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A.D. 938. King Athelstan to Athelstan, comes; grant of 6 hides (mansae) at Uplyme, Devon. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Glastonbury

MSS:

1. Longleat, Marquess of Bath, 39, ff. 188v-189r (s. xiv med.)
2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 1 (S.C. 8589), f. 212r-v (s. xiv)
3. Lost Glastonbury Liber Terrarum, no. 42 (see Abrams 1996, p. 32)

Printed:

Mon. Angl., ii. 840-1, ex MS 2; K, 372, ex MS 2; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), i. 50 (no. 96); B, 728, ex MS 2; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no 66; Watkin, Glastonbury Cart., iii. 577-8 (no. 1062), ex MS 1; Hooke 1994, pp. 127-8, bounds only

Comments:

Drögereit 1935, p. 370; Finberg, ECDC, p. 11 (no. 27), the boundaries point to Lyme Regis, although the assessment agrees with that of Uplyme in DB; Hart 1964, pp. 160-1, on bounds, agrees with Finberg; Fox 1970, bounds are those of Uplyme; Hart 1973, p. 125 n. 4, agrees with Uplyme identification (= 1992, p. 581 n. 44); Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 81, on formulation; Scott 1981, pp. 112, 201 n. 108; O'Donovan, Sherborne, p. 5, on a contiguous estate; Hooke 1994, pp. 127-34, on bounds; Abrams 1996, pp. 29, 32, 155-7, on MS sources; on estate; Barker 2005a, p. 200, on Glastonbury's estate at Lyme, with map

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    • Carta Athelstani Regis de Lym . Regnante imperpetuum domino nostri Jhesu C[h]risto . Egregius agonista sermocinatus est in divinis scripturis 'omnia que videntur temporalia sunt , que autem non videntur eterna' 1 . Iccirco superflua utentibus divinus sermo ut supra taxati sumus terribiliter premonet ut huius seculi caduca contempnentes spiritaliaque imitantes celestia properemus ad regna . Quamobrem ego Athelstanus desiderio regni celestis exardens favente superno numine . basileos industrius Anglorum cunctarumque gencium in circuitu persistencium . cuidam adoptivo fideli meo comiti Athelstano vocitato ob illius amabile obsequium dignatus sum largiri . sex mansas aseluli juxta dirivativis fluencium successibus ubi vulgares prisco usu moralique relacione nomen indiderunt . at . Lym . cum pratis paschuisque necnon et silvis silvarumque densitatibus . ut hec prospere possideat ac eternaliter teneat dum huius enim fragilis cursum uti audebit post se autem veluti affirmavimus cuicunque voluerit heredi derelinquat seu supradiximus in eternam hereditatem fiat etenim prefata terra ab omni servili jugo libera cum omnibus sibi recte pertinenciis exceptis istis tribus expedicione pontis arcisve coedificacione . Denique vero si quis nobis non optantibus nostrum hoc donum violare fraudulenter perpetrando consenserit aut infringere temptaverit perpessus sit gelidis glaciarum flatibus ex pennino excercitu malignorum spirituum nisi prius irriguis penitencie gemitibus in pura emendacione emendaverit . Istis terminibus predicta terra circumgirata esse videtur . Erest of se in sigilmere ˇanen up on clif of clive to farngoren ˇanen on here paˇ on sirdeheved ˇanen on mappilleknap of huneforde ˇanen on ˇe sour appeldore of ˇe waynlete ˇanen on enlipes exe berghes . on here paˇ forˇ on here paˇ forth bi ˇan combes heved to ˇan rede wey ˇanen on lullisburghe to crowan stapele . of ˇan stapile to dalisberghe on monnisclive . ˇanen to estbroke on doune on streem on saltforde . of saltforde on ˇa sweluende ˇanen on lym . of lym up on ˇe hasil . of ˇan hasil on somersete . of somersete on werboldiston . ˇanen up on to ˇan weyzate . on wiˇilake eft out on soe . Acta est hæc præfata donatio anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Jhesu Christi . dcccc . xxxviii . indictione . xi a . + Ego Aˇelstanus rex totius Britannie præfatam donationem cum sigillo sanctæ crucis confirmavi . + Ego Wulfhelm Dorobornensis ecclesiæ archiepiscopus ejusdem regis donationem cum trophæo agiæ crucis consignavi cum multis aliis . Huius præfatæ ruris possessio Aˇelstano duci ab Aˇelstano rege largita duce arma proiciente et militiam Christi in Glastingburi suscipiente in jus illuc perpetuum per Athelstanum esse collatum videtur .