eodred Lundoniensis ecclesie episcopus consignavi . Ego Cenwold episcopus predictum donum consensi . Ego Odo episcopus confirmavi . Ego Ælfheah episcopus consignavi . Ego Burgric episcopus consensi . Ego Æˇelgar episcopus roboravi . Ego Ælfwold dux . Ego Uhtred dux . Ego Odo minister . Ego Wulfgar minister . Ego Sigered minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Eadmund minister . Ego Wulfsige minister . Ego Ælfhere minister . Ego Witgar minister . Ego Æˇelwold minister . Ego Ælfheah minister . Ego Ælfred minister . Ego Wulfmær minister . Ego Wulgar minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Ælfno∂ minister . Ego Ordeah minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Sigulf minister . Ego Beorhtnoˇ minister . Ego Æˇelstan minister . Ego Ælfric minister . Ego Eadric minister . Ego Ealhhelm minister . Ego Ælfsige minister . Ego Æˇered minister . Ego Æˇelmund minister . Ego Wulfhelm minister . Ego Wullaf minister .